Abstract:The open science movement is reshaping the global scientific ecology and promoting knowledge innovation. Colleges and universities have become key stakeholders in the implementation of the philosophy. Based on the case study method and content analysis method, this study demonstrates the characteristics and results, and summarizes the enlightenments of open access practice of U.S. colleges and universities. With the evolution of open science philosophy, the governance system of open access has been initially formed through shaping philosophy, improving organizations, issuing policies, optimizing infrastructure and strengthening exchanges. While making some progress in providing access, enabling usage and providing matching infrastructure, they also face challenges including insufficient governance efficiency, difficulty in balancing multi-stakeholder interests, and inadequate depth of openness. The practice of U.S. colleges and universities indicates that colleges and universities should actively create open scientific environment, give full play to the functions of interest groups, and learn from the lessons and experiences of open access.

Abstract:Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is reshaping the education ecosystem, raising risks such as homogenization of teaching design and cognitive homogenization while enhancing teaching efficiency, threatening the subjectivity and humanistic value of education. Technological intervention in education has gone through three stages: instrumental rationality, system integration and intelligent integration, which optimizes the supply of resources but intensifies the worship of data and algorithmic dependence, leading to the alienation of teacher-student relationships. The core function of teachers is rooted in teaching wisdom, value judgment guidance, emotional connection and humanistic innovation, which become the key to resist technological alienation. In order to realize the balance between technological empowerment and educational integrity, it is necessary to build a gradient control system, promote the double-helix professional development path that integrates technological literacy and educational wisdom, and follow the guidelines of human nature first, cultural immunity, cognitive autonomy, and ethical transparency, so as to safeguard the essence of education in dynamic adaptation and promote the sustainable development of human-machine synergy.

Abstract:The National Excellent K-12 Teacher Education Program (NETEP) is a beneficial component of the teacher education system with Chinese characteristics. As an innovative institutional arrangement, the program currently lacks detailed policies for implementation at the national level, nor are there mature overseas experiences to draw upon. Moreover, as some pilot universities do not have a faculty of normal education, how to promote the NETEP at a high level in non-normal universities has become an urgent practical issue to be solved. Based on the requirements for teaching team construction in the new era, this paper proposes the goal of cultivating master educators, guided by the spirit of master educators and the spirit of scientists. It outlines the implementation pathways and key measures for advancing the NETEP in non-normal pilot universities in terms of development concepts, mechanisms, training models, and training systems. The findings may serve as practical references for similar pilot universities and provide valuable insights for the decision-making of relevant administrative departments.

Abstract:Through analyzing relevant policies and practices, this paper clarifies the characteristics and advantages of both undergraduate and higher vocational education and their complementarity within the educational system. A case study of the cooperation between Chang’an University and Shaanxi Railway Institute provides an empirical basis, showcasing collaborative achievements in resource sharing, curriculum alignment, teacher training, and student exchanges. The findings indicate that establishing an effective cooperative model can enhance the linkage and interaction between undergraduate and vocational education, achieving efficient integration and optimization of educational resources. This research proposes a framework for constructing an industry-education integration community, emphasizing the importance of government support, inter-college cooperation, curriculum innovation, and the enhancement of practical teaching components. The originality of this paper lies in its systematic approach to combining the strengths of undergraduate and vocational education to meet industrial development needs, offering a novel perspective on the construction of an industry-education integration community in the rail transportation engineering field. This study aims to explore the pathway for collaborative construction of an industry-education integration community between undergraduate and higher vocational education, promoting the integration of educational reform and industrial development, thus providing a reference for further educational reforms.

Abstract:Under the accelerated transition toward greenization, intelligentization, and industrialization in the construction industry, and in response to the integrated advancement of education, science and technology, and talent development, architectural universities are compelled to reform the cultivation system for top-notch innovative talents through deep integration of research and education. Grounded in the requirements of emerging engineering education and considering the practical and interdisciplinary nature of architectural disciplines, this paper systematically examines critical issues in the current talent development process. The study proposes an educational philosophy of research-education integration rooted in engineering fundamentals, defines the objectives for cultivating top-notch innovative talents, and constructs an integrated model encompassing curriculum restructuring, faculty development, platform resource integration, and innovation capability enhancement. Implementation mechanisms such as task-driven pedagogy, seamless undergraduate-doctoral training, and project-team-platform synergy are also elaborated. The concepts and pathways explored in this study may offer theoretical foundations and practical insights for fostering top-notch innovative talents in architectural universities within the emerging engineering context.

