Research on the Mode of Talent Training in Private Colleges and Universities Based on the Concept of Whole Person Development

The educational concept of whole person development is to promote the comprehensive development of people, not only the development of academic knowledge, but also the development of self-cultivation and other aspects. In private colleges and universities, the concept of whole person development serves as a favorable theoretical basis, which points out the education development direction of training international and application-oriented talents to meet the need of contemporary society. With the continuous development of education, the number of private colleges and universities in China is increasing, and they have become a vital impetus in the popularization of higher education. In the process of exploring the mode of talent training, private colleges and universities pay more attention to meet the needs of social development and cultivate talents suitable for the society, making them more prominently application-oriented. They closely integrate the development of times with the process of major choosing and setting, while relying on the favorable background of investors to build brand majors of the school. The development time of private colleges and universities is short, thus their cultural and historical accumulation is far less than public schools, so it is necessary to have their own unique educational philosophy and innovative thinking in order to survive and develop among other highly competitive schools. The concept of whole person development of private colleges and universities offer new thinking, new idea and new method in the process of talent training, which help them to form their own characteristics to enhance their core competitiveness.