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Abstract:Nowadays, the appearances of Chinese cities are undesirable. Most of the architecture designs are mediocre and repetition with each other. There are few excellent architects. These situations are contrasted by the success of Finland’s architecture designs. One of the fundamental reasons of the difference between China and Finland is the education system. To educate architects with original innovation capability, I summarized the superiorities of the architectural education system in Finland, compared it with that of China to find the disadvantages, and proposed suggestions to improve and renovate the higher architectural education system in China.

Abstract:After going through various development stages, modern universities have played an important role in the development of national economy and culture, although they have different development features. Modern universities are miniatures of the society, and they exhibit all kinds of characteristics including the visible innovation of culture and the invisible development of national economy. Only via seizing the opportunity of modern university construction can highlevel universities keep their vitality and have the core competence.

Abstract:At present, scientific research and published papers are deterministic factors instead of teaching effect to evaluate teachers in universities. Therefore, teachers devote most of their efforts on the two aspects. Meanwhile, the credit hour of major courses for undergraduates is reduced in colleges and universities, which has a negative impact on the teaching effect. To improve the teaching quality in universities, we proposed new approaches including following teaching laws, improving supervision mechanism, and strengthening computeraided instruction. Teaching should focus on basis and concept, seizing the mainline, and giving attention to cultivating selfconfidence and ability.

Abstract:With the development and improvement of the society, the need of architecture and urban planning professionals are increasing. Universities are the main channel to train professionals. The development of related subjects is important to construction industries in the future. We analyzed present situation of course setting for architecture and urban planning majors in universities and colleges of Zhejiang province, and compared it with foreign universities to find out their development and professional settings and their scientific and flexible teaching methods and ideas. We pointed out problems and shortcomings in universities and colleges of Zhejiang province, and discussed the development trend of architectural education to meet the needs of the times.

Abstract:There are many problems in present situation of running architecture major in independent colleges of ordinary universities, which are lacking teaching hardware and teachers, no unique characteristics in the teaching system, and unclear specialty orientation. Analyzed these problems, we proposed strategies and concrete measures of running school from several aspects, including reasonable specialty orientation and teaching system setting, strengthening the construction of teachers, and improving teaching methods.

Abstract:I analyzed the situation of modern higher education in P. R. China, and proposed that a unique teaching mode for landscape architecture was needed in local colleges and universities. The teaching mode should combine and reflect local characteristics of society, economy, and culture, which can enhance competitive strength of local colleges and universities.

Abstract:Presently, to expand domestic demand and promote economic growth, P. R. China increases input in livelihood projects, infrastructure and ecological environment construction, and postdisaster reconstruction. It needs many professional person specialized in engineering management, which proposed requests and tasks for teachers in universities and colleges of training highlevel engineering management majors to adapt to the social development. Therefore, we should reform on the training mode and teaching methods.

Abstract:Local colleges and universities should have a teaching mode with unique characteristics based on the actual situation, market, and industry relying to show self superiority. To construct and develop the urban planning specialty, local colleges and universities should take theories of strengthening foundations, emphasizing applications, focusing on innovation, improving ability, optimizing quality, and founding characteristics as the guiding ideology. The training goal is to make urban planning majors fill staff vacancy and serve in grassroots units and local places with high quality.

Abstract:Applicationoriented talents of urban planning are greatly demanded due to the rapid urbanization in P. R. China. We analyzed the training mode of innovative quality education for teaching them from three aspects, which were specialty and training orientations, training mode of innovative quality education, and support conditions of completing the mode. The key of the training mode were making urban planning practice as a core of the teaching content, optimizing the course system, and strengthening scientific research and social practice. The results can be used as a reference of constructing the training mode.

Abstract:We discussed on the preparationemployment talent training mode, and applied it into practice. It improved students’ practice competence and capabilities of adapting to the real production environment, and enhanced their employment abilities, which provided a new way for teaching practice reform of civil engineering major.

Abstract:Since the engineering management specialty was established in the promulgated Ordinary College Undergraduate Specialty Directory, it was set up in more and more universities and became a popular specialty. Nowadays, there are many problems in its talenttraining system including that excessive universities and colleges have set up the specialty both in types and quantities, training systems are various, talenttraining quality is different, and the discipline construction is slow. To solve the problems, we explored and discussed about the talenttraining goal, the knowledge system, the discipline construction, and the specialty construction.

Abstract:We investigated and analyzed the business situation and student source of project cost specialty in higher vocational schools. Based on the basic meaning of talenttraining mode and professional requirements of project cost specialty, we presented a twolevel occupation training goal, and constructed a corresponding talenttraining mode including six structural learning and working packages to achieve the training goal by a spiral progression.

Abstract:Many historic buildings of Zhejiang province are located in the center of the city, and most of them are dilapidated. Therefore, they were the first eliminated objects in urban renewal and construction during the urbanization of Zhejiang province. We analyzed development and deduction characteristics of historic buildings to discuss techniques and methods for historic building preservation, and took Ningbo Qing’an Hall maintenance projection as an example to research on the preservation and restoration of historic district.

