Shanghai Normal University

Shanghai Normal University is a key university in Shanghai. It is a well-known comprehensive university with the characteristics of Arts, science and engineering.

The school was founded in 1954 as Shanghai Normal College. In 1956, it was expanded into Shanghai first and second normal colleges, and merged into Shanghai Normal College in 1958. From 1972 to 1978, Shanghai Normal University was established by merging with East China Normal University and other five universities. In August 1978, Shanghai Normal University was rebuilt and renamed Shanghai Normal University in 1984.

The school has two main campuses, Xuhui and Fengxian, covering an area of more than 2500 mu. With beautiful environment and riverside and sea, it has become an important base for innovation and high-level talent training in Shanghai and other regions, and is steadily advancing towards the goal of "a high-level normal university with advanced domestic and international influence".

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Historical evolution

The birth of the school

In the spring of 1952, there was a serious shortage of college students in China. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to transfer young intellectual cadres from the military, government, parties, people's organizations and other systems to colleges and universities to meet the needs of college enrollment, so as to meet the needs of the upcoming large-scale national construction. Shu Tong is in charge of the East China region. In Shanghai, he set up the "East China region transfers cadres of government departments and troops to the cram school of colleges and universities". The school is located in Hujiang University, which provides high school cultural cram for the transferred cadres to prepare for their study in Colleges and universities.

After the college entrance examination in 1952, according to the instructions of the higher authorities, the East China rapid experimental school was established by using all the teachers in the cram school. The school is located at No. 441, xitiyuhui Road, Hongkou District, and the principal is Hao Jinqing. The East China rapid experimental school consists of an industrial and agricultural experimental department and a teacher training department, which is a combination of the former Jiaotong University, East China Normal University and Shanghai three industrial and agricultural rapid middle schools. The teacher training department provided a lot of experience for the later training of secondary teachers. Although there are not enough teachers in East China rapid experimental school, there are also many famous teachers, such as educator ye Maoying, linguist Xu Weihan and philologist Luo JunTi.

In 1954, in order to meet the needs of the development of Shanghai's education, the Shanghai Municipal People's government entrusted the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of education with the responsibility of preparing for the establishment of Shanghai Normal College. It is decided that Chen Linhu, director of the Municipal Bureau of education, will be the director of the Preparatory Committee. Eight specialized subjects including Chinese, history, mathematics, political education, physics, chemistry, biology and geography will be set up in the first batch. The school is located in Caohejing District of Xuhui District. Before the completion of the new school building, the original East China express school will be temporarily used as the temporary school building. With the support of the Municipal Education Bureau and the use of the manpower, material resources and basic facilities of the East China accelerated school, the preparatory work was relatively smooth. The industrial and agricultural experimental Department of East China rapid experimental school is under the jurisdiction of Tongji University, while most of the staff of the teacher training department have entered the teachers college and become staff and teachers.

On July 5, 1954, Shanghai Teachers College was announced to be established, located at No. 441, xitiyuhui road. Shutong calligraphy school, a famous calligrapher, was born as a normal university which is responsible for training new teachers for basic education. Chen Linhu is also the president and Liu Fang is the vice president.

On August 9, 1955, the main buildings of the new school building were completed. The overall design of the school building was in the style of ancient courtyard architecture. All the buildings had red brick walls and big roofs. The five storey teaching building of nearly 10000 square meters was located in the center of the campus, which was the commanding height of Caohejing area at that time.

On August 18, 1955, the school moved from the West Sports Club Road to the new site of Guilin road, which is now Xuhui campus.

In September 1955, the school actually had 67798 books (up to 760000 by the beginning of 1966). After moving to the new school site, there was a new independent library.

On May 8, 1956, the central Ministry of Education officially informed the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of education that in order to meet the needs of teachers in secondary schools in Shanghai, with the approval of the State Council, a normal college was established in Shanghai after the summer vacation of 1956, and Shanghai Normal College was transformed into a normal college, with the names of Shanghai No.1 normal college and Shanghai No.2 normal college respectively.

In the first half of 1956, the two teachers colleges actively planned and prepared for the capital construction. The school of the first normal university was selected from many places and finally decided to expand on the basis of the former Beijiao middle school, No. 150, Mingyan Road, Zhabei District. The second normal college is still in the original site of Shanghai Teachers College on Guilin road and is expanded on the basis of the college.

