Frontiers in Educational Research, 2025, 8(10); doi: 10.25236/FER.2025.081005.
Zhao Ping1, Lou Youxin1, Zhou Haifeng1, Hao Meilun1, Yang Zi2, Li Qin1, Xu Yue1, Qiao Congde1
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China
2Henan Building Materials Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd, Zhengzhou, China
This work proposes a novel teaching model that aims to address the challenges encountered in the education of engineering competencies. The challenges in focus pertain to the abstract nature of traditional refractory materials course content and the disconnection between theory and practice. The proposed teaching model of case-driven and three-dimensional interactive nature is proposed. The Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Engineering programme has undergone a series of systematic teaching reforms. These reforms have been implemented by integrating a real-world engineering cases, employing blended teaching methods, and emphasizing engineering competency enhancement. The practical outcomes demonstrate that this model effectively enhances students' engineering problem-solving abilities, strengthens their understanding of theoretical knowledge, and improves their capacity to analyse complex operational conditions. This approach provides a new pathways for curriculum reform in engineering education.
Case-Based Teaching, Refractory Materials, Engineering Competency, Teaching Model
Zhao Ping, Lou Youxin, Zhou Haifeng, Hao Meilun, Yang Zi, Li Qin, Xu Yue, Qiao Congde. Case-Based Teaching to Drive Engineering Competency Development: Innovation and Practice in Refractory Materials Course Instruction. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 10: 29-34. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.081005.
[1] Guo Z Q, Pan J, Zhu D Q, et al. Teaching design and practice of refractory materials courses based on the BOPPPS teaching model [J]. Journal of higher education, 2022, 8(30): 5-8.
[2] Chen Y Y, Zhang W P. Undergraduate engineering program should aim at education for engineers: outcome-basted engineering education certification and undergraduate professional orientation[J]. Journal of Architectural Education in Institutions of Higher Learning, 2019, 28(3): 63-69.
[3] Yang Y G, Wang W N, Meng B. Research on Improving Engineering Education Model Aiming at Enhancing Capacity to Solve Complicated Engineering Problems[J]. Research in Higher Education of Engineering, 2017, 65(4): 63-67.
[4] Chen N, Shao Q. Reform path and practice of blended online and offline teaching in Vegetable Cultivation course[J]. Anhui Agricultural Science Bulletin , 2025, 31(4): 132-137.
[5] Xiao X Y. Exploration and practice of online-Offline blended teaching in college english courses[J]. Open Access Library Journal, 2021, (8): 1-9.