《机械设计课程设计》改革与实践

《机械设计课程设计》是《机械设计》课程教学中一个必不可少重要环节,提高《机械设计课程设计》的教学质量对培养学生分析问题和解决问题的能力起着十分重要的作用,也是贯彻教改精神的具体体现。为此,结合长期参加课程设计指导工作实践的体会,就课程设计改革的必要性及改革思路进行了分析,并提出了提高课程设计有效的措施。

中职《机械设计基础》课程教改的几点尝试

近年来学生文化基础下降，学期授课时数也在减少，使学校对各门基础课和专业课的内容作了相应调整。我在近两年的教学中对《机械设计基础》课程作了以下教改尝试。

《机械设计基础》教学改革的探讨

根据华南农业大学的实际情况和目前社会对工科人才的要求,就高等农业院校《机械设计基础》课程教学内容的更新、教学手段和教学方法的改革以及实际能力的培养进行了探讨和阐述。

《机械设计基础》网上考试系统的开发与研究

通过剖析传统《机械设计基础》考试方法存在的弊端,从考试系统的建立、系统的组成与开发、系统的使用与特点等方面介绍《机械设计基础》网上考试系统的设计思路,并综合分析了网上考试系统试题的生成、在线学习和系统维护等多种功能的实现从而发挥了网络资源在教学和管理中的优势。

Mechanical Design and Students＇ Creativity ＂Think outside the Box＂

A design project was used in junior level mechanical design course to challenge the students＇ creativity skills. Beside the theoretical foundation of the course subject, the students were introduced to several professional skills such as： decision making tools, technical review meetings, interaction with customers, and teamwork skills. The design challenge was to develop a bike rack to meet a list of technical and marketing constraints. Details of the project requirements are presented with a brief overview of the main project mentoring tools. Students＇ creativity is discussed through two samples of the student work. It was noticed that, the basic creativity skills of the students can be improved by using some of the training tools, however, the students vary in their response to this training.