Abstract:Urban and rural planning is transforming from physical space design to comprehensive design, and paying more attention to multidisciplinary knowledge systems and practical projects. Based on planning reality and educational theory, this paper expounds on the problems of identity, discourse, teaching, and utility in multidisciplinary integration of planning, and judges that it has not achieved real multidisciplinary integration due to the limitations of professional knowledge, institutional mechanisms, and planning itself. Then, this paper puts forward strategies like strengthening multidisciplinary cooperation, removing institutional obstacles, and emphasizing the value and core of planning, to provide a reference for discipline integration in the planning field.

Abstract:To explore the application of artificial intelligence in civil engineering teaching reform, this paper analyzes the present situation of civil engineering teaching, and describes in detail the application practice of artificial intelligence in the fields of virtual simulation, intelligent evaluation and intelligent design. It points out that artificial intelligence technology has great potential in improving teaching efficiency, optimizing the allocation of teaching resources and realizing personalized teaching, and it helps to cultivate high-quality civil engineering talents with innovative ability and practical spirit. At the same time, the paper also points out the challenges in artificial intelligence technology application, such as data privacy risks, emotional interaction limitations and ethical dilemmas, and puts forward the corresponding solutions, including adopting machine learning methods to protect private data, developing affective computing modules to realize basic human-computer interaction, and establishing manual review and accountability mechanisms. This paper provides a new idea and method for civil engineering teaching reform, which is of great significance for promoting the innovation and development of civil engineering education.

Abstract:With the advancement of the educational informatization concept, virtual simulation experimental teaching has become an inseparable part of experimental teaching. However, there are issues with the current experimental teaching mode. First, the organic integration between virtual simulation projects and traditional physical experimental teaching systems is insufficient. Second, the cross-campus sharing mechanism of high-quality virtual simulation experimental resources urgently needs to be improved. This article takes the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Civil Engineering (Southeast University) as an example to introduce the exploration of the center in the virtual-real integration, sharing and blending experimental teaching mode. By constructing a virtual-real integration experimental teaching system in the civil engineering field, developing high-level virtual simulation experimental teaching resources, exploring new forms of future experimental teaching, constructing a standardized matrix for professional experimental teaching, and building a virtual simulation sharing platform, etc., the center promotes the cultivation of civil engineering leading talents with both morality and talent, builds a teaching team that is compatible with teaching, research, and technology, and promotes the application of the virtual-real integration teaching system, providing valuable reference for similar universities to deepen experimental teaching reform.

Abstract:The international joint design education in architecture disciplines at universities aligns with the cutting-edge concepts and technologies of global architectural education, laying a solid talent foundation for enhancing the international influence and leadership of China’s architectural industry. This paper uses CiteSpace and VOSviewer as tools to analyze relevant literature on international joint design education in architecture disciplines from the CNKI and Wanfang databases, as well as proceedings from academic conferences on architectural education in Chinese higher institutions. It maps out the knowledge framework in this field, explores the research development trends in international joint design education since 2003, summarizes the teaching models and core concepts, and provides an outlook on its future development.

Abstract:Emerging engineering education is a change of engineering education paradigm, which requires the transformation from discipline-oriented to education output- and achievement-oriented, so as to meet social needs under the new industrial revolution with interdisciplinary integration. Taking the traditional engineering majors of local universities as the research object, this paper summarizes the top-level concept, internal logic and construction mode of emerging engineering, and uses the concept definition of mechanism system from sociology and management science for reference to explore the composition characteristics and implementation content of mechanism system of emerging engineering construction. It constructs a mechanism system framework consisting of seven parts: development orientation, training process, education subject, education ability, quality assurance, teacher motivation and cultural environment. Taking architecture of Shandong Jianzhu University as an example, this paper describes the specific construction contents of various mechanisms.

