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Reconstruction of the Teaching Practice System for Underground Space Engineering Construction Technology from the Perspective of Emerging Engineering Education

Author(s)

Zhuangfu Zhao*, Hongjie Hou, Lian Li

Affiliation(s)

School of Civil Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

The development of emerging engineering education imposes an urgent requirement on engineering education to shift from a discipline-oriented paradigm to an industry demand-driven one. As a critical field supporting urban sustainable development, urban underground space engineering faces three major dilemmas in its construction technology teaching: teaching content lags behind industrial technological iteration, practical teaching is constrained by the concealment and high risk of engineering projects, and teaching resources are fragmented with insufficient integration of ideological and political education. Based on the practical exploration of an emerging engineering education reform project at a university, this paper proposes an integrated teaching system characterized by "case guidance, technology empowerment, industry-education integration, and ideological-political penetration throughout the process". Centered on the reconstruction of modular teaching content, supported by a multi-scenario practical teaching platform, and guaranteed by collaborative education via industry-education integration, this system embeds ideological and political education throughout the entire process of knowledge impartation and competence cultivation. It aims to cultivate underground engineering talents for the new era with solid theoretical foundations, excellent engineering practice capabilities, and noble professional qualities.

Keywords

Emerging Engineering Education; Underground Space Engineering; Curriculum-Based Ideological and Political Education; Intelligent Construction; Industry-Education Integration; Teaching Practice System

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