The Understanding and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching of Plastic Molding and Mold Design for Polymer Materials and Engineering Specialty in Provincially Administrated Universities
"Plastic molding and mold design"is a professional elective course of polymer materials and engineering specialty.In the actual teaching process,it is faced with problems such as students'absence of basic knowledge,less learning time,low degree of attention and interest in learning,and teachers'unfamiliar with the actual production.To solve these problems,we first regarded"understanding the basic knowledge of plastic molding,and use it to guide the design of plastic products and mold design"as the core of this course teaching according to the talent cultivation for polymer specialty,and then determined the corresponding teaching requirements.Then,through the construction of virtual simulation experiment platform,the use of multiple teaching methods,the arrangement of progressive assessment tasks and so on,we obtained achievements such as,making up the deficiencies including the disconnection between theoretical teaching and production practice and the lack of familiarity with production practice for the teacher,reducing students'difficulty for learning,improving their interest and efficiency for learning,exercising their ability of knowledge application,stimulating their imagination,and enhancing the coherence between courses.As a result,the teaching of this course accomplished the teaching requirements,and was highly appreciated by the school-level teaching supervisor and students.Our understanding and innovation in this course may also be applied to other elective courses for this specialty or other similar specialties.
Polymer materials and engineeringPlastic molding and mold designUnderstandingInnovationVirtual simulation