TITLE:
Coupling and Linkage of Four-in-One Classrooms: Generative Logic and Institutional Construction of Practical Education Community in Universities in the New Era
AUTHORS:
Shali Li
KEYWORDS:
Four-in-One Classrooms, Practical Education Community, Collaborative Education, All-Domain Talent Cultivation, Internationalized Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.16 No.6,
June
26,
2026
ABSTRACT: Centered on the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, targeting prominent practical dilemmas including separated fields, fragmented resources and disconnected stakeholders among in-classroom theoretical teaching, on-campus extracurricular practice, off-campus social immersion and global international education (collectively named the Four-in-One Classrooms). Adopting a combined methodology of conceptual synthesis and literature research, this paper first defines the connotation, boundary and functional coupling relationship of the Four-in-One Classrooms. From theoretical, practical and value dimensions, it elaborates the inherent generative logic of the practical education community, and sorts out four major realistic constraints restricting the linkage of the Four-in-One Classrooms, namely institutional, content-based, resource-based and evaluation-related obstacles. This study concludes that reconstructing collaborative organizational structures, facilitating mutual recognition of curriculum credits, integrating an all-domain education resource platform, and remedying the deficiencies of embedded international education constitute the core paths for constructing an integrated practical education community. This research clarifies the progressive coupling relationship among the Four Classrooms and establishes a practical institutional framework for multi-classroom linkage, providing solid theoretical references and feasible practical solutions for the reform of all-scenario practical education in contemporary universities.