Research on the Reform of Talent Training Model in Civil Engineering Education under the Background of Emerging Engineering and Engineering Education Accreditation

Abstract

With the advancement of Emerging Engineering disciplines (New Engineering) and the comprehensive implementation of engineering education accreditation in China, new goals and requirements have been proposed for talent training in civil engineering. Traditional civil engineering education still has obvious shortcomings in curriculum design, practice teaching, university-industry collaboration, and the cultivation of students' comprehensive qualities, and therefore can no longer fully meet the competence requirements posed by high-quality development and by smart construction and green and low-carbon development. Based on a review of the current development of civil engineering education, and drawing on the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) philosophy embedded in engineering education accreditation-namely student-centeredness, outcome orientation and continuous improvement-this paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities for talent training in civil engineering under the new circumstances. It then proposes integrated talent training objectives and specifications that combine knowledge-ability-quality, constructs a curriculum system composed of general education, disciplinary foundation, professional core, interdisciplinary extension, and innovation and practice, improves multi-level practice teaching and university-industry collaborative education mechanisms, and explores the effective integration of project-based, case-based and information-technology-enhanced teaching approaches. By using indicative data to compare student outcomes in a certain university's civil engineering program before and after the reform, the paper verifies the positive effects of these measures on enhancing students' engineering practice competence, innovation awareness and professional identity. The study shows that systematic program design, dynamic optimization of the curriculum system and collaborative education mechanisms involving multiple stakeholders are key guarantees for cultivating high-quality civil engineering talents in the new era.