高职院校理工科专业模块化人文素质课程开发与研究

模块化人文素质课程改革,是提高理工科专业学生人文素质的有效途径。通过分析人文教育的概念、目标和内容,提出了构建高职院校理工科专业模块化人文课程体系"三大系列,十二模块"的思路,体现"普及主导,提升素质,拓展兴趣"的人文课程特点,能更好帮助学生积淀未来职业必需的人文素养,更好地为高技能人才培养服务。     

Development of Hybrid Courses Utilizing Modules as an Objective in ATE Projects

ABSTRACT

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCtech) has been awarded two National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) grants since 2011 that have the development of module-based hybrid courses in Engineering Technology and Mechatronics as objectives. In this article, the advantages and challenges associated with module-based hybrid courses are discussed. The courses that have been developed deal specifically with alternative energy and robotics. Through modularizing the courses, instructors throughout OCtech may elect to use materials from these courses to supplement face-to-face courses or offer the entire course in a hybrid format. In addition to being used in the college’s traditional curriculum, these courses have been utilized in the Middle College and the Flex/Evening College for working adults with great success. The courses and the included modules are housed on a Learning Management System hosted by OCtech that is available to all the colleges and high schools in the state.     

Engineering a General Education Program: Designing Mechanical Engineering General Education Courses

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at our institution created two engineering courses for the General Education Program that count towards second level general science credit (traditional science courses are first level). The courses were designed for the general student population based upon the requirements of our General Education Program and engineering concepts. We explain the results and impact of the classes so as to expand the conceptualization of general education courses and to enable engineering curricula to reach a larger audience as well as to broaden student understanding of the forces shaping their world.     

水质工程学教学方法探讨

水质工程学是给排水专业的主干课程之一。该课程不仅影响学生未来事业的发展,而且对我国环境保护也具有重要意义。为提高教学效果,必须使学生充分认识到该课程的重要性,提高学生兴趣;采用先进的教学手段,使教学更生动形象,教学内容更易于接受;根据教学目的调整教学内容,增强学生的知识应用能力与科研开发能力。     

The new challenge: An ethnically integrated enrichment program for gifted students

The New Challenge Program was established at the University of Texas‐Pan American's School of Education to provide enrichment experience for gifted children in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Over 125 students in grades K‐12 participate each spring in a course of their choosing designed to explore creativity or foster specialized interests, such as Videography, Engineering in the Real World, Discovering the Art in You, Blood and Guts, and Rocketry and Aviation. The majority of the gifted students in this program are Mexican Americans and are classified as economically disadvantaged. The New Challenge Program staff developed an informal system for selecting and preparing the experts who teach these courses to provide a learning environment that works for all gifted children and a curriculum that is thematic and expands upon the academic content that they learn in school.     

土木工程综合实验模块式教学改革初探

土木工程实验大多作为土木学科的一个附加环节,对理论教学进行补充,因而缺乏系统性,效益性不高.鉴于此,我校土木工程实验教学国家示范中心通过将土木工程培养计划中相关专业基础课、专业课的课程实验进行整合、优化,形成独立设课、模块化的综合实验课程,突出了基础性、综合性、创新性不同层次的内容,显著提高了实验教学的效率,更好地促进了本科生动手能力的培养,提升了本科生的创新能力和综合能力.     

Grades and Withdrawal Rates in Cell Biology and Genetics Based Upon Institution Type for General Biology and Implications for Transfer Articulation Agreements

General biology courses (for majors) are often transferred from one institution to another. These courses must prepare students for upper division courses in biology. In Colorado, a Biology Transfer Articulation Agreement that includes general biology has been created across the state. An evaluation was conducted of course grades in two upper division biology courses at University of Colorado Denver (UCD) (N = 2129) based upon course grades in general biology and the type of institution where general biology was taken (2-year school, 4-year, in-residence at UCD, Advanced Placement [AP] credit, College Level Examination Program [CLEP] credit, or International Baccalaureate [IB] credit). Students who transferred general biology credits received lower grades in upper division biology courses and withdrew from upper division biology courses more frequently. The root causes for these disparities in student outcomes should be investigated further using demographic data and qualitative data. The study should be expanded to all Colorado institutions to ensure the effectiveness of the Biology Transfer Articulation Agreement.     

基于仿真试验技术的《建筑结构》教学改革实例研究

当前,国内外教育专家已开始把数值模拟仿真技术应用于土木工程专业相关课程的教学改革实践中。实践证明,数值模拟仿真是进行试验教学改革的有效途径。基于高职土建类《建筑结构》课程的试验教学存在的受试验条件和招生规模的限制、制约学生动手和思维创造能力等问题,将数值模拟仿真试验技术引入到《建筑结构》课程中的试验教学改革的方法,通过钢筋混凝土梁正截面和斜截面破坏的仿真案例实践分析,验证了提高教学质量的有效途径,有助于培养学生的实践能力和创新意识。     

“工程数值计算与有限元”课程建设

“工程数值计算与有限元”是一门理论—应用结合紧密的工科研究生课程,与其他研究生课程相比,该课程有如下特点:首先,该课程与本科课程高等数学、矩阵论、弹性力学、现代数值计算、程序设计等存在关联,需要一定的知识广度,部分知识点理论性强,也要求一定的知识深度;其次,该课程为研究生后续掌握有限元软件操作、分析工程案例甚至开发软件奠定良好的基础,可以帮助学生“知其所以然”,体现出了应用性与可扩展性。从工科人才培养角度看,课程有着重要的承上启下作用,日益受到学界与科研界重视。该作者基于自己的海外课程经历,结合过去数年的教学经验,在文中提出了“工程数值计算与有限元”课程的一般建设思路,结合了理论授课与案例教学模式,并讨论了课程未来发展方向。     

