化工专业全英语教学人才培养模式的构建与实践
2021-12-28吴艳阳宗原郭旭虹魏永明彭阳峰周海波包华
吴艳阳 宗原 郭旭虹 魏永明 彭阳峰 周海波 包华




摘 要:为适应经济全球化和科技革命的挑战,践行国家“一带一路”倡议,高等教育国际化已成为当代教育发展的必然趋势。我校自2018年起招收化工专业全英语授课的来华留学生,在国际国内认证背景下,基于美国ABET认证标准,确定了全英语授课专业的培养目标、毕业要求和与之相适应的课程体系。在此基础上,进行了一系列教学改革,如师资队伍、全英语教材、与信息技术的深度融合、多维实践教学平台和多样化教学模式构建,全英语课程同时惠及国内学生和国际学生,着重培养学生的国际化能力、自主学习能力、创新能力和实践能力。由测评结果初步表明,全英语授课受到了学生的普遍肯定。文章内容可为类似的全英语授课专业建设提供指导。
关键词:化工专业;全英语课程;国际化;教学改革;ABET认证
中图分类号:C961 文献标志码:A 文章编号:2096-000X(2021)36-0167-06
Abstract: The internalization of high education has become an inevitable trend when facing the challenge of economic globalization and scientific and technological revolution, and pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative. The international undergraduates taught in English have been enrolled in chemical engineering program at East China University of Science and Technology since 2018. In the supervision of international and civil accreditation, the educational objectives, student outcomes, and the corresponding curriculum have been constructed according to requirements of ABET accreditation. On this basis, a series of education reform for the courses taught in English, which can be taken by both international and civil students, have been carried out at ECUST. They are listed as follows: constructing appropriate course team; selecting and reorganizing original edition textbook; merging information technology into the courses; constructing multidimensional practice platform; and employing various teaching methods. With the series of reform and practice, students can been educated in internationalization, subjective initiative, innovation, and practice. It has shown the general recognition by students according to their evaluation for the courses taught in English. This paper can give some directions for construction and practice of the undergraduate talents education mode in similar program taught in English.
Keywords: chemical engineering program; courses taught in English; internalization; education reform; ABET accreditation
根據“教育面向现代化、面向世界、面向未来”的要求,为主动应对新工业革命、“创新驱动发展”等国家战略,践行国家“一带一路”倡议,高等教育国际化已成为高等教育发展的重要趋势[1-4]。华东理工大学作为新中国第一所以化工特色闻名的高校,从1956年就开始招收来华留学生。化工专业2014年通过了美国工程与技术认证委员会(ABET)专业认证,成为中国大陆高校中首个通过 ABET认证的专业[5],为国内高校探索一条工程教育国际化的新路径[6-8]。为了更好地吸引国际学生和外……
