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Research on the Ideological and Political Teaching Mode of Civil Engineering Construction Course under the Background of Emerging Engineering Education
The construction of Emerging Engineering Education (3E) imposes higher requirements on the training of engineering talents. Integrating ideological and political education into professional courses has become a key pathway to enhance students’ comprehensive qualities. This paper, considering the learning characteristics of junior students majoring in civil engineering and the actual teaching situation of the Civil Engineering Construction course, proposes a three-dimensional ideological and political teaching mode of “Case Guidance - Project Driving - Ability Progression”. This model uses real engineering cases as the carrier and project-based teaching as the driving force. Through a three-stage ability cultivation system of “cognition -- practice – innovation”, it achieves the organic integration of professional knowledge imparting, engineering ability training, and ideological value shaping. Teaching practice indicates that this model helps enhance students’ professional identity, engineering ethics awareness, and practical innovation ability, providing an operable reform approach for the ideological and political construction of engineering courses.
Copyright (c) 2026 KONG Zhe, LI Tong, YANG Chuanli, QIU Ziming, GUO Yuanxin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Promotion Status and Development Strategies of Ultimate Frisbee in Shandong Universities
With the continuous integration of emerging participatory sports into university physical education systems, Ultimate Frisbee has gradually become an important component of both curricular and extracurricular sports activities in higher education, due to its strong emphasis on self-officiation, low entry barriers, and distinctive community culture. This study aims to systematically examine the promotion status of Ultimate Frisbee in universities across Shandong Province, identify structural constraints, and explore key influencing factors affecting its development. Using a stratified sample of universities of different types and regions in Shandong, this research adopts a mixed-methods approach, including questionnaire surveys, in-depth interviews, field observations, and bibliometric and policy text analysis. Quantitative data are analyzed through descriptive statistics, comparative analysis, and regression models. The findings indicate that the overall promotion level of Ultimate Frisbee in Shandong universities remains uneven. Significant differences are observed in course coverage and club penetration across different institutional types, while participation in competitions and the level of professional instruction exert a significant influence on promotion outcomes. In addition, insufficient field resources, unstable financial support, and the lack of systematic safety and rules education have emerged as major constraints on sustainable development. Based on these findings, this study proposes differentiated development strategies focusing on curriculum institutionalization, club governance optimization, competition system improvement, support mechanism enhancement, and coordinated communication, providing empirical evidence for the reform of university physical education and the governance of emerging sports programs.
Copyright (c) 2026 Haoyuan Xu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Construction and Practice of a Teaching Model for the Bacterial Gram Staining Experiment from a Project-Based Perspective
In alignment with the talent development goals of Environmental Engineering under the framework of Emerging Engineering Education, this study aims to improve the practical relevance and overall effectiveness of microbiology laboratory teaching. Using the bacterial Gram staining experiment as a representative case, an integrated teaching model was designed and implemented by combining project-based learning, experimental inquiry, result presentation, and feedback-oriented evaluation. The model was applied to second-year undergraduate students majoring in Environmental Engineering within an authentic project context related to soil microbial analysis. Students completed a structured sequence of tasks, including soil sample collection, microbial isolation and cultivation, Gram staining, and microscopic observation. A multi-dimensional assessment system was established to evaluate students’ experimental operation skills, the quality of laboratory reports and group presentations, and learning attitudes, enabling a comprehensive evaluation of teaching outcomes. The results indicate that the proposed model standardized experimental procedures and enhanced the clarity, coherence, and rigor of laboratory records and reports. Compared with traditional teaching methods, both pass rates and excellence rates in experimental assessments improved. Students reported higher motivation, stronger problem-solving ability, better teamwork, and clearer understanding of engineering applications.
Copyright (c) 2026 Huixia Zhang, Xin Zhong, Xiaohong Chen, Chang Guo, Binxiu Liao http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A Look at Sketching in a Japanese University English Conversation Class
It can be argued that Second Language Acquisition (SLA) classes are more visual that at any other time in history. Textbooks, worksheets, and even lectures are now often full of illustrations. Illustrations help learners form connections between the target language and the learner’s experience which enhances acquisition and usage (Canning-Wilson, 1999). Sketching, which is quickly drawing simple images with thick lines in order to illustrate an idea or object, may be a valuable tool in the classroom for three reasons: 1) sketching activates the Reticular Activating System (RAS) in the brainstem which increases alertness and retention of information, 2) sketching increases learner agency through active participation, and 3) sketching accommodates a variety of learning styles (Castillo, 2007). This paper has four objectives. 1) Analyze the previously mentioned benefits of sketching. 2) Briefly explore Horsburgh’s Four Central Guidelines for Class Illustrations and how teachers can use them to better utilize sketching in the classroom. 3) Offer sketching activities that students can use to better learn vocabulary. 4) Share examples of both student and teacher sketches are well as student feedback.
