Abstract:With the in-depth development of the world multi-polarization and economic globalization, countries around the world have taken the depth development of human resources, innovation-driven development as a proactive strategic choice in international competition. Colleges and universities as the main front to cultivate top-notch creative talents, the main battlefield to nurture the first-class innovation and scientific research, and the main base to breed the advanced culture ideas urgently need to promote collaborative innovation, deepen the paradigm shift in technological development, and actively adapt to the strategic needs of the national innovative construction in order to achieve the grand goal of building a world-class university.

Abstract:Research on architectural history of foreign countries course teaching can be classified in three kinds which are exploration of teaching method, study on the teaching content and review on the teaching history and famous educationists. We researched on teachers’ quality in architectural history of foreign countries course teaching from four aspects, including research on architectural history, the field trip for architectural history, their cognition degree of architectural history, and the campus environment for teaching architectural history.

Abstract:With evaluation of engineering specialties as the orientation, an education system of civil engineering specialty with regional characteristics was constructed, which was an available way to serve for regional economic construction and improvement of education quality. In Inner Mongolia University of Technology, the education and teaching quality was improved progressively under some effective measures of optimizing teachers team, innovating cultivate schedule and building perfect specialty teaching plat, and the level of specialty education was increased in all domains.

Abstract:The acquisition of knowledge, curriculum schedule, curriculum evaluation, and practice in current civil engineering professional teaching and training in universities and colleges were discussed. According to the growth and development of students and taking into account the different age teachers working characteristics, a reform program was put forward. The education idea of comprehensive training was also put forward. The teaching reform method of update teaching content and a small size of the class were introduced. A new assessment standard of the student achievement was put forward based on the whole social demands of talent training. The implementation of school-enterprise cooperation training mode was also introduced. Finally the establishment and reform plan of the tutorial system for undergraduate students were discussed.

Abstract:We analyzed the building environment and equipment engineering graduates’ employment situation from industry employment and employment orientation taking building environment and equipment engineering specialty of Hunan City University as an example. We proposed a basic idea of curriculum system setting for building environment and equipment engineering specialty and improve graduates’ practical ability, employability and the ability to serve the local city.

Abstract:Based on the analysis of the excellent engineer talent cultivation plan, we researched and developed a talent training program of building environment and equipment engineering specialty. Combined with the new social requirements to professional ability, we divided the traditional practice processes into three stages, including equipment manufacturing practice, equipment management practice, and equipment installation practice. We also discussed related problems in the implementation process of training mode reform of excellent engineer talent cultivation plan.

Abstract:Based on the demand of architectural industry and design of college student’s training plan, we analyzed whether graduates can fulfill companies’ expect by follow-up surveys for graduates and related companies managers. Moreover, by inspecting BUCEA’s training plan, we summarized the experience and problems during the process of its design and implementation. To solve the problems both for graduates and companies in the job market, we presented solutions for the training plan design which may provide typical analysis methods and conclusion.

Abstract:More and more colleges set up architecture majors with the development of Chinese economy, including arts institutions. With domestic architectural education integrated into international standards, many famous traditional universities reform their teaching system of architecture from the mid-1990s to cope with the implementation of the licensing examination for registered architects. As special major combined practical skills with art, architecture majors in art colleges should carry on teaching reform in connect with the registered qualification system. Only in this way, they can improve students’ abilities of innovation and artistic accomplishment, as well as abilities of techniques while taking the advantages of artistic disciplines platform. Students cultivated under this mode will have better design capacity and broader employment prospects.

Abstract:To provide a beneficial reference to the construction and development of mechanical engineering, we analyzed the present situation of mechanical engineering training in local architectural engineering colleges, discussed the market-oriented, application-oriented and specialty-featured cultivating goal deeply, and proposed goal-achieved and feature-embodied cultivating methods from aspects of the concept of education, training program, curriculum system, and teaching practice.

Abstract:Central plains economic zone construction needs a number of outstanding talents of landscape architecture. At present, the landscape of Henan education training has some problems such as the target is not clear, curricula are unreasonable, teachers’ team construction is relatively weak, and the practice is not enough. Therefore, under the background of central plains economic zone construction, the cultivation of Henan landscape professionals still needs to optimize training programs, add regional characteristics content into professional education, strengthen teachers’ team construction, use a variety of teaching methods and cultivate students’ comprehensive abilities.