以项目为载体:英国工程博士计划的推进与启示

工程博士教育作为应用型研究生教育的最高层次,以培养高端科技创新型人才为目标。英国工程博士计划以项目为载体开展工程博士的培养,为英国经济建设培养了大批高级工程师人才。研究发现,“围绕项目构建多主体协同的推进机制”“通过项目的开展培养工程博士”及“质量保障贯穿项目开展全过程”是实现英国工程博士计划有效推进的关键所在。借鉴英国工程博士计划的实践经验,从“构建多主体协同的顶层制度设计”“以项目开展实现工程博士培养”和“以社会标准作为工程博士培养质量的评价依据”三个方面提出对我国的启示。     

“卓越计划”背景下的地方工科院校通识教育课程体系构建

"卓越计划"试点工作必须依据通用标准,立足行业标准,明晰学生合理的知识结构与能力结构,重构通识教育课程体系。地方工科院校要坚持以能力培养和素质培育为主线,注重课程体系的整体性、消弭学科专业界限、通识与专业教育统一和培育通识课程特色。要综合"核心课程型"和"分布必修型"课程优势,通过"平台+模块"的课程结构形式,重点完善"公共核心课程"、建设"工程基础课程"和开发"跨专业综合课程",以满足"卓越计划"对学生共性和个性发展的要求,体现地方工科院校通识教育的特色。     

桥梁课程:网络环境下的大学公共英语课程改革策略

设立英语桥梁课程是网络环境下大学公共英语课程改革的方向之一。英语桥梁课程目标属于阶段性教学目标;设计理念为通过网络与课堂相结合的教学模式,实现网络环境下专业文化和英语文化的结合,实现语言学习、学科教育和专业渗透的自然过渡与充分融合;设计路径为通过跨学科的言语内容培养学生的思维。英语桥梁课程包括核心课程和特设课程两个模块,具有整合性、自主性、个性化和网络化等特点,能拓展大学英语教学的发展方向。     

“工程实践不断线”人才培养模式的探索与实践

阐述了确立适应北京城市建设需求的工程测量技术专业培养目标,建立实施"工程实践不断线"人才培养模式及其对实现专业人才培养目标的重要作用,重点就学校与企业互通教学生产进程、发挥"企业专业指导人"的纽带作用,保障"工程实践不断线"人才培养模式实施的长效机制建设等方面进行了探索研究。     

浅谈农业院校《系统工程》课程教学案例选择的新视角

案例是教学的灵魂,对提高学生分析问题与解决问题的能力起到重要的作用。论文从分析《系统工程》课程特点出发,提出系统工程案例选择与国情校情、系统工程学科特点、学科发展趋势以及与国际环境的变化发展相结合的新视角,为《系统工程》以及类似课程教学中的案例选择提供参考。     

新规范下软件工程专业实践教学体系的重构

实践教学是软件工程专业本科人才培养的重要组成部分,关系到工程型人才培养的质量和学校的专业建设。根据2011年制定的《高等学校软件工程专业规范》,结合学校自身实际和软件产业的发展,提出了软件工程专业本科实践教学体系的构建原则和总体框架,对传统的实践教学体系进行了重构,设计了学校、企业、学生三方共同协作、相互促进、可评价的实践教学体系,加强学生实践创新能力的锻炼,为应用型软件工程人才的培养奠定坚实的基础。     

美国先修课程计划追求教育公平的实践研究

美国先修课程计划实施已有50多年,它是美国历史上最悠久、影响最大的高中和大学课程整合计划。从20世纪60年代末开始,它一直致力于追求教育公平,通过政府的资助、广泛的组织合作项目的支持、大学理事会以及学校层面的努力,传统处于不利地位的学生加入AP的人数不断增加,有些地区已经缩小或取消了公平差距。     

对外汉语教学网络课件开发的理论原则

对外汉语教学网络课件的开发是融对外汉语教学、软件工程、人机工程和教育技术学等在内的多学科的有机活动 ,必须有相关的理论指导 ,而语言教学规律的遵从、软件工程方法的掌控、人机工程思想的渗透和教育技术理念的融合等四条阐述可以作为其理论指导原则     

Communication Skills for Engineering Students: an integrative approach

This paper describes the development of the teaching of communication skills on Engineering Degree courses run by the School of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Leeds Polytechnic from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. The development is seen as moving from the notion of Liberal Studies through Communication Studies to eventually the concept of Integrated Studies. The ideas behind Integrated Studies are described and the benefits and problems of this approach are discussed.     

高职数学教学对策研究

发展高等职业教育是科教兴国的重要环节,根据教育部《高职高专教育数学课程教学基本要求》结合高等职业教育本身“培养高等技术应用性人才”的特点,高等数学课程必须贯彻“以应用为目的,以必需、够用为度”的原则。而如何把这一原则和高等数学自身的特点在教学上有机的结合,采用正确的教学对策使高等数学在培养创新型、复合型、实用型人才中发挥其作用是亟待解决的问题。     

幼儿园教师继续教育课程体系构建探索——基于上海市某区“十一五”幼儿园教师专业选修课内容的研究

课程建设是幼儿园教师继续教育的核心。专业选修课的建设与幼儿园教师个性化专业发展需求的满足和区域内学前教育事业的全面发展密切相关,在整个继续教育课程建设中应占据重要地位。深入分析上海市某区"十一五"期间幼儿园教师继续教育专业选修课的内容,我们发现,涉及五大领域的继续教育课程内容占一定优势,但领域之间在结构上严重失衡,涉及游戏指导类的继续教育课程内容很少。为此,我们认为,要构建一个适应新的时代发展需要的幼儿园教师继续教育课程体系,需要注重规划,统筹课程资源;丰富课程类型,创新课程形式;提供引导支持,以切实提高课程质量。