Abstract:There is a contradiction between knowledge extension and decrease of the teaching time for engineering specialties, since P. R. China adjusted the undergraduate specialtysetup 10 years ago. We investigated on teaching contents of specialized courses and specialized basic courses among classes of building environment and equipment engineering graduated in 2008. Based on students’ attitude of the investigation, we thought about the teachingmaterial view and teaching view of engineering specialties, and discussed methods to solve the contradiction.

Abstract:Based on development requirements of guiding professional norms for undergraduates in science and technology universities established by the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Education, referred to the training objectives, the training program, and the curriculum syllabus of civil engineering, and combined with the teaching practice of civil engineering in some universities, we proposed the teaching content and knowledge system of civil engineering for reference.

Abstract:We analyzed basic features of applicationoriented talent training of urban planning specialty from two aspects including the talenttraining goal and basic requirements of specialty cultivation. Based on the analysis, we proposed several ways to optimize the curriculum system, which are setting up main theoretical courses to promote the combination of specialty education and occupation experience, establishing correlative knowledge courses to reinforce diversification of subject construction, reinforcing practical teaching to improve students’ occupation skills, and dividing occupation direction and increasing elective courses to increase student’s independence and selectivity.

Abstract:We analyzed common problems in traditional teaching process of civil engineering materials course, and discussed teaching reform of contents and methods from two aspects including theoretical and experimental teaching. To cultivate students’ creative thinking and practical abilities, we proposed principles and strategies of the overall optimization for teaching civil engineering materials.

Abstract:Vocational education plays an important role in higher education, but its education theory and mode have no distinguished characteristics. The P. R. China put huge investments into vocational education to construct a hundred demonstrate colleges, which intended to construct the practice condition, course system, course content reform, and teacher group for key specialties. Based on them, we can construct a vocational education course system based on the operating process to eliminate the influence of traditional education.

Abstract:Soil mechanics is an important professional foundation course for civil engineering majors. Based on talenttraining goals of school of civil engineering, students’ characteristics in nationalities universities, and features of soil mechanics, we discussed teaching contents, teaching methods, and teaching media for applicationoriented talent training in nationalities universities.

Abstract:Classification of the technical concept in structural defect treatment is very complicated and disorganized. We proposed that rectification measures of tilted structures can be classified into three stages, which were technical approaches, technical principles, and construction methods. Based on technical approaches, rectification measures were divided into forced settlement and liftup technologies. The former included stress relief, stress addition, foundation stiffness softening, and unloading methods based on technical principles. The latter included truncation liftup and expansion liftup. At last, we summed up different sorts of rectification measures and systemized sorting administrative levels.

Abstract:Blended courses combine different teaching methods to achieve the best teaching effect. Teaching, learning, and practicing are equally important in the courses. We took blended courses as the main teaching mode in curriculum development of property management for real estate management and valuation major, and analyzed specific practice in the develop process based on four requirements, which were making teaching contents accord with post requirements, teaching environment simulates working one, teaching methods accord with students’ aptitude, and teaching evaluation is close to enterprise standards.

Abstract:Landscape architecture is a highly integrated and applied subject. The setting and organization of design courses for the landscape architecture specialty is the core of education system to train talents in engineering colleges. We analyzed the current situation of education system setting for design courses of landscape architecture specialty, and gave a reform idea for it under the proposed new subject development of training highquality and applicationoriented design talents to meet the social demands.

Abstract:We investigated and analyzed the current situation of landscape architecture design course teaching in nearly 30 agricultural universities. Based on the problem of “few credit hours and many contents”, we reformed on the teaching contents and methods to meet development requirements. To strength teaching effects and improve students’ design ability, it is important to integrate teaching contents, construct “combined” teaching modules, and use “staged” teaching method in limited credit hours.

Abstract:We analyzed problems of structural design curriculum setting, and discussed about content integration and optimization of theoretical and practical curriculum systems based on setting goals of curriculum system optimization and construction. Practical results show that students’ structural design ability and innovative consciousness can be improved, and their adaptation period of further work can also be shorted.

Abstract:We introduced the evaluation of built environment course into the architecture design education for juniors. Students took campus buildings as the evaluation subjects, determined evaluation content by their daytoday experience, and obtained objective data and forms through questionnaires and interviews, which represented thoughts and responses of users in the constructed environment. Based on the evaluation, we further discussed on the relation between the design intention and the usage effect of constructed environment to train students’ abilities of comprehensively understanding architecture designs, and finding and solving problems.

Abstract:We elaborated the teaching situation of ecological design in landscape architecture design, stated the importance of training ecologicaldesign conception in landscape architecture teaching, and proposed constructive suggestions on the curriculum system, teaching contents, and teaching methods.

Abstract:Nowadays, reform of architectural education is deeply carried out in many national architectural institutions including Suzhou University of Science and Technology. We pointed out the importance of spaceconcept training in architecture design basics course, and discussed corresponding adjustments and innovations in teaching system based on the training of spatial cognition, spatial imagination, and spatial creativity.

