In order to thoroughly implement the requirements of education reform and development in the new era, enhance the teaching ability of young teachers, and build a professional growth platform, the School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information held a grand "Young Teachers Teaching Competition" on April 17, 2025 in Room A0203 of East Teaching Building. The four young teachers who participated in this competition were selected and recommended by each department, fully demonstrating their solid teaching skills and innovative spirit. A total of six teachers, including supervisors at both the university and school levels and representatives of outstanding teachers, served as judges of the competition, and the event was hosted by Prof. Li Bo, deputy dean in charge of teaching.
Before the official start of the competition, Professor Ning Fulong, dean of the School, gave a speech, clearly expressing the attitude and determination of the School to attach importance to teaching, and put forward three expectations of "promoting teaching, learning, and innovation through competition". He requested young teachers to inherit the excellent teaching experience of middle-aged and elderly teachers, while encouraging them to maintain their innovative spirit, strive to improve teaching effectiveness, and inject new vitality into the teaching cause of the School.
During the competition, the four young teachers strictly followed the requirements of the teaching syllabus, carefully designed teaching content around the teaching objectives, and transformed the key and difficult points of the course into intuitive and vivid teaching scenarios through vivid explanations and examples, showcasing the style and teaching strength of the young teachers of the School. Mr. Mei Shuang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering brilliantly presented the contents of reverse engineering in the course “Mechanical CAD/CAM”. He summarized the basic principles of different reverse modeling methods in a clear and concise manner based on practical cases, encouraging students to further explore and think independently in subsequent research projects to cultivate their self-learning and research abilities. When Ms. Li Yingyu from the Department of Electronic Information discussed the positioning technology of the Internet of Things in Advanced Sensing and Internet of Things Technology, she clearly taught students the necessity of positioning technology in the Internet of Things and how to use it from the aspects of “why” and “how to use”. As incorporating lots of animations and diagrams, the PPT was rich in content and easy to understand, effectively helping students to understand complex technical knowledge. In the course named “Mechanical Principles”, Mr. Bai Wei from the Department of Mechanical Engineering introduced problems through hot cases, explained the conditions for determining the motion of mechanisms through physical objects, and elaborated on the formula and precautions for the degrees of freedom of planar mechanisms, deepening students’ understanding and thinking of the course content and making abstract theoretical knowledge concrete. Mr. Yi Ying from the Department of Communication Engineering explained the definition and working principle of LC oscillator in detail through the board, with rigorous logic and abundant content, focusing on solving the difficult problems for students through actual data and cases, showing solid professional knowledge and teaching ability.
The jury experts gave good comments on the teaching performance of the participating teachers, and unanimously praised them for accurately grasping and highlighting the teaching characteristics and objectives in the classroom demonstration, with flexible and diversified teaching methods, efficient and orderly classroom interactions, and fully demonstrating their solid teaching skills. At the same time, upholding a rigorous and responsible attitude, the jury experts provided highly targeted and practical guidance suggestions for each teacher to pay attention to and improve in teaching, language expression, content selection and time control from the perspective of competition, to help teachers further improve their teaching level.
Mr. Wu, a university supervisor, provided a comprehensive and in-depth summary and comment on the participating teachers. He proposed that in controlling the depth of content, participating teachers need to find a balance between advanced theories and popular expressions, and that the teaching content should not only contain sufficient theoretical depth, but also be transformed into easy to understand forms that are in line with students’ cognitive levels, ensuring that students can easily understand and absorb the knowledge. He reminded the contestants to make the language concise and condensed, the layout clear and reasonable, and skillfully use graphics and text to make the board vivid and visual, so that the board and the teaching PPT closely match and complement each other, and jointly guide the students' learning ideas, and enhance the intuition and logic of teaching. In addition, participating teachers should pay attention to the use of body language and avoid too frequent movements, which may distract students' attention and affect the teaching effect.
Finally, Prof. Li Bo, deputy dean of the School, proposed the idea that “teaching is a kind of sentiment”, hoping that through this exchange and exhibition activity, the teachers of the School can fully showcase themselves, exchange excellent teaching concepts and methods, truly achieve equal emphasis on teaching and scientific research, and constantly improve the education and teaching level of the School.
The successful hosting of this young teacher teaching competition provides a platform for young teachers to showcase themselves and learn from each other, and plays a positive role in enhancing their teaching abilities and professional qualities. It is believed that with the attention and support of the School, young teachers will continue to grow and make greater contributions to the education and teaching cause of the School. Through on-site scoring by the judges, Bai Wei from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Li Yingyu from the Department of Electronic Information were awarded the first prize, while Mei Shuang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Yi Ying from the Department of Communication were awarded the second prize.