Abstract:We studied an overview of higher engineering education in the United States, emphasizing on the cultivating patterns, professional certification system and registered engineer system. The cultivating patterns of universal genius education, opening teaching and university-enterprise cooperation, and the close contacts among engineering education, professional certification standards and certificated engineer system, help the U.S. universities produce qualified engineers, who can solve practical problems and meet the industrial needs. These provide a good experience and reference for the implementation and reform of higher engineering education in China.

Abstract:As a modern industry powerful country, France plays an important role in the world. This relates to the unique engineer education model. The French engineer education model from the student selection, curriculum, internship, and employment status aspects were explored and analyzed. Compared with French engineer education, our existing engineering education has many problems such as weak relationship with the enterprises and the neglect of the integrated capability of students. Its reference to Chinese engineering education was presented as well, including elite education and enhancing the relationship with enterprises.

Abstract:By learning professional standards of engineering education demonstration and based on years of engineering teaching experience, we analyzed the main problems of the basic mechanics undergraduate teaching. Typical cases were used to build the curriculum system and teaching contents, and case teaching was used to cultivate students’ abilities of applying engineering and technology into practice.

Abstract:We studied the course reform of mechanics and materials strength by considering features of independent colleges and the training target of cultivating application-oriented students. The proposal of reforming teaching contents and adding application examples in the textbook were suggested to provide a better teaching effect for cultivating application-oriented talents.

Abstract:Four aspects of the textbook construction of building water supply and sewerage engineering course, network course construction, curriculum design and guidance graduation design, scientific research training and innovation experiments were outlined. To activate students’ study positivity and improve their knowledge level of building water supply and sewerage engineering during the study and application process, how to make full use of classroom teaching and out-class studying and modern teaching methods were studied. Especially how to organically combine the classroom teaching, curriculum design, graduation design, scientific research training and innovation experiments was discussed.

Abstract:The college network education is an important complement of full-time higher education system. Current problems were analyzed in the network teaching of steel structure course. Different solutions and countermeasures were proposed according to characteristics of learners and network advantages. Through the teaching practice, good teaching effectiveness had been obtained which cultivated much-needed steel application type of talents for our country.

Abstract:The unit-load method is often used to calculate the displacement of statically indeterminate structure in structural mechanics to find the actual displacement state and the virtual unit-load state and combine both states to solve displacement. However, the enormous workload will arise when this method is used to solve the statically indeterminate structures bearing complex loads. A new unit-load method, which was improved by the displacement reciprocal theorem, put the loads acted on the original structure to any one of its force-method primary structures, and combined this state with the virtual state whose unit-load acted on the original structure to solve displacement. Since the primary structure was statically determined, the workload would be efficiently decreased. Thus, the improved method is valuable in practical application of structural mechanics teaching and provides a new option for teachers and students as an addition of the course contents.

Abstract:In the teaching of suspension bridge, the main cable saddle and the relative position of the tower, cable saddle preliminary deviator, cable saddle pushing principle understanding are difficult. The structure chart for the relative position of the saddle and the tower should be appropriately complemented, and the relative position and preliminary deviator calculation formula were deduced. The main rope saddle line and the center line of the main tower generally are not coincidence, preliminary deviator is to point out an empty line state to ensure the main tower vertical and set the rope saddle offset, and jacking times and pushing quantity can be adjusted. It enriched the content of the teaching material which can help students understand this part and improve their learning interest of the suspension bridge.

Abstract:We presented brief analysis of steel structure teaching, illustrated the application of three-dimensional digital model in various fields in the modern society, pointed out the advantage of the node design of steel structure teaching by using three-dimensional digital model, and proposed the use of PKPM to build steel structure three-dimensional digital model in detail. The practice shows that using three-dimensional digital model in teaching can achieve better teaching effect than that of traditional teaching.

Abstract:Based on civil engineering planning teaching materials hosted to write by Guizhou Normal University named housing architecture, we expound four innovative ideas for the teaching material compilation and introduced the teaching style of presentation and content features. Four aspects, including the order of principle and structure introduction, the fact that textbook contents lagging behind the industry development, regional characteristics of building construction, and the role of textbook in cultivating students’ engineering quality and innovation ability, were presented. The textbook construction under the digital campus curriculum was also put forward.

Abstract:The task and characteristics of civil engineering constrution course for engineering management speciatly were analyzed and the deficiency in teaching was summarized and presented. Suggestions on the training plan, the teaching plan and the practice teaching mode were presented for the teaching reform of civil engineering constrution course. Results show that the quality of teaching and learning can be promoted.

