Keywords:: quality course construction in higher vocational colleges
First, the connotation of quality courses
Excellent course refers to the first-class demonstration course with first-class teachers, first-class teaching contents, first-class teaching methods, first-class teaching materials and first-class teaching management. The construction of top-quality courses is an important part of teaching quality and teaching reform project in colleges and universities. The construction of top-quality courses should embody the modern educational concept, conform to the universal laws of science, advancement, innovation, systematicness, applicability and teaching, and have the role of demonstration and radiation promotion. At the same time, the construction of top-quality courses should also reflect the ideas and characteristics of colleges and universities, and the top-quality courses in higher vocational colleges should also reflect the characteristics of higher vocational education. Generally speaking, excellent courses have the following characteristics.
1, content front.
The content of high-quality courses in higher vocational colleges should be cutting-edge, first-class, scientific, advanced and interesting, reflect the latest scientific and technological achievements in this discipline and field, widely absorb advanced teaching experience, and combine with the needs of national economic development in this field. The content construction of excellent courses should be combined with the teaching reform and curriculum system reform of this discipline and specialty, and the relationship between single course construction and series course construction should be correctly handled.
2. Various forms.
In terms of nature and category, basic courses benefit a lot, while some majors benefit little. However, whether it is big or small, it has its own curriculum system. Similarly, from a horizontal perspective, key universities, ordinary universities and higher vocational colleges all have their own curriculum systems and characteristics, so there should be excellent curriculum sequences at different levels. The construction of top-quality courses is guided by modern educational ideas, centered on the construction of targeted and adaptable top-quality teaching materials at the same level, based on the premise of improving the teaching staff, based on the modernization of teaching content, with modern information technology as the platform and scientific management system as the guarantee, which is the overall construction of ideas, teachers, contents, technologies, methods and systems.
3. The carrier is three-dimensional.
The carrier of high-quality courses in higher vocational colleges is three-dimensional, including traditional paper media, audio-visual products, electronic and online publications. In terms of content, it is a complete system composed of main teaching materials, teachers' reference books, study guides, test question banks and so on. It can reflect the latest achievements and the highest level of curriculum construction and discipline development at home and abroad, embody the modern educational concept, and has advanced, scientific and educational applicability.
Second, the content of quality courses in higher vocational colleges
1, making scientific construction planning.
On the basis of overall planning of curriculum construction, according to the orientation and characteristics of the school, we should rationally plan the construction of top-quality courses, promote the construction of other courses with top-quality courses, and improve the overall running level of the school through top-quality courses. The construction of top-quality courses is a systematic project, involving teachers, students, teaching materials, teaching technology, educational ideas and teaching management system. When planning, we should pay attention to the following aspects: establishing a reasonable knowledge structure, paying attention to the overall optimization of the curriculum, and embodying the teaching characteristics of the school. Systematic reform should be carried out in constructing a scientific curriculum system, organizing teaching contents, implementing innovative practical teaching, and reforming teaching methods and means. When arranging teaching content, we should make full use of modern educational technology and teaching means to form a three-dimensional teaching content system. Attach importance to the construction of three-dimensional textbooks, support the construction of basic course textbooks, teaching reference books, study guides, experimental course textbooks and professional course textbooks, and strengthen the supporting construction of computer-aided teaching software, multimedia software, electronic teaching plans and teaching resource banks.
2. Teaching content construction
The construction of teaching content is the core of the construction of excellent courses. The content of excellent courses should be scientific, advanced and innovative. The curriculum system of higher vocational colleges is based on the training of post ability, and the comprehensive ability table of "knowledge", "skill" and "attitude" is formulated according to the training specifications of professional talents, which constitutes a new curriculum system. In the system structure of course content, we don't pursue the integrity of the subject, the choice of content follows the teaching law, the knowledge structure is orderly, the knowledge is integrated organically, the teaching content echoes the training goal, and the basic content is determined according to the course goal. The content should be clear about the teaching objectives and effects to be achieved by the main content of the course. Teachers should not lead students to explore "why" too much, but let them know "what it is and how to do it". The requirement for students is to be able to use methods correctly or use relevant theories to solve practical problems.
