Abstract
The competition between countries is essentially the competition of innovative talents. However, China now faces multiple problems in the cultivation of innovative talents: the talents are weak in innovation ability; the high-level innovative talents are not sufficient; neither the quality or level of talents fully meet the demand of social and economic development. As a result, it is urgent for colleges to renovate the cultivation mode of innovative talents. Focusing on the cultivation of innovative talents majoring in architectural design, this paper thoroughly analyzed the extensible teaching mode for cultivating college students into innovative talents. Firstly, a questionnaire survey on relevant issues was carried out among employers and college graduates. The survey results revealed several problems with the innovative talent training in Chinese colleges, namely, the irrational curriculum design, the narrow scope of training objectives, and the lack of diverse teaching methods. Results verified, the employers are not highly satisfied with the innovative talents, especially the newly graduated ones. These problems are attributable to the weak professional development ability, poor teamwork ability, and insufficient innovation ability. To solve these problems, the authors analyzed and expounded the extensible teaching mode for the cultivation of innovative talents from four aspects: teaching content scope, teaching methods, teaching space, and appraisal. The research findings enrich the evidences of innovative talent training in Chinese colleges, providing a reference for improving the training quality of innovative talents.
Highlights
With the constant development of countries around the globe, the quality and quantity of innovative talents have become a measure for the overall strength of a country
At present, China is facing the reality of insufficient innovative talent reserves, weak innovation ability, and unsatisfactory talent quality and level, and all these issues are greatly restricting the future development of China
The cultivation of innovative talents in Chinese colleges has gone through three stages: the first stage is from the 1980s to the 1990s, during this period, the cultivation of innovative talents in Chinese colleges is at the start-up stage, some colleges in China had set a few innovation-related courses, but the cultivation of talents had not been well recognized or understood [4]
Summary
With the constant development of countries around the globe, the quality and quantity of innovative talents have become a measure for the overall strength of a country. At present, China is facing the reality of insufficient innovative talent reserves, weak innovation ability, and unsatisfactory talent quality and level, and all these issues are greatly restricting the future development of China Higher educational schools such as colleges and universities are the front of innovative talent cultivation; to promote technological advancement and economic prosperity and meet Chinese society’s requirements for innovative talents, these schools must make greater efforts to strengthen quality education and reform the training mode of innovative talents. A total of 214 valid questionnaires were collected; while on the employee side, a total of 983 valid questionnaires were returned; after sorting out and analyzing these questionnaires, following results were obtained: 2.1 Employers’ demand for innovative talents and their satisfaction with college graduates
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