近年来，在加强高校创新创业教育的国家战略引领下，在教育部、学校的大力支持下，北京师范大学心理学部依托自身学科特点和专业优势，逐渐探索出一条将创新教育与心理学特色相结合的创新型人才培养路径，取得了可喜的成绩。在教育部主办的中美青年创客大赛上，由心理学部应用心理专业硕士组成的参赛团队已连续两年斩获北京赛区一等奖，并斩获2018年苏州赛区一等奖和2018年总决赛优胜奖。
      北师大心理学部积极整合校内外优质资源，从去年开始着手打造心理学部创新创业教育实践基地，预计今年9月投入使用，为我部学生提供1200平米的多功能创客空间。中美青年创客交流中心的成立，将成为我校和心理学部深化创新教育的重要契机。未来，心理学部将给予中心大力支持，推动中心紧紧围绕国家战略，结合社会对创新创业人才的需求，充分发挥学科优势，与国内外高校、中外企业、智库、社区等在创客导师、课程建设、国际交流、运行模式等方面展开务实合作，通过创客教育和创客实践推动心理、教育、科技、商业、人文等因素的充分融合，着力培养学生的创新力、执行力和领导力，塑造学生独立、勇气、包容、责任等品格。
      创新是国家进步的动力，青年人是创新的生力军。在教育部及我校高度重视，国际交流处、留学服务中心等部门的倾力支持下，2018年8月21-25日北师大国际创新创业教育实践周如期相约北京。
      实践周分为创新创业系列工作坊、国际创新创业教育大会、中美青年创客交流中心揭牌仪式三大板块。旨在搭建国际化创新创业教育与实践交流平台，整合与汇集全球双创教育资源与实践经验，建立国内外知名院校间、企业间沟通交流桥梁，探索科研成果向产业界转化的新路径。

In recent years, guided by the national strategy of enhancing innovation and entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities and supported by the Ministry of Education of PRC and Beijing Normal University (BNU), the Faculty of Psychology of BNU has gradually explored an innovative talent cultivating mode integrating innovation education and features of psychology based on its own characteristics and professional advantages, thus yielding satisfying achievements. At the China-US Young Maker Competition sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the team consisting of the masters from the Faculty of Psychology has won the first prize in the Beijing Division for two consecutive years, the first prize in the Suzhou Division in 2018 and the Winning Prize in 2018 Final.
As one of first universities with the China-US Young Maker Exchange Center, Faculty of Psychology, by actively integrating high-quality resources inside and outside the school, initiated to build a practice base for innovation and entrepreneurship education, which is expected to be put into use in September 2018, providing a versatile maker space of 1200m2 for students. The establishment of the China-US Young Maker Exchange Center will provide a significant opportunity for Beijing Normal University and the Faculty of Psychology to deepen innovative education. In the future, the Faculty will provide huge support for the Center. With the support, the Center will, through following the national strategy, combining the demands of the society on innovative and entrepreneurial talent and giving full play to the discipline advantages, cooperate with domestic and foreign universities, enterprises, think tanks and communities, etc. in terms of maker mentors, curricula construction, international exchanges and operation mode, and promote the full integration of psychology, education, science and technology, business, humanity and other factors through the maker education and maker practice, thus cultivating students' creativity, executive ability and leadership, and building such excellent characters as independence, courage, inclusiveness and responsibility among students.
Innovation is the driving force of progress for a country, and young people are a new force of innovation. With the care and support of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges and the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange of the Ministry of Education as well as Beijing Normal University, the International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Week (Aug. 21--Aug. 25) will be held in Beijing as scheduled. The Week is divided into two sections: the Workshop and the International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Conference. It aims to build a platform for international exchanges of innovation and entrepreneurship education and practice, integrate and gather global innovative and entrepreneurship education resources and practical experience, establish a bridge for communication among famous universities and enterprises at home and abroad, and explore a new path to transform scientific research results into an industrial community.
We sincerely thank you for your presence at the conference as distinguished guests from academic and industrial fields, and appreciate for sharing your insights! We look forward to meeting all of you at Beijing Normal University to discuss the road ahead and our future!