North China University of Technology Luo Xueke Hierarchical Teaching Mode ——an effective way to adjust to the rapid development of higher education in China North China University of Technology Luo Xueke

I. Problems and Countermeasures Problems(elite higher education to popularized higher education) Higher education stepping into the stage of popularization development, the achievement gap between students is widened. To take the major of Mechanical Design and Automation for example, the extreme score gap of the 2002 examinees is 247.

average score of student in one major in 2002 Bottom 40% Middle 40% Top 20%

I. Problems and Countermeasures At that time, it became our urgent need to address the issue of how to teach according to the students’ abilities and guide the students of different performance to succeed.

With such a big gap, if the method of hierarchical teaching is not taken, it will result in the situation that the students will lose the curiosity, willingness and even confidence to learn. For the teachers, it is impossible to choose the appropriate method to be fit for all the students.

How to do （1）To set training objectives After four years of study: About 20% students can go on with a further study as postgraduates, students to pursue a second degree, or international students etc. About 40% students are to be senior engineers and technicians. About 40% students are to be the industrial field application engineers with some specific skill.

（2）To adopt a new teaching mode ——the hierarchical teaching of basic courses According to the performance difference, the mode of hierarchical teaching is taken in public basic courses and some core professional and technical basic courses, including college English, advanced mathematics, college physics, circuit analysis, mechanics courses and so forth.

Courses to obtain accreditation （3） Hierarchical Training Course System Course System Course System Courses to obtain accreditation Courses to practice Courses to enhance Field application engineers Senior engineers and technicians Course System Postgraduate Course System Course System Postgraduate Postgraduate Postgraduate Postgraduate Postgraduate Courses to enhance Courses to enhance Senior engineers and technicians Senior engineers and technicians Senior engineers and technicians Senior engineers and technicians Courses to practice Field application engineers Field application engineers Field application engineers

Practice Teaching Practice Teaching Practice Teaching practical training of cognition training of basic skills training of comprehensive abilities training of innovative capabilities optional obligatory Practice Teaching Practice Teaching Practice Teaching obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory experimental training of cognition experimental training of cognition obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory training of basic skills training of basic skills training of basic skills training of basic skills obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory obligatory training of comprehensive abilities training of comprehensive abilities training of comprehensive abilities training of comprehensive abilities training of comprehensive abilities training of comprehensive abilities optional optional optional optional optional optional optional optional optional optional training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities training of innovative capabilities

II. Supporting Measures The requirement of students with different performance is the driving source of this training program. The optimization of the curriculum system ensures the basic and necessary professional knowledge and skills. Teaching information platform provides the technical support for the implementation of the training program. The intelligent and careful guidance of the class instructors, counselors, educational administrators and the credit system make the program feasible.

Teaching Information System

To communicate conveniently and timely

The statistics of suggestions and questions (until Sep. 2008) Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Numbers of suggestions and questions 1784 1415 1082 549 278

Administration of the practical teaching information system

The practical teaching information system

III. Application and Effect 1. The practice of hierarchical teaching mode in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (from 2002 to 2006) 1) A high rate of further study as postgraduates (higher than 20% annually)

The statistics of further study Rate of Further Study

The list of the students with a further study in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (2005) 序号 姓名 班级 录取院校及专业 1 贾松涛 机01A-6 清华大学精仪系 16 郭巧红 北京工业大学机械制造及其自动化 2 周 刚 机01A-1 17 薛 新 华南理工大学 机械工程学院 3 郄 方 北京航空航天大学 机电工程 18 晏 建 北京邮电大学 经济管理学院 产业经济 4 吴 佳 机01A-3 北京航空航天大学机械工程及自动化学院 19 曹 鑫 中南财经政法大学 财政学 5 魏 民 20 胡宝义 北京交通大学机械与电子控制工程学院 6 何冠杰 机01A-4 21 张 平 7 宗志斌 机02A-4 北京航空航天大学 汽车工程系 22 薛 超 8 赖茂河 北京科技大学土木与环境学院 23 徐济松 机01A-5 9 史 灿 北京科技大学机械工程学院 24 朱贞平 昆明理工大学 10 陈万秀 25 陈 波 中国铁道科学研究院 11 高二威 上海交通大学 机械与动力工程学院 26 叶乐志 12 陈余军 机01A-2 北京理工大学机电工程学院 27 李 诗 上海东华大学 机械电子工程 13 张国明 北京理工大学机械与车辆工程学院 28 胡冬冬 北方工业大学机电工程学院 14 罗孝龙 29 王瑜 15 王 滨 航天部二院计算机所 30 李远光

