Author(s)

Haili Zhou ¹, Lei Wang ¹, Junhua Tong ¹, Gaohong Yu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China

Corresponding Author

Haili Zhou

ABSTRACT

Against the backdrop of New Engineering development, where fostering high-quality engineering and technical talents has become a focus, the teaching quality of "Mechanical Design"—a core technical foundation course for mechanical majors—directly impacts the cultivation of students' engineering design capabilities. To address the prominent issues in current teaching practices, such as the disconnect between theory and practice, insufficient training in innovative thinking, and inefficient feedback on learning outcomes, this paper proposes a targeted teaching reform plan. Guided by the concept of science-education integration and leveraging high-quality scientific research achievements, the plan aims to construct a systematic case-based teaching system. Centering on the synergy of "research, teaching, and learning," this reform takes the innovative design cases of small-scale vegetable transplanters as the core driver. It adapts scientific research outcomes to teaching scenarios, optimizes the content and logical structure of teaching, and innovates learning modes. Practice has demonstrated that this teaching approach can significantly enhance students' learning enthusiasm, engineering practice abilities, and innovation awareness, thereby providing a practical pathway for the reform of core courses in mechanical engineering in the context of New Engineering.

KEYWORDS

Science-Education Integration; New Engineering; Case-Based Teaching; Mechanical Design

CITE THIS PAPER

Haili Zhou, Lei Wang, Junhua Tong, Gaohong Yu, Construction of a Case-Based Teaching Model for Science-Education Integration in the Context of "New Engineering": A Case Study of Course "Mechanical Design". Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2025) Vol. 7: 112-117. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2025.070414.

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