笔者以在中国和西方国家求学、工作和任教的经历,比较了双方基础工程课程的基本内容,概括性地总结了美式教学法和中国教学方法的异同,介绍了应用中国特色的美式教学法在国内教授基础工程课程的实践情况,并指出了国内对于美国教育的一些误解。文中指出,启发性教学和灌注式知识传授并不矛盾,可双法并举,加强学生的作业量、阅读量,应用此方法辅以严格培训是保证教学质量,提高学生综合素质的有效途径。

Based on the education, engineering and teaching practice, we compared teaching time and contents of foundation engineering course in Chinese and American universities. Moreover, Chinese teaching style and American teaching style were studied and compared generally and the teaching practice adopting American teaching styles with Chinese characteristics in Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction was introduced. We pointed out that American education may be misunderstood by Chinese teachers. We thought that encouraging students to develop their own ideas about content issues and cultivating students with pouring styles was not in conflict. Homework, reference reading, and strict training were very important to cultivate students’ comprehensive quality.