Course Reform in Senior Undergraduate Teaching: a Case Study in China

DOI

10.2991/iceemt-18.2018.61How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Course reform; self-directed learning; problem-based learning; problem cooperating

Abstract

Problem-based learning has been widely applied in a number of professional curricula. Implementations indicate that problem-based learning is valid and effective in several domains; problem-solving ability and self-directed learning ability of the students are greatly enhanced in problem-based learning programs. From 2013, problem-based learning was applied in the course “Shape Design of Yacht” in Shandong Jiaotong University as a part of course reform in the discipline of naval architecture and marine engineering. Group work and self-directed learning are encouraged in class to resolve pre-set problems. Meanwhile, a 3-index assessment system established to match Problem-based learning. Results of our course evaluations show that 91% of the students found the new approach to be a helpful, useful, and interesting way in this course, nevertheless, some optimizations such as grouping method in problem-based learning still need be done in the future.

Copyright

© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhe Chen
AU  - Xin Peng
AU  - Yichuan Pan
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Course Reform in Senior Undergraduate Teaching: a Case Study in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 3rd International Conference on Education, E-learning and Management Technology (EEMT 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 316
EP  - 320
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceemt-18.2018.61
DO  - 10.2991/iceemt-18.2018.61
ID  - Chen2018/12
ER  -