In the process of teaching airport pavement course, considering the airport operational safety issues, students often are not admitted to detect the pavement in the field, lacking of practical application. To solve this problem, we presented a new teaching method, guiding students to develop an airport pavement detect buried sensor assembly. They can use the components to carry out pavement testing, collect and track the pavement’s relevant parameters of indicators of mechanical properties under load, analyze changes of pavement in health conditions and mechanical properties of parameters, and then evaluate the pavement’s overall performance. Practice has proved, in the process of researching and application of the buried sensor assembly, students put forward and solve problems, which showed completely their technological innovation capability and practical application ability. In the new teaching model, the problem-oriented approach can stimulate students’ creative thinking and guide them to solve problems. The teaching method combines theory and practice, and improves greatly students’ application ability, which is beneficial for training students’ innovative and practical abilities.