The Progressive Project-based Teaching Practice for Process Equipment and Control Engineering

In the context of the information age and engineering education, higher education is currently facing challenges and opportunities to transform from traditional to the-state-of-art teaching and learning methods. The development of new teaching and learning methods are of great significance for professional development and talent cultivation. Besides, the systematical integration of diverse teaching methods and learning approaches is a future development trend to effectively improve the education quality. The Process Equipment and Control engineering Department carried out an education project by integrating the progressive project teaching method with a non-linear learning approach. The project was achieved by constructing a ‘Design Recognition- Design Drawing- Design Mastery’ gradient learning framework for based on three applied practical courses, namely, ‘Process Equipment CAD’, ‘Professional Design’, and ‘Process Integrated Equipment’. Its application can comprehensively enhance students' abilities in process engineering system and equipment design through a progressive teaching and learning process that first recognition, followed by drawing, and finally mastering and application for related design plans, which in turn optimizes the overall development of the discipline and elevates the quality of talent cultivation.