On October 8, the opening ceremony of the 2026 National Training Programon Teacher Quality Improvement Plan for Hunan Provincial Vocational College — “Enhancing Teacher’s Digital Literacy with AI (Performing Arts Category)” — hosted by our College, was held. Fifty teachers from performing artsprogram of higher vocational colleges across the province participated in the 12-day training program. Vice President Zhu Dan attended the opening ceremony, along with heads of the School of Journalism and Communication and the School of Continuing Education.
On behalf of the College, Mr. Zhu Dan extended a warm welcome to all trainees. He pointed out that with the deepening implementation of the Ministry of Education’s Digital Empowerment for Teacher Development Action and the “AI + Education” initiative, digital literacy has become a required competence for teachers. For the performing arts, although AI can imitate facial expressions, reorganize movements, and generate speech, it cannot replace the deep expression generated by experience, temperament, and creativity in live performance. He encouraged the trainees to find a balance between the “visible layer” and the “generative layer,” to proactively embrace new tools, to pilot them with real classroom challenges, and to spread their findings to their classrooms and programs. He reminded them to always remember: technology is a means, while cultivating talent is the fundamental purpose.
After the opening ceremony, Mr. Ye Bo, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, delivered a keynote lecture titled “Forging the Soul and Strengthening the Foundation: The Educator’s Spirit and the Mission of Teachers in the New Era.” He elaborated on teachers’ role consciousness, theoretical consciousness, and spiritual consciousness, and combined these three dimensions with traditional wisdomto explain that educators should stand between the nation and the people, and between problems and methods.Taking benevolence as their foundation, they are supposed to carry forward civilization, and foster virtue through education. He encouraged teachers to promote the educator’s spirit, moving from problem consciousness and action consciousness to spiritual consciousness, grounding themselves in the national stance, taking root in educational practice, upholding the pursuit of truth, and continuously elevating their professional life.
This training program closely follows the theme “AI Empowering Art, Creativity and Intelligence in Harmony” and centers on the real needs of performing arts teachers, carefully designing a complete chain from “conceptual guidance” to “outcome output.” The training features lectures by renowned experts from within and outside the province, as well as on-site study at the Malanshan Video and Cultural Creativity Industrial Park, aiming to ensure that every trainee gains something and to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and arts education.