Copyright (c) 2026 Robert Carl Olson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Exploration on Improving Learning Efficiency of Junior College Students in Private Higher Education Institutions
The impact of social progress and scientific and technological development on students’ learning is two-sided. On the one hand, students can enjoy the convenience brought by these advances in their study; on the other hand, they inevitably lead to the decline of students’ learning efficiency. Affected by multiple factors such as student source quality and school management, the problem of low learning efficiency is particularly prominent among junior college students in private higher education institutions. Based on this background, this paper analyzes the causes of low learning efficiency of junior college students in private higher education institutions, and further explores and puts forward targeted improvement suggestions from multiple perspectives.
Copyright (c) 2026 Gao Jinqing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The Moderating Effect of Proactive Personality on the Transition Shock and Career Self-confidence of Undergraduate Nursing Interns
Objective: To explore the relationship among the Transition shock, proactive personality, and career self-confidence of undergraduate Nursing interns, and to examine the moderating mechanism of proactive personality between the Transition shock and career self - confidence, so as to offer a reference for relieving the role - transformation pressure and enhancing the career self-confidence of undergraduate Nursing interns. Methods: Convenience sampling was employed to conduct a survey on nursing undergraduates from four undergraduate institutions in Henan Province. Results: The mean score of the Transition shock of undergraduate Nursing interns was (2.81±0.58), with relatively higher scores in internship workload (3.09±0.60) and the conflict between theory and practice (2.87±0.63). The Transition shock was negatively correlated with career self - confidence (r = - 0.29, P < 0.01), and the interaction term of transformation shock and proactive personality could predict career self-confidence (β = 0.174, ΔR² = 0.023, P < 0.001). Conclusion: Proactive personality plays a positive moderating role in the relationship between the Transition shock and career self-confidence of undergraduate Nursing interns. That is, proactive personality can mitigate the negative influence of the Transition shock on career self-confidence.
Copyright (c) 2026 Panwen Sun, Jiabao Guo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Research on Labor Teaching Strategies Oriented towards the Cultivation of Concepts
The concept of labor is a reflection of people’s own concepts in the field of labor, and it is a comprehensive understanding of the objective world established by people from the perspective of labor. The concept of labor is an important component of labor literacy. In the new era, attaching importance to labor education and the cultivation of the concept of labor can help correct students’ cognitive biases. The content system of college students’ labor concepts covers two aspects: labor cognition and labor awareness. In the process of conducting labor education and teaching, deepening teachers’ understanding of the value of concept teaching; re-planning labor teaching content; and conducting diversified teaching evaluations aimed at concept cultivation are effective strategies for promoting labor teaching that focuses on concept cultivation.
Copyright (c) 2026 Zhang Yu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Practice on the Construction of “Engineering Geology” Smart Course from the Perspective of Digital Intelligence Empowerment
The digital transformation of education is an important direction for the reform and development of higher education at present. Under the background of the era of digital intelligence empowerment, this paper sorts out the knowledge system characteristics and teaching practice dilemmas of the “Engineering Geology” course, combines the concepts and progress of smart classroom construction, and explores the path of the “Engineering Geology” course construction from aspects such as curriculum resource construction, teaching mode reconstruction, and innovation of practice links. The curriculum construction mode with knowledge graph construction, AI-assisted teaching, and virtual simulation experiments as the core helps to solve problems such as the disconnection between theory and practice and low student participation in traditional teaching, and provides practical reference for improving the quality of engineering geology talent cultivation.
Copyright (c) 2026 Sai Zhang, Wenzheng Jiang http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A Study on Rural Spatial Governance in the Peripheral Areas of Major Cities against the Background of Urban-Rural Integration
Integrated urban-rural development is an intrinsic requirement for advancing Chinese-style modernization. As the areas where urban and rural elements converge most densely and interact most frequently, rural areas on the periphery of large cities serve a dual function: absorbing the spillover of urban functions and driving the transformation of rural development. The level of spatial governance in these areas directly influences the effectiveness of urban-rural integration strategies. Against the backdrop of current urban-rural integrated development, this paper examines the challenges facing spatial governance in rural areas on the periphery of major cities. It then analyses pathways for optimizing such governance, with the aim of providing theoretical support and practical guidance for promoting high-quality, sustainable development in these rural areas within the context of urban-rural integration.
Copyright (c) 2026 Qiaohui Zhang, Qixiang Miao, Zhaoqiang Wu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0