Author(s)

Han Wang ¹, Chunxing Gu ¹, Tianjian Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

Corresponding Author

Han Wang

ABSTRACT

Aiming to address the issue of the "isolated knowledge island" phenomenon caused by the traditional teaching system, leading to insufficient mechanical design ability in students, the integrated practice course "Comprehensive Design of Complex Mechatronic System" is constructed as a peak experience course based on real mechanical product cases. The ability-driven teaching method based on a four-module-collaborated immersive practice teaching scheme is presented to make students go through the entire project-based design process consisting of principle design, structural design, process design and electrical control design. The selection of project cases focuses on academic research hotspots and the states of art of scientific and technological development and fully takes into account the differences in knowledge mastery among different students. An outcome-oriented achievement evaluation method is also implemented to evaluate the students' achievement from the integrated practice course according to the proposed teaching scheme. The construction of the integrated practice course can provide a useful reference for the continuous improvement of peak experience courses in mechanical engineering.

KEYWORDS

Course Construction, Integrated Practice, Outcomes-based, Mechanical Engineering

CITE THIS PAPER

Han Wang, Chunxing Gu, Tianjian Li, Construction of integrated practice courses in mechanical engineering based on outcomes. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2024) Vol. 7: 8-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2024.070302.

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