The Teaching Reform and Practice of Professional Courses for Engineering Students

Abstract

Higher education is at the top of the educational hierarchy. With the booming development of the economy and society in China, its scale is also expanding greatly. Professional course teaching is a key component of higher education, and it plays a vital role in cultivating professionalism and even the overall level of students. According to several problems existing in the current teaching practice of professional courses at our universities, in order to improve the teaching quality to meet the requirements in the emerging engineering era, related strategies and approaches for teaching reform are proposed as follows. Firstly, we advance the traditional classroom teaching into the modern one with equal double-subjects of teachers and students to cultivate the active and comprehensive learning ability of students. Secondly, the scientific research practice-oriented teaching method is introduced, and it contributes to connecting theory with engineering practice for students. Thirdly, the diversified course assessment system is explored, and a closed-loop quality control strategy is discussed on the basis of a questionnaire survey and face-to-face interview. By questionnaires and final assessments, it is clear that teaching qualities of related professional courses are satisfactory in recent years, and the methods and strategies can be widely applied to the teaching practice of other courses.