In the construction of excellent courses in higher vocational colleges, we should adhere to the principle of paying equal attention to basic theory and practice, reform experimental teaching and strengthen engineering practice training. We should not only oppose ignoring the important role of basic theory in practice, but also prevent the cultivation of ability from being mistaken for the cultivation of professional skills, properly handle the relationship between basic theory and practice teaching, and establish a complete practice teaching link.
3. Construction of teaching staff
Teachers are the core strength of teaching. Without high-level teachers, there will be no high-quality teaching effect. In the construction of teaching staff, we should take the "three orientations" as the guide, combine the reform of personnel management system, and adhere to the principle of high starting point and high standard. Encourage teachers to actively participate in the construction of top-quality courses, strengthen teachers' team consciousness through course construction, urge teachers to actively carry out teaching reform, strive to improve teaching quality, and gradually form a teacher echelon with reasonable structure, stable personnel, high teaching level and good teaching effect, and equip tutors and experimental teachers in a certain proportion to achieve sustainable development.
4. Reform of teaching methods and means.
Teaching methods and means are the key and breakthrough point of teaching reform. Good creativity needs to be realized through certain methods and means. According to the characteristics of the course, flexible and diverse teaching methods such as on-site teaching, case teaching and discussion teaching are adopted to increase training; Create conditions to guide students to learn independently; Reform examination methods, etc.
With the development of information technology, profound changes have taken place in teaching methods. Using multimedia technology can not only improve the scientific, advanced and interesting teaching content, but also strengthen the timely communication between students and teachers, and also facilitate students to study independently and individually according to their own needs at different times and places. Therefore, teaching plans, outlines, exercises, experiments, teaching documents and reference materials of excellent courses in higher vocational colleges should be made public on the Internet.
5. Teaching material construction
The construction of teaching materials is an important part of the construction of excellent courses. Textbooks are the solidification of teaching reform achievements, and excellent courses should have serialized excellent textbooks. Lecturers can write and produce related teaching materials by themselves, or choose national excellent teaching materials and foreign high-level original teaching materials. In addition to theoretical teaching materials, we should also strengthen the supporting construction of experimental and practical teaching materials, and mainly compile and produce relevant teaching materials and teaching reference materials by industry organizations, subject experts and lecturers. The content of teaching materials should meet the requirements of teaching content and system, and some scientific and technological contents, new technologies and new methods in this course should be introduced appropriately. The form of teaching materials should be convenient for students to learn independently, inspire students' thinking, facilitate the use of advanced teaching methods and means, and reflect the characteristics of the course. At the same time, it also encourages the construction of three-dimensional teaching materials with integrated design and organic combination of multiple media.
6. Construction of practice training base
The construction of training base is one of the characteristics of the construction of excellent courses in higher vocational colleges, and it is also an important means to cultivate students' innovative ability and practical ability. The supporting training base of top-quality courses is a part of the construction of professional practice teaching base. In the construction of practice teaching base in school, we should fully consider the training requirements of excellent courses, simulate the production line or employment environment, and develop a single experimental (training) room into a comprehensive innovative practice base. In the construction of off-campus practice teaching base, we should join hands with relevant enterprises and institutions to establish a cooperation mechanism, move courses to enterprises, and build a practice teaching base that can adapt to the training objectives of this major and cultivate students' technical application ability and practical innovation ability.
7. Mechanism building
Excellent course construction is the in-depth development of school course construction, and course quality is the guarantee of school teaching quality. Therefore, higher vocational colleges should really pay attention to it ideologically. First of all, we should establish a flexible employment mechanism, establish a teacher responsibility system or a chief teacher system for top-quality courses, and encourage well-known teachers to undertake the construction of top-quality courses; Secondly, it is necessary to establish a reasonable incentive mechanism, set up a special fund for excellent courses, and reward and commend meritorious personnel in the construction of excellent courses in addition to ensuring normal expenses in construction; Thirdly, it is necessary to establish a perfect evaluation mechanism, improve the inspection and evaluation systems such as expert evaluation, student evaluation and peer evaluation, and comprehensively promote the construction of top-quality courses.
Three. Concluding remarks
To sum up, the high-quality educational resources gathered by top-quality courses can be shared in a wider range, which can make students get a better education. The exemplary role of excellent courses is of positive significance to the construction of other courses. The construction of excellent courses in higher vocational colleges should establish clear objectives, determine the person in charge, make construction plans, create certain conditions, create a number of characteristic excellent courses, and promote the improvement of teaching quality.