Yuan, Y.; Zhou, L. J.; Liu, H.; Duan, Y. X. Practice of seminar-based teaching for “Polymer Structure and Properties” in the excellent engineer Program. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2026, 39(8), 1559–1566.
Yuan, Y.; Zhou, L. J.; Liu, H.; Duan, Y. X. Practice of seminar-based teaching for “Polymer Structure and Properties” in the excellent engineer Program. Polym. Bull. (in Chinese), 2026, 39(8), 1559–1566.DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2026.26.138.
Practice of Seminar-based Teaching for “Polymer Structure and Properties” in the Excellent Engineer Program
To address the teaching pain points of abstract theory and disconnection between knowledge and practice in the course “Polymer Structure and Properties”
and align with the training goal of outstanding engineers featuring “solid theoretical foundation
outstanding practical ability and active innovation awareness”
this study constructs a seminar teaching mode of “single case throughout+problem-driven” based on the scientific research of instructors
taking the bio-based itaconate elastomer selected as a typical case by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology as the core carrier. By precisely mapping this case to the five core modules of the “Polymer Structure and Properties” course
namely “introduction
multi-level structure of polymers
molecular motion
mechanical properties
processing and frontier disciplines” a stepped seminar problem chain was designed. Combined with a comparative analysis with traditional petroleum-based rubbers
students are guided to systematically construct the structure-activity relationship of “molecular design−condensed state regulation−engineering application”. Teaching practice shows that this mode effectively improves students' classroom participation and higher-order thinking level.
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