Abstract:We analyzed characteristics of engineering management and summarized the present situations of the course teaching and the existing problems. Some tentative ideas about the teaching reform based on the CET (combination-engineering-testing) mode were presented. The teaching reform aims at enhancing students’ capability of applying knowledge to practice and laying a solid foundation for the employment in the future.

Abstract:According to the difference between the requirement of registered cost engineer and the teaching content in engineering finance course, a teaching scheme integrated theories, cases and practice was studied to improve the teaching effect with a variety of teaching methods, a variety of organization forms of class and the combination of a variety of media combined with characteristics of the course. Corresponding suggestions were put forward. The teaching reform can improve students’ learning interests, enhance their understanding about the course and stimulate their innovation abilities.

Abstract:Engineering geology has an important discipline status in civil engineering specialty. The main existing problems in engineering geology courses were studied and feasible and specific reform measures on course construction and teaching methods were put forward consequently. It aims to help students to integrate theories with practice and analyze and solve problems, to cultivate students’ creativity and engineering consciousness, and to foster high-level technical talents with comprehensive qualities.

Abstract:Addition to design skills training, learning professional aesthetic vision and aesthetic way of thinking is very important for students majored in architecture in the undergraduate education. In Tianjin University, architectural aesthetics teaching focuses on the traditional aesthetic theory and concerns the forefront of innovation theory at the same time. Based on the analysis of problems in the teaching, we adjusted the proportion of teaching content, developed the cross-cutting thematic teaching, and used multi-combined teaching methods to improve the teaching effect.

Abstract:To deepen the basic teaching reform of architecture design, problems from graduate designs of architecture bachelor which reflected the weak link in the basic teaching of architecture design were analyzed to find the impact factors, measures of reformation were put forward to strengthen training on the ability of obtaining information in the architectural design in low-grade teaching, to reshape the status of hand-drawn sketches and physical models training, to establish the feedback mechanisms for the assessment of the outcome, and to deepen the training mechanism on subjects.

Abstract:There is much to be improved in planting design teaching in architectural school. This paper discusses teaching objectives, teaching programs and contents, teaching methods of the planting design course of 2012 spring semester in South China University of Technology. It shows that with the limited course hours, it is necessary to combine theoretical teaching and on-the-spot practice, select necessary basic theoretical knowledge, set out reasonable objectives of plant identification, deliver effective methods of plant identification, establish appropriate coursework requirements, be supplemented with visual approaches to assist memory, and have a suitable ratio between students and teachers.

Abstract:To make students learn and understand the development background and the main content of foreign modern architecture history from a broader and more macroscopic view, the paper puts forward some exploration and suggestion about teaching of the foreign modern architecture history. The teaching should strengthen the relation among social background, artist history and ancient architectural history, and pay attention to the combination of history teaching with theory teaching. Meanwhile, teachers should emphasize the case analysis to strengthen the cultivation of students’ analysis ability. Through these teaching explorations, students can consciously and gradually establish their own architectural view.

Abstract:This paper presents the “five strengthen ways” (which are strengthening the understanding of basic concepts, strengthening the study of the design specification, strengthening the grasp of the construal measure, strengthening the explanation of the key sections, and strengthening the practice of the implementation) and the “three integrate approaches” (which are integrating the solid model into the teaching practice, integrating the engineering case into teaching practice, and integrating research activities into the teaching practice) to improve the teaching quality of concrete structure design principle course. The teaching methods can cultivate students’ scientific research ability, practical ability and innovation ability.

Abstract:The actual situation is that the importance of basic writing course is declining in many universities and colleges. The root cause is that the teaching effect is worse and students have no interest in it. How to improve students’ writing interest during writing course teaching was discussed by strengthening students’ writing motive, stimulating their expression desire and rebuilding their value to achieve the expected object of basic writing course.

Abstract:Based on analysis of main problems in practice teaching for engineering management specialty, details on the teaching reform in Huanghe Science & Technology College were introduced and some suggestions were pointed out to improve the effect of practice teaching for engineering management, such as determining an accurate training object, establishing a practice teaching system in hierarchy, pertinence, and multiformity, constructing teacher-echelon, and cooperating with enterprises in practice platform construction.

