Engineering Graphics Education Reform Based on CDIO Concepts

摘要

The CDIO concepts involve four metaphases: Conceiving-Designing-Implementing Operating. The design of a CDIO education reflects two goals: that university student must develop a deeper working knowledge of the technical fundamentals, while simultaneously developing the skills to lead in the creation and operation of new products and systems. Innovative thinking is one of important attainment of engineering undergraduates, in which the divergent thinking and imagery thinking are the main and basic contents. The essential thinking mode used in engineering graphics learning is exactly the divergent and imagery thinking, therefore engineering graphics education plays an irreplaceable role in cultivating the innovative thinking. Nowadays, to cultivate the innovative attainment of engineering undergraduate has become a primary task of the higher education reform in China. Consequently the teaching way in engineering graphics is changing,not only to teach drawing skill, but most important to cultivate the innovative thinking. Engineering Graphics course in Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) is a quality course of Zhejiang Province and a very important core course, supplied for freshmen majoring in engineering. Based on the research and practice of Engineering graphics education reform, the paper proposes the corresponding curricula and presents some methodologies used in engineering graphics education in ZJUT aiming at cultivating the innovative thinking of the engineering undergraduates. After 3 years education reform practice on engineering graphics, the innovative thinking of engineering undergraduates in ZJUT has been improved obviously.