Author(s)

Chunxing Gu ^1,2, Han Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
² School of Intelligent Emergency Management, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

Corresponding Author

Chunxing Gu

ABSTRACT

Project-based teaching aims to enhance students' understanding of knowledge through the practice of projects. In recent years, project-based teaching has been more and more widely used in college teaching. Taking students of mechanical majors as an example, students need to learn several professional courses in mechanical design, such as "Mechanical Principles", "Mechanical Innovation Design", "Mechanical Design" and "Course Design of Mechanical Design". There is continuity in the knowledge of these courses. In this work, an approach of implementing a project-based teaching approach that links multiple courses within the field of mechanical engineering was explored. The multi-course linked project-based teaching approach allows students to build on their knowledge progressively, reduce learning pressure, enhance learning curiosity and practical skills, and develop their abilities of teamwork, practical, and critical thinking, as well as their project planning and execution skills. The multi-course linked project-based teaching approach introduced in this paper can provide a useful reference for the reform of mechanical professional courses.

KEYWORDS

Mechanical Design, Graduate students, Project-based, Teaching method

CITE THIS PAPER

Chunxing Gu, Han Wang, Application of a multi-course linked project-based teaching approach in a mechanical course. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2023) Vol. 7: 97-101. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2023.071215.

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