Abstract:The target group of the research is the 2009 civil engineering professional training to undergraduate program classes. Questionnaire and class tests were used to investigate students’ professional background and current study situation. Based on the investigation, I discussed on how to adjust the teaching plan, curriculum system, the selection of teaching material, and the delivery of lessons to meet the needs of the target group, and proposed suggestions to facilitate the transition from the professional training to the undergraduate program for civil engineering specialty.

Abstract:The postgraduate education of civil engineering has made a great success during the past 20 years. To training innovative talents, universities and colleges have done many works in the postgraduate education plan and curriculum system. We compared postgraduate education methods and requirements between P. R. China and the USA, and presented that it is important to strengthen the process management, including foundational course training, research topics, research requirements, etc. Meanwhile, to improve their independent creative work ability, they need to take part in more research projects and write more papers. The results show that the foundational theory training is the basis of the innovative ability cultivation.

Abstract:To educate postgraduates, a reasonable curriculum system is helpful for ensuring and improving the teaching quality. There are some shortcomings in current postgraduate curriculum system of P. R. China, and they directly affect the training quality of postgraduates. To solve the problems, Zhejiang SciTech University explored on construction of a reasonable postgraduate curriculum system taking the combination of strengthening foundation and disciplinary intersection as a guidance.

Abstract:As a separate discipline, landscape architecture has formed its unique theoretical system and research fields. Researching on landscape architecture from the aspect of regional culture is benefit to exert ecocommunication features of buildings and their external space, and enhance diversity and heterogeneity development of landscape architecture. I elaborated its development from four aspects, which were natural environment, local culture, history and other characteristics, and humanism in the new era.

Abstract:We analyzed the existing problems of mechanical engineering specialty construction and training talents with applied competence in teachingoriented engineering colleges, and put forward new ideas about the professional teaching group construction. Closely combined with the society needs, school orientation and characteristics, based on the employing units, graduates and enrolled students questionnaire survey, we presented a specialized teaching platform with common characteristics of construction machinery, proposed a talent training mode which was professionally characterized by construction machinery, and explored the road for the specialty construction and cultivating talents with applied competence in teachingoriented engineering colleges. The feasibility and effectiveness of this mode were verified based on the effect analysis of talent cultivation.

Abstract:The popularize development of higher education and needs of society and place economic development for different types of talents require colleges and universities choosing scientific training system. We discussed about some professional norms for training applicationoriented talent of civil engineering specialty.

Abstract:Based on the orientation of training applicationoriented talents in Dalian Nationalities University, we analyzed existing problems in experimental teaching system for civil engineering specialty, discussed the construction aim and practice of the experimental teaching system, and explored the reform direction of constructing experimental courses to enhance the experimental teaching level.

Abstract:Training postgraduates’ innovation ability in research is a very important object in engineering postgraduate education. With the increase of the engineering postgraduate quantity, the education resource is deficient. We discussed on ways of training engineering postgraduates’ innovation ability from five aspects, including the curriculum system, teaching methods, investigation in some project, fund support, and establishing base.

Abstract:Civil engineering specialty requests students have high project practical ability. Its teaching system is still imperfect and focusing on theory instead of practice. Teachers do not have high level to guide practical projects and students do not pay enough attention on practice. Meanwhile, there are no enough funds, and the practice base is deficient. Based on the diversified practice of teaching reform in recent years, including the establishment of practice link, the organic combination of the theory and the practice, training young teachers’ practical ability, and construction of practice bases, we proposed the reform direction of practice teaching and specific measures under the new situation.

Abstract:I presented the current problems of construction course, analyzed the misunderstanding in teaching, and put forward suggestions on how to solve existing problems and improve teaching methods and teaching effect.

Abstract:Based on the graduate employment situation and the actual situation of School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, we presented course reform and practice on curriculum system construction of countprice courses for engineering management specialty. The investigation and practice methods included adjusting the talent training project, revising teaching syllabuses, using modern educational technologies, and innovating the graduation design. The practice result shows that the teaching quality was improved and the competing ability of graduates was enhanced.

Abstract:“Design principle of concrete structure” is an important course for civil engineering specialty. Its teaching effect directly affects the whole teaching quality of the specialty. To improve students’ practice abilities, we discussed on how to combine degree education of civil engineering with the structure engineering registration exam, and reformed on a series of courses for “design principle of concrete structure”.

Abstract:Performance technology is the most optimized costbenefit ratio systematical approach. As times goes by, many scholars of education technology focus on it currently and have applied it to the education. We used the technical process of performance framework to solve issues in the building materials teaching, reformed on the building materials teaching from the viewpoint of performance technology, proposed building materials online course teaching in performance technology, and put forward suggestions for the future work to provide basis for teaching optimization of resources utilization and teaching reform.

Abstract:Civil engineering construction course is an comprehensive and practical course, and it is very important for civil engineering majors’ employment and development in future, which brings higher requirements to its teaching. I introduced the status and characteristics of civil engineering construction course, analyzed the existent problems in its teaching, and proposed corresponding measures for the teaching reform.