Abstract:Under the background of emerging engineering education, the experimental teaching of rock mechanics is an important link to cultivate undergraduates’ practical ability, which is faced with problems such as the lack of integration between teaching content and practical needs, the lack of rock collection and sample preparation processes, and the single teaching methods. This paper proposes a multi-dimensional collaborative teaching reform scheme. First, introduce engineering case-driven teaching to strengthen the in-depth integration of theories and practical engineering, and stimulate students’ desire for exploration and knowledge. Second, rely on universities to build online classrooms, adopt an online and offline blended teaching mode, and invite project leaders to give lectures to enrich teaching resources. Third, introduce artificial intelligence data processing methods to improve the efficiency and accuracy of experimental data analysis. The teaching practice of this reform in the experimental courses of geological engineering at Hohai University shows that the reform has effectively reshaped students’ learning experience and remarkably improved their ability to solve practical engineering problems, providing important support for the cultivation of composite talents with innovative spirit.

Abstract:The establishment of the territorial spatial planning system has put forward new requirements for the teaching of overall planning in colleges and universities, and the teaching contents and objectives of whole-area, all-element and whole-process need to be supported by more intelligent technical methods. According to the tasks and characteristics of each teaching stage of territorial spatial master planning, the types and application paths of digital intelligence technology suitable for multi-stage and multi-module teaching are proposed. In the research teaching stage, multi-source intelligent data technology is integrated into the teaching modules of natural ecology, history and culture, and landscape style, so that students can obtain more comprehensive and detailed data. In the program teaching stage, according to the needs of different special programs, the analysis teaching modules such as digital models, spatial models and artificial intelligence are set up to support students to design more scientific and effective planning schemes. In the stage of results-based teaching, the digital intelligence platform technology is integrated into teaching modules such as result expression and display, quality inspection and implementation evaluation, so that students can master a richer and more standardized method of preparing results. The study is combined with teaching examples to explore the application, aiming to provide reference for the teaching content optimization of the overall territorial space planning in the new era with the support of intelligent technology.

Abstract:At present, the postgraduate education in architecture in domestic universities has formed its own characteristics in terms of schooling ideology, curriculum mode and support system, and constructed an innovative and sustainable talent cultivation mode. However, in the practice of moral and intellectual integration education, some universities still pursue short-term benefits, with an obvious utilitarian tendency, deviating from the goal of education. Based on the understanding of the role of the concept of comprehensive education in the cultivation of postgraduate students, and centering around the postgraduate teaching and cultivation program, this paper proposes to build a cultivation model of architectural postgraduate students with the development of disciplines as the lead, moral and intellectual education as the way, and three-whole-education as the core. From the construction of curriculum system, the teaching paths of teachers, tutors’ cultivation mode and institutional guarantee, this paper discusses to promote the formation of a comprehensive cultivation mode of architectural postgraduate students with professional characteristics. The model is of great practical significance for the cultivation of comprehensive talents with both moral integrity and academic competence.

Abstract:With the introduction of the concept of new quality productive forces, scientific and technological innovation has become the core driver of high-quality socio-economic development. This paper, grounded in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important remarks on sci-tech innovation and new quality productive forces, explores the cultivation of college students’ innovation capabilities from the perspective of new quality productive forces. The interaction between new quality productive forces and students’ innovation ability is a bidirectional empowerment process driven by demand, resource integration, and ecosystem restructuring. On one hand, external factors such as technology and institutional frameworks provide the fuel for student innovation; on the other hand, students’ innovative practices in turn contribute to the advancement of new quality productive forces. The paper further examines current challenges in cultivating college students’ innovation capacity, including disconnections between curricula and real-world needs, underdeveloped training mechanisms, and insufficient initiative among students. In response, it recommends that universities reform their education models to enhance students’ overall competence and innovative potential, thereby aligning with the evolving demands of new quality productive forces and supporting sustainable socio-economic development.

Abstract:Literature review ability is an important part of graduate research ability.The improvement of literature review ability is a key link that cannot be ignored in improving the quality of higher education and optimizing personnel training. However, at present, there are obvious deficiencies in literature review ability of civil engineering graduate students, such as insufficient literature search ability, insufficient literature research ability, and insufficient literature review writing ability. By means of literature review, in-depth interview and questionnaire survey, this paper analyzes and reveals the reasons behind the above-mentioned problems. Then the ways to cultivate literature review ability of civil engineering graduate students are proposed from the aspects of teacher training, relevant course construction, and the process management of dissertations. Besides, a quantitative method for evaluating literature review ability is proposed. This has certain reference value for improving the comprehensive research ability of postgraduates.

Abstract:In the context of China’s urban development shifting from incremental expansion to stock optimization, urban renewal has become a crucial approach for high-quality urban development and a focal point in architectural design research. Cultivating innovative professional talents to meet the demands of future urban development has become a key aspect of architectural education reform. The School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Chongqing University takes the urban renewal design course for architecture master’s students as the object, aiming at the teaching bottleneck of the traditional design course, puts forward the teaching reform idea of taking local demand as the core, university-local cooperation, and integrating multiple disciplines. By constructing a research-oriented, participatory and practical design teaching framework, students are guided to gradually develop systematic thinking, professional practice ability, and innovative awareness to tackle complex urban issues, laying a solid foundation for their future diversified development. The teaching reform closely revolves around the training needs of professional masters, achieving a shift from theory to practice and from single-discipline to multi-disciplinary integration. It offers a reference case for the field of architectural education.

Abstract:Road survey and design is a highly comprehensive and practical course. Traditional teaching fails to consider the characteristics of international students in China, and it is difficult to achieve desirable teaching effects in postgraduate teaching. Firstly, this paper analyzes the current teaching situation of road survey and design course for international students, and sorts out problems existing in the teaching of this course, namely, difficulty in communication between teachers and students, weak academic foundations and large disparities among international students, insufficient suitable textbooks, great difference in teaching modes and learning habits, too much course content but too few teaching hours, difficulty in understanding the teaching content and imperfect evaluation system. Secondly, on the basis of analyzing the above problems, the goal of teaching reform is clarified, and the online and offline mixed teaching mode is reformed and practiced from four aspects: teaching content and design of ideological and political elements, teaching resources, teaching organization and teaching evaluation. Finally, combined with the teaching statistics and questionnaire survey results over the past three years, the practical effect of curriculum reform is analyzed and evaluated. The results show that students hold high recognition towards the online and offline mixed teaching reform, and the gains are generally great; on-line teaching makes up for the lack of class hours to some extent; since the implementation of online and offline mixed teaching, the average scores of students’ test papers and teachers’ evaluation scores have been significantly improved. Through the teaching reform and practice, students’ learning enthusiasm has been fully mobilized, classroom discipline and interaction have also been improved, and the teaching effect has been improved obviously. Relevant results can provide reference for the teaching and reform of other courses.

Abstract:With the rapid development and transformation of China’s construction industry, the education system is also facing new challenges. The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, in collaboration with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, has issued a document emphasising the advancement of industrialisation, digitalisation, and intelligent development in the construction sector. This not only provides direction for the industry but also sets new requirements for the education system to cultivate professionals who meet the demands of the new era. As a core course in civil engineering, principles of concrete structure design has highlighted several issues under traditional teaching models: outdated textbooks that are disconnected from industry practices, insufficient online resources to meet diverse learning needs, limited classroom interaction and inadequate teacher-student communication, heavy computational workloads that burden students, and unscientific evaluation system that fails to accurately measure learning outcomes. Therefore, course reform is imperative. Key measures include developing new digital textbooks, building diverse digital resource libraries, establishing digital platforms centred on classroom teaching, creating information-based teaching environments, and adopting a multi-dimensional, quantifiable evaluation system. The reform particularly focuses on enhancing student engagement and practical application skills through new digital textbooks, diverse digital resources, and technologies such as BIM, Matlab, and Digital Image Correlation (DIC). These changes have improved student participation and learning outcomes, fostered the ability to solve complex engineering problems, and laid the foundation for cultivating versatile professionals suited to the needs of the new era.

Abstract:The teaching of fundamentals of concrete structures has long faced challenges, including outdated knowledge systems, rigid teaching methods, and a lack of integration between theory and practice. This has resulted in low student learning efficiency and a tendency for students to lose their interest. This study deeply integrates machine learning into concrete teaching, and constructs a new teaching path of four-step fusion: predictive modeling-constructing, a nonlinear mapping between input parameters and mechanical responses, breaking through the shackles of traditional formulas; interpretive analysis, quantifying the contribution of variables through interpretable machine learning models, transforming empirical coefficients into intuitive expressions of physical logic; discovery of laws, using symbolic regression to mine mathematical formulas that are both accurate and interpretable, and restore the exploration process of scientific laws; intelligent design, generating multi-objective equilibrium solutions based on genetic algorithms, achieving a leap from manual trial-and-error to intelligent optimization. The new teaching path reshapes the knowledge learning model with data thinking, realizing the transformation from static standardized formulas to dynamic renewable models. It reconstructs the teaching methodology, and realizes the transformation from one-way teaching to interactive exploration between teachers and students. It upgrades the ability evaluation system, and realizes the transformation from result assessment to process tracking, and ultimately promotes students to transform from formula applicators to science discoverers, providing new ideas for the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in the context of new engineering.

Abstract:The application of low-carbon prefabricated timber structures is in line with the development strategy of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals in China. The cultivation of talents in the field of timber structure is the source power behind the development of the timber structure industry. With the aim of fostering innovative talents in timber structure in forestry universities, the necessity of establishing experimental teaching projects for timber structures in civil engineering majors is studied. Based on the OBE concept, combined with the existing experimental teaching system of civil engineering, three different types of timber structure experimental teaching projects and assessment methods are designed, and the applicability of timber structure experimental teaching projects is discussed. This provides effective reference for the construction of a comprehensive experimental teaching system for wood structure architecture and materials.

Abstract:The major of building environment and energy application engineering is one of the core supporting majors for achieving the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategy. However, in recent years, this major has faced the problems of declining attractiveness to students and loss of excellent students. In this regard, this paper proposes to enhance students’ professional identity, stimulate their internal learning motivation, and increase their confidence in the major. As the students’ first practical contact with the major, professional cognition internships can effectively achieve the above goals. Therefore, this study advances the professional cognition internships to the freshman year, and puts forward a curriculum reform approach featuring earlier curriculum arrangement, content innovation, access to cutting-edge technologies, and ideological and political guidance. At the same time, a teaching team with deep professional passion, broad academic vision and student empathy is constructed to realize the two-way transmission of emotional cognition and professional knowledge through internship teaching. Currently, the above reform schemes have been applied to the practical teaching of the building environment and energy application engineering major at Nanjing Tech University, and continuous optimization and exploration will be conducted in subsequent practice.

Abstract:Soulful engineering education is an important embodiment of the exploration and practice of ideological and political education reform in engineering geology courses under the background of "new engineering disciplines". Based on the author's team's years of teaching experience and the nature and characteristics of ideological and political education in engineering geology courses, this paper systematically analyzes four aspects of teaching objectives and educational objectives in engineering geology, excavation of ideological and political elements and teaching design, curriculum outline and content setting, teaching methods and practice. Through the exploration and practice of ideological and political education reform in engineering geology courses, the aim is to cultivate students' awareness of the integration of knowledge and action, and to achieve a new teaching model of joint education that deeply integrates moral and intellectual education in engineering geology. The research methods and content can provide important references for ideological and political education in other courses.

Abstract:The teaching of professional courses in universities is the main channel for carrying out ideological and political education. The professional course of design principles of steel structures is a core course that emphasizes both theory and practice, and is very suitable for carrying out ideological and political education. In order to effectively implement ideological and political education in the course of design principles of steel structure, the core position of this course is explained, the setting of ideological and political goals of the course is clarified, and the role of situational teaching in curriculum ideological and political education is elaborated. It proposes an implementation path for curriculum ideological and political education based on situational teaching. The exploration is expected to provide reference for similar majors.