The list of the students with a further study in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (2006) 序号 姓名 班级 录取院校及专业 1 周文闻 机02A-2 清华大学 仪器科学与技术 2 叶 航 机02A-1 北京理工大学 信息传感技术及仪器 3 周殿平 北京理工大学 机械电子 4 胡启冬 5 张 磊 北京理工大学 机械设计及理论 6 罗 君 北京航空航天大学 机械制造 7 丛日文 机02A-3 北京航空航天大 机械制造及自动化 8 岳海媛 机02A-4 北京航空航天大 机械电子 9 杜 娟 10 刘菊银 北京工业大学 机械设计及理论 11 张 韬 北京科技大学 车辆工程 12 李 丹 13 龙建清 浙江工业大学化工过程机械专业 14 李洪锦 上海大学 机械电子工程专业 15 姚芮芮 上海大学 精密仪器与机械专业 16 宋 韬 上海大学 机械电子工程 17 张志研 北京林业大学 机械设计及理论 18 潘金龙 中国农机院 农业机械 19 王 娟 北方工业大学 机械设计制造及其自动化 20 贲永增 北方工业大学 检测技术与自动化装置 21 周乾正 南京理工 艺术设计

The list of the students with a further study in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (2007) 序号 班级 姓名 录取院校 1 机03A-1 李青松 石油勘探研究院 2 机03A-2 母东杰 北京交通大学 3 张财政 北方工业大学 4 徐 明 5 刘继永 机电科学研究院 6 廖凌浩 北京工业大学 7 李真男 北京大学管理 8 吴川川 四川大学 9 机03A-3 查海勇 北京航空航天大学 10 机03A-4 张 勇 11 李 凯 12 李 昊 13 邹伯夏 四川师范大学 14 程振宇 北京理工大学 15 周 宇 中科院物理学科学学院 16 王献中 17 张 俊 18 邓 毅 19 孙德华

The list of the students with a further study in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (2008) 序号 班级 姓名 录取院校、专业 1 机04A-1 王恒 机械科学研究院、机械原理 2 刘广博 北京工业大学、机械制造及其自动化 3 刘培军 清华大学、微电子与纳电子学 4 倪伟 北京航空航天大学、机械 5 刘恒 北京航空航天大学、车辆工程 6 机04A-2 陈颖 北方工业大学、机械制造以其自动化 7 董慧 北京理工大学、机械设计及理论 8 机04A-3 江锦涛 北京交通大学、车辆工程 9 刘思佳 北京科技大学、机械设计及理论 10 尹静 中国科技大学、机械电子工程 11 机04A-4 吕茂斌 北京航空航天大学、机械工程 12 黄军 北京航空航天大学、计算机辅助设计与制造 13 王磊 北京交通大学、机械电子工程 14 陈利伟 北京理工大学、控制工程与科学 15 陆国 北京交通大学、智能工程与先进设计理论 16 党鹏飞 17 王泽林 18 任婧 沈阳航空工业学院、机械设计理论 19 李炜 西华大学、机械

III. Application and Effect 1. The practice of hierarchical teaching mode in the Department of Mechanical Design and Automation (from 2002 to 2006) 1) A high rate of study as postgraduates (higher than 20% annually) 3) With the training for various vocational skill qualifying examinations, the students find ideal jobs. Those who are not good at theories are trained to get some skill to be employed successfully. 2) Thanks to the complete curriculum system and practice system, the goal to train senior engineers and technicians is ensured and the students are trained to possess innovation consciousness and practical ability.

Around 80 students pass the CNC operation skill examination.

More than 200 students have obtained Pro/E qualification certificate.

More than 60 students obtained apprentice engineer qualification certificate, SOLIDWORDS certificate and ANSYS certificate.

During 2005～2008, the graduates with the vocational qualification certificate are employed by such famous companies as SMC and Foxconn and by some mold manufacturers as field service engineers.

4) In the recent four years（2005—2008）, the employment rate has been above 96%. 96.29﹪ 2006 98.05﹪ 2007 97.16﹪ 2008 98.38﹪

III. Application and Effect 2. the popularization of the training mode of hierarchical teaching in other majors The Multi-level hierarchcal training mode has achieved remarkable result in the major of Mechanical Design and Automation. At present, this mode has been popularized to other majors. Since 2007, this mode has been adopted in the training program of all the science and engineering majors.

IV. Experiences to share 1. The teaching mode is effective. The multi-level hierarchical teaching mode is in accordance with present situation of students and the overall demand of higher education popularization. It is an effective way to teach according to the students’ abilities and improve the quality of personnel training comprehensively. It conforms to the present situation of student source, to the social demand of personnel at different levels and to the training orientation of our university. 　

IV. Experiences to share 　2. the teaching philosophy is universal--- teach students in accordance with their aptitude ---2500years ago Confucius

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