Abstract:Architecture design is the core of the majoring curriculum for architecture specialty. With the development of architecture techniques, the design encounters many technical problems. A job hunting survey among graduates majored in architecture shows that architecture education should be adapted to the social needs. It is thus necessary to adjust the course content of architecture design for senior students with an emphasis on students’ abilities of mastering new techniques in architecture industries.

Abstract:I analyzed job abilities of graduates majored in project cost of higher vocational colleges, built a curriculum system for project cost specialty using engineering projects as the carrier and the vocational ability as a standard, and proposed teaching thoughts for it.

Abstract:To meet the society needs, we optimized the curriculum system of civil engineering drawing course, which focused on training students’ application ability and help them learn to meet practical needs. We proposed measures to improve students’ drawing ability from aspects of the teaching content, teaching methods, and evaluation methods.

Abstract:The series courses of engineering material, including civil engineering material, new building material, building structural material, inorganic nonmetal material, and polymer material, are the technological basic and professional courses with large amount and wide adaptability. We introduced the research and practice on series course construction of engineering material in Qingdao Technological University, and focused on cultivating highquality talents with creativity and practical capability.

Abstract:Problemchain teaching method fits the application and integration requirements of air conditioning. Based on the course teaching of air conditioning, I presented its basic principles, design methods and implementation requirements, and discussed about how to use it to improve the teaching on the air conditioning course. The teaching practice results show that the problemchain teaching method improved the teaching quality, inspired students’ study interests, and would be helpful for students to study in all their life.

Abstract:Knowledge exploring and teaching are basic characteristics of the modern university, and their combination will bring out the best in each other. We analyzed the way to combine the teaching of “hydraulic and pneumatic technology” with scientific research, including combination of class teaching and scientific research, combination of experimental teaching and scientific research, and taking the innovation group into the research team, which are helpful to cultivate students’ innovation ability.

Abstract:Project bidding and contract management course is set up due to the economic construction of the country, the development of construction market in recent years, and a series of relevant laws and regulations including the construction law, contract law, and tendering law. It is an interdisciplinary course covering engineering technology and economics. Its goal is training applicationoriented talents specialized in project management. Because of its varied and extensive teaching contents and limited teaching hours, we must promote the adoption of innovative teaching methods and means of teaching reform to improve the teaching quality and teaching effect.

Abstract:The complexity of dynamic properties of soils and the great positive effects of experiments on the theories and practices of soil dynamics highlight the importance of experimental teaching in this course. We analyzed the problems existing in the current experimental teaching of soil dynamics, and introduced the innovative macromeso perspectives into this course in research universities, to cultivate students’ abilities of abstracting scientific problems from macro phenomena and revealing the mechanisms from mesoobservations. Then the dynamic properties and engineering behaviors of soils could be properly learned by the students and their capabilities of engineering practice are strengthened.

Abstract:Practice teaching is one of the most important teaching parts in project management education, which plays a key role in training qualified project management majors. We analyzed the objective of practice teaching and problems existed nowadays, and proposed a practice teaching system for project management specialty, including the practical capacitytraining, the methods of practice teaching, and the basic structure of practice teaching. Based on the proposed system, we further discussed the objective, content of practice teaching, and laboratory construction for project management specialty. Finally, we gave the development prospects for project management education.

Abstract:The structure optimization has been practiced through the component experiment, the structural design, the model manufacture and the load experiment's cyclic process to simulate the entire process of the plan selection, structure computation, construction and destruction In designs and in experiment's repeated process, we experienced the exploration of structure optimization, simultaneously obtained the understanding to “the innovation”

Abstract:The practice training is one of the important aspects of the instructional system for the building environment and equipment engineering specialty. Students’ learning degree in this section will directly determine their learning quality of the courses in all stages. The teaching methods for various stages will be duplicated to each other if we do not pay enough attention to the students’ specific cases in each stage. We presented targeted teaching methods based on the teaching goal of each stage, fully explained requirements for the practice training in each stage, and put forward problems which the school and teachers should focus on to obtain better teaching quality.

Abstract:Civil engineering materials course is an important special basic course of civil engineering specialty. By studying the course, students not only need to grasp the basic knowledge of civil engineering materials, but also to have practical and innovation abilities. The teaching pattern, which embedded practice into the classroom teaching and combined basic experiments with innovation experiments, can help students to change the way of their thinking from passive acceptance to initiative exploration, and achieve the organic unity of knowledge, ability, and quality.

Abstract:With the development trend of internationalization and information technology, the society needs civil engineering majors who have both good specialized knowledge and ability of speaking English. Bilingual teaching is an important approach to cultivating such high quality innovative talents. We proposed the model of bilingual teaching based on the characteristics of soil mechanics specialty, teachers’ condition, and students’ situation, and introduced the practice and experience.