On July 14, 1956, Liu Jiping, vice mayor of Shanghai, announced the establishment of Shanghai First Normal College and Shanghai Second Normal College on the basis of Shanghai Normal College. At the same time, the system of Shanghai Teachers College was abolished. From then on, Shanghai began to train undergraduate normal students. Liao Shicheng, President and Chen Yuntao, vice president of the first normal college. Chen Linhu, President of the second Normal University (concurrently director of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Education), Liu Fang and Shen Dezi, vice presidents. The first normal college cultivates liberal arts teachers in secondary schools, and the second normal college cultivates science teachers in secondary schools.

Tortuous development

On July 22, 1958, Shanghai No.1 and No.2 normal colleges, which had just been established for two years, merged into a comprehensive normal college dominated by arts and science, Shanghai Normal College. Premier Zhou Enlai personally appointed educator Liao Shicheng as the first president of Shanghai Normal University. The former site of Shanghai Conservatory of music, which was adjacent to the second normal university, was assigned to Shanghai Normal University and became the east of Shanghai Normal University. The former second normal university is located in the west of Shanghai Normal University. The total area of the hospital covers 558.65 mu.

During the summer vacation of 1958, 1574 new students were enrolled, with 4160 students in school. The following summer vacation, 2448 new students were enrolled, with 5935 students in the school. The number of teachers has also increased. Shanghai Normal University quickly became the largest local university in Shanghai at that time.

In November 1958, Shanghai's first manned glider, shangshi-1, made by the model aircraft team of the physics department, was successfully tested.

In March 1959, Journal of Shanghai Normal University was published.

In February 1960, the first general meeting of all Party members of Shanghai Normal University of the Communist Party of China was held.

In September 1961, the establishment of Shanghai industry and agriculture Normal University and Songjiang normal college was abolished, and their students transferred to Shanghai Normal University.

Since 1965, it began to accept foreign students. It is the first school in Shanghai to carry out Chinese education for foreign students.

In June 1965, Shanghai Normal University moved from East China Normal University to Shanghai Normal University.

By July 1965, a total of 12643 graduates had been trained. Most of them were distributed in secondary schools in Shanghai, making positive contributions to the development of Shanghai's education.

In October 1965, Guo Moruo, the first president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a historian, inscribed the name of the school.

In the 12 years before the "Cultural Revolution" in 1966, many subjects have emerged one after another, and many teachers' academic research is eye-catching, such as Zhu Wen, a translator of foreign literature, Ma Maoyuan, an expert of Chinese classical literature, Zhang Bin, an expert of modern Chinese, Cheng Yingliu, an expert of ancient Chinese history, Wei Jianyou, an expert of modern Chinese history, and Shen Dezi, an optical expert. These experts have a high reputation and influence in the academic circles. Their research results are in the leading position in China. They have also held national academic seminars and brought out a number of rising stars.

After the "Cultural Revolution" broke out in 1966, the school stopped recruiting students.

In September 1970, it began to recruit workers, peasants and soldiers.

At the end of 1971, the Shanghai municipal Party committee made a decision to merge East China Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Institute of education, Shanghai Institute of physical education and Shanghai part time work study normal university to form "Shanghai Normal University". In May 1972, Shanghai Normal University and other five universities were formally merged to establish Shanghai Normal University. The University Department and science department are located in the former East China Normal University, and the liberal arts department is located in the former Shanghai Normal University. The former East China Normal University is located in the headquarters of Shanghai Normal University, and the former Shanghai Normal University is located in the branch of Shanghai Normal University. The renamed Shanghai Normal University has 12 departments of Arts and Sciences, including history, Chinese, politics and education, foreign languages, education, revolutionary literature and art, military sports, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and geography.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the scientific research work of the school was severely damaged, but many teachers, out of a high sense of responsibility for their career, overcame difficulties and carried out various forms of resistance. During the period of the merger of the five schools, the Chinese Department of the school established the punctuation group of the Twenty-Four Histories according to the arrangement of the State Council, and undertook the task of "Song History". Some teachers of physics and chemistry departments have also made some achievements and progress in scientific research, such as "Application of catalytic electron theory in Photosynthesis", "djs112 computer", "electroluminescent screen", "development and application of cadmium ion selective electrode" and "high oxygen superanode coating in chlor alkali industry" cooperated with other units. Among them, "electroluminescent screen" won the major scientific and technological achievement award of the National Science Conference in March 1978.

Reform and revitalization

In 1977, the national college entrance examination system was restored. At the end of 1977, 2055 freshmen were recruited.

On April 1, 1978, the State Council officially approved the restoration of Shanghai Normal University. May 13, on Guilin road

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