Abstract:The course design is an important links of teaching plan in civil engineering specialty. Based on teaching practice, we introduced computerassisted instruction (CAI) into course design, and combined computer calculation with manual calculation by using structural design software PKPM. They can make theory teaching well connect to engineering practice, and ensure advanced and practical course design of constructing new contrastchecking training models to cultivate civil engineering majors who can meet market demands better.

Abstract:We analyzed and summed up teaching experience of architectural and structural CAD course based on its teaching situation, and proposed teaching reform from different aspects, which were strengthening students’ analysis ability and optimizing their design capacity, developing their awareness of standardization, and training them to deal with the relationship between professionalcourse learning and PKPM application. The reform can improve teaching quality of architectural and structural CAD course, and enhance students’ practical work ability.

Abstract:I analyzed the necessity of reforming architectural CAD course for project supervision major in higher vocational schools. To improve students’ abilities of reading and drawing architectural drawings, I proposed a new teaching mode named “a threestage mode” based on practical situation, which focused on analyzing classical architecture construction drawings.

Abstract:Practice teaching is an important part in the undergraduate teaching of building environment specialty, and the specialty evaluation of building environment has higher requirements for practice teaching. We proposed reform and innovation methods based on the demand of the specialty evaluation and specialty cultivation objective, which are reforming on the practice teaching, strengthening the construction of teachers, and improving the talent training mode.

Abstract:Surveying is an important course of civil engineering majors, and the key part of its teaching system is the surveying practice, which cultivates students’ practical and innovation abilities. Based on the traditional teaching mode of surveying practice, I proposed teaching reform and exploration of surveying practice.

Abstract:Based on the research and exploration of the recent experiment mode, we proposed an outdooropening experiment mode. We elaborated its basic principles, put forward its construction and application methods, and carried out the outdooropening experiment in electromagnetic field experimental course. The result shows that the outdooropening experiment mode is helpful for students’ cognitive ability of abstract conception, improves their practical ability, brings their enthusiasm into practice, and cultivates their innovation spirit. However, relative problems of the mode need further exploration and research.

Abstract:The graduation design is the most important link in undergraduate training process of civil engineering major, and its teaching quality directly determines the improvement degree of talents’ ability. In the University of Jinan, the graduation design quality was improved by several measures, which are promoting construction by evaluation, reinforcing topicselecting management, emphasizing graduation practice, standardizing the content of graduation design, enhancing design scheme guidance in the process, and establishing group and collective guidance combination mode.

Abstract:We investigated strategies of multimedia teaching quality control based on theories of total quality management (TQM) in four aspects, which were TQM thought, main contents, and promoting steps embodying in the process of multimedia teaching quality management, and building up a TQM system for sustainable development of multimedia teaching quality. They provided the theoretical foundation and exercisable project to control the multimedia teaching quality for leaders in universities and colleges.

Abstract:We discussed the necessity of applying multimedia in modern heat transfer teaching, analyzed the objective, characteristics and innovations of constructing multimedia resources database for heat transfer teaching, and presented technical means and conditions. To improve teaching effect, the basic multimediaapplication strategies was to well combine multimedia materials and teaching links including electronic teaching plan, teaching design, classroom explanation, problem discussion, practice teaching, and experiment teaching.

Abstract:With the development of economy and society, new and higher demands on innovation team construction of civil subject are needed in applicationoriented institutes. To improve the existing organization mode of innovation team, make the subject orientation relatively centralized and stable, optimize the subject structure, and achieve aims of cultivating applied talents to serve the society, it is necessary to build a new organization mode. In the construction process, team goals, scientific research groups, resources assessment system, and incentive mechanism are four basic elements. To construct a continuously mature and improved dynamic organization mode, they must be combined organically by doing a series of activities, including determining research goals, selecting members, allocating roles, establishing a scientific research echelon, and solving critical projects.

Abstract:A professor committee reflects the principle of “universities and colleges administrated by professors”. Its setting and running should adjust to the education system of a country, and promote the higher education. We made a comparative analysis of professor committee in different education systems, and proposed basic principles and a framework of constructing professor committee in Chinese universities and colleges.

Abstract:Training scientific innovation talents is the need of times and an inevitable trend of social development. How to cultivate talents is an important task to the work of Communist Party leading Communist Youth League in universities. We analyzed meanings of the works of Communist Party leading Communist Youth League, discussed about its situation and problems, and proposed concrete measures to give full scope to its advantages and strengthen students’ scientific innovative abilities.

Abstract:Through the investigation on the quality of university graduates, we can understand the social evaluation of the graduates, which promotes colleges and universities to further enhance teaching effect and social reputation. We proposed understanding about the investigation on the quality of university graduates from literatures, and discussed on the exploration and practice in an innovative way.

Abstract:The employment pressure increases with the development of modern society. Student party members, who are standout in the college, have attractive employment competitiveness in various aspects, such as political quality, social adaptability, and professional quality. Based on the comparative analysis of employment situation between student party members and other college students, we gave main characteristics of student party members’ employment competitiveness, and proposed corresponding improvement measures.