Abstract:Based on the educational philosophy of infiltrative bilingual teaching, finding effective classroom implement measures is the key to extend the bilingual education model. I researched on the implement measures of infiltrative bilingual teaching aimed at civil engineering majors in Dalian Nationalities University, and put forward three steps method. The classroom practice result shows that the method is effective and has achieved remarkable infiltrative effect.

Abstract:Based on the goal of applicationoriented talent training in local engineering colleges, we analyzed problems in the bridge engineering specialty graduation design from aspects of student, direction teacher, subject selection and organization, and proposed corresponding measures for its teaching reform to improve the quality and effect of graduation design.

Abstract:The graduation design is a key part of cultivating undergraduates majoring in civil engineering, and its quality plays an important role in promoting students’ ability and specialty teaching quality development, which is the focus of civil engineering teaching reform. We analyzed the graduation design quality of civil engineering in recent three years in Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, and discussed about corresponding measures based on the specialty training goal to improve the graduation design quality.

Abstract:The graduation design is a transition element for college students from the university to the society, and the society evaluation on graduates is the living basis of universities and colleges. Based on my experience of guiding graduation design and the effect of teaching reform on the civil engineering specialty in Henan University of Urban Construction, I systematically analyzed the related teaching link, course design, topic selection, and doubletutor system of graduation design teaching reform, and the results provide a reference for universities and colleges in normalizing and developing the guide of graduation design.

Abstract:Visual basic (VB) language is used widely in civil engineering, and is an important tool for undergraduates and postgraduates to study aided design. To improve student’s positivity of computer language study, and bring up their ability of applying the language to solve engineering problem, the grading teaching mode has been used in practice based on specialty knowledge and engineering background. Basic and application training were also used to help students grasp the knowledge and improve the teaching effect.

Abstract:The course of rock mechanic is an engineering subject with very strong practicality; the combination of rock engineering, experimental model and theoretical model has considerable effects on its teaching quality. The achievement of high-performance computing technique based on soft and hard platform is employed in teaching rock mechanics. The rock engineering, experimental model and theoretical model are numerically investigated subtly. We encouraged students to design the numerical model and conduct the numerical study, which effectively help students to understand the elementary knowledge, foster their creativity, develop their basic research capacity, and expand their thinking extension and depth. With the popularization of high-performance computers, the investigation can provide significantly meaningful guides for the teaching of rock mechanics course in practice.

Abstract:Structural mechanics is a basic professional course of civil engineering specialty, which is very important for studying the followedup courses. Based on the existing problems in multimedia teaching of structural mechanics course, we put forward corresponding solutions and improvements, and discussed about how to use multimedia technology better to improve the teaching effect combined with our teaching practice.

Abstract:BBS is an important part of ideological and political education for students in universities and colleges. Impacted by the internet, it needs to be innovated to a new stage nowadays. We analyzed the present situation and problems of BBS, and proposed new measures for monitoring the internet communities and public opinions.

Abstract:Minority students and students who are financially supported by the government and enterprises are special students in universities. Different culture backgrounds and financial problems in their family weaken their employment competence in some extent. The society and the government focused on how to increase their employment rate nowadays. We studied the employment characteristics of special students, and presented methods from several aspects, including the students themselves, university, and the society, to increase their employment rate based on the scientific development view.

Abstract:The teaching supervision is an important part of teaching quality monitoring system in universities and colleges. With the continuous development of university, a secondary teaching supervision is imperative because the original single teaching supervision can not meet and fit the need of the school’s development. Under the new situation, we should accurately grasp the function and location of teaching supervision, and effectively solve the inherent relationship of the secondary teaching supervision.

Abstract:I presented the following three bases of content system construction for ideological and political education in universities and colleges. First, the reform and openingup policy provided legal basis for some important educational documents. Secondly, relative research provided the theoretical basis. Thirdly, scientific investigations provided the practical basis. Based on the analysis of these bases, I proposed a dynamic system of content system construction for ideological and political education, which included political education, ideological education, moral education, and psychological education.

Abstract:The work team of ideological and political education in vocational colleges includes party organizations, the communist youth league at all levels, staff in student affairs department, assistant for political and ideological work, and teachers and researchers of ideological and political theory. They are very important in ideological and political education. However, vocational colleges always focus on training employmentoriented talents, and specialty teachers also can add ideological and political education in their teaching contents, which provides a powerful complement to ideological and political education of the work team.

Abstract:Digitizing the archives is a basic project of information construction in universities and colleges, and developing file information resources for the use of teaching, research and management is the fundamental work of archives in universities and colleges. Under the current highly developed information transmission situation, the society and individuals have higher requirements on the file recall rate and precision rate. The traditional file management mode can not meet the requirements. To meet the needs and save paper files for a long term, it is urgent to digitize the archives. In this paper, we discussed on the digital archives management in universities and colleges.

Abstract:The Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches can be used to pair in a definite order and combine in a cycle of sixty years. Based on the theorem of a cycle of sixty years, we elaborated its changing rule, and put forward the ranks to locate every sixtyyear. We also organized the sixtyyear, the ranks and the numbers together to make a new calender based on the Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches.