EXPLORES教学模式探析与应用研究

EXPLORES Model Analysis and its Application to Engineering Education

培养具有创新意识,能综合运用所学科学理论和技术手段,具备分析并解决工程问题能力的未来工程师,教学与社会需求紧密集合,缩小从学校步入企业的差距感,是美国辛辛那提大学学者提出的EXPLORES教学理念的核心思想。该文探讨了基于知识泛化、自主解决问题、工程项目驱动的教学模式。以数字化制造教学为例,打造具有代表性的企业数字化制造车间模拟环境,打破课程界限,引入具有实际工程背景的项目,通过分组合作方式,展开教学实践。以期提高学生对实际工程领域中机械制造技术的认知,使教学更贴近社会需求。为促进学生从高校到工程技术岗位上的无缝转变提供建议与参考。

To maintain requirements of modern industry, the world is challenging higher education institutions to provide excellent engineers with the ability to solve problems with professional theory and advanced technique full of innovation ideas. High education institutions should bridge competency gaps between industry workforce needs and what is provided by engineering education programs. To meet this challenge, the EXPLORES （Experiential and Problem-based Learning within Opportunities for Real-world Engineering Settings） model proposed by educators from University of Cincinnati is introduced. Building up a numerical manufacturing workshop experiment platform with application software and numerical machine tools is a feasible solution of seamless transition from academia to real-world. Aiming at improving high education with innovation, research and cooperation, different experiments or projects can be conducted in different models within core courses under such environment.