Abstract:The graduation design is the most important personnel training practice teaching link of universities and colleges, which tests students’ knowledge and comprehensive abilities. Based on the CDIO concept, we took the idea of large-scale engineering and life cycle as the main line and presented team graduation design content of the training mode on the basis of interdisciplinary and professional comprehensive knowledge. The guidance system combined the teaching of enterprise mentors and tutors, focusing on training students’ engineering, teamwork, communication and coordination abilities and their innovation spirit, to promote the quality of graduation project of civil engineering constantly. The research results provide a reference to the reform of talents cultivation in higher engineering education.

Abstract:Creative thinking training course in architecture is a professional basic course for architecture majors. It focuses on cultivating students’ innovative ability and plays an important role in strengthening the architecture professional talent training quality. In this paper, existing problems of the teaching system were analyzed and strategies to improve the teaching quality were put forward.

Abstract:To keep pace with the times and the development of the industry, colleges and universities had added the engineering information management course to their curriculum. Traditional teaching methods are no longer adaptable to this new course. We explored a new and feasible teaching mode of engineering information management course based on the QQ platform which is familiar and readily accepted by students. It was a combination of theoretical teaching and practice teaching. Through the guide in theoretical teaching, students can carry out practice activities independently according to certain processes. Therefore, the theory learned will master in practice. The new teaching mode can make up for deficiencies of the traditional teaching mode and can also mobilize the initiative of students. It had achieved good results in teaching practice.

Abstract:We pointed out that during the test teaching, the different standard should be comprehensively applied during the design experiment, the ability training to make comprehensive use of the various knowledge and skill should be paid more attention, and good habits for experiments should be developed, such as correctly modification, careful observation, complete records, and paying more attention to the scrupulousness of experimental process or operation. Finally, the 60 groups of mix proportion designed by undergraduates were discussed. The results shows that a part of parameters recommended by standard can be altered, such as the lower limit of water content in unit volume should be lowered to 140 kg/m3 or 145 kg/m3, and the upper limit of volume fraction of sand in mortar could be increased to 0.48. The results can provide a reference for improving the accuracy of research results and the level of experimental teaching.

Abstract:Information retrieval behavior of university library users has always been a hot issue in user research of information behavior. Information users of university libraries have their own characteristics in information needs and information retrieval and utilization. According to characteristics of the digital environment, characteristics of university library users were researched.

Abstract:Science communication is one of the important research contents of STS and also one of the active areas of research in the past two decades. This paper reveals important research contents and research direction in foreign theories of science communication through a systematical review of several important types of science communication, which reflects the feature of case studies in science communication and provides a reference for research of science communication in China.

Abstract:The community science popularization concerns the improvement of residents’ life quality, the improvement of the universal scientific and cultural qualities, and the building of a harmonious socialist society. However, at present, there are still some problems in community science popularization of China, such as unclear goals, one-sided understanding of the content, poor mechanisms and inaccurate positioning of science activities. To solve the problems, it is needed to strengthen the publicity of community science popularization, enhance the role of the community’s committee and residents, innovate science community system, and accurately grasp residents’ needs.

Abstract:The party and the administration joint conference system is an important content on the colleges’ inner-party democracy construction. It will realize scientization, democratization and standardization of the party-government management in colleges, through clarifying and refining the decision mechanism, duties, and measures of the part-government management in colleges. Meanwhile, it is the key performance indicator on the colleges’ inner-party democratic construction and shows the key content on the colleges’ inner-party democratic evaluation mechanism. By improving and perfecting the party and the administration joint conference system, and building the joint system, the coordination system, and the report system, the colleges’ inner-party democratic evaluation mechanism could be promoted completely.

Abstract:The present era is a MicroAge in which people use new media to communicate with each other. Today, college students show their personality fully. To strengthen and optimize the work of college students’ ideological and political education, we should change the work mode based on the succession and innovation of tradition. Teachers must adapt themselves to the new media era and take advantages of new media completely. And then teachers of college students’ ideological and political education can face the new challenges in the MicroAge.

Abstract:The happiness is a philosophical and ethical issue, and it is a real problem in a real-life. The topic of happiness in contemporary Chinese society continues to heat up and the issue of happiness is a universal concern. The concept of happiness of contemporary college students has obvious characteristics of the time, which is overall active and healthy but still with some problems such as too utilitarian understanding of happiness with hedonistic ideology, superficial understanding of happiness with too much attention on the role of money and material, and psychological dependence in the pursuit of happiness. To solve existing problems, we analyzed excessive and deep reasons, including social reasons, family reasons, school reasons and individual reasons. By analyzing causes of happiness concept of contemporary college students, we hope it can strengthen students’ happiness concept education.