Saturday, May 29, 2021

Afterschool Matters

Speaking with 王镜宇 (Wáng Jìngyǔ) of 新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency), four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) summarised the highlights of her first year as full Professor of the School of Physical Education, Normal College (Faculty of Education), 深圳大学 (Shēnzhèn University). She paid particular attention to the progress of her students who are learning chess along with a comprehensive educational programme. Such qualitative results throughout one year only encourages 深圳大学 (Shēnzhèn University)’s ambitious plans to dominate, within a few years, the whole field of any interscholastic league. Furthermore, she also specified that the duty of her Professorship is not only to make students work at the board, but also to help them to make a life out of it. Hence, her objective is to aid in the full development of each one’s potential through a personalised didactic approach. “In the future, our students will be professional players, professional team coaches, physical education teachers, as well as simply working with the chess industry”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) said. “Let’s take the twenty-year-old ‘freshers’ as an example. Of course most of them pursue a career in chess, but there are also students who wish to study for a joint or major/minor degree. Thus, after understanding in depth their intentions, I will encourage every student to design a suitable study plan and will offer guidance and suggestions”.

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