Analysis on Teaching Method of Soil Mechanics Course

Abstract

Soil mechanics is an important basic course in civil engineering specialty. According to the characteristics and teaching status of the course, the course teaching contents, teaching methods, practice teaching, assessment methods and quality of teachers are analyzed in order to improve the teaching quality. It’s suggested to establish a framework of the course contents from the introduction. The topic teaching method can be adopted to help cultivating the students' divergent thought, critical thought and creative thought. The comprehensive experimental program based on the single tests was designed to improve their comprehensive analysis ability. And teachers should continuously improve the level of knowledge and quality of themselves. The suggestions and ideas put forward can provide useful reference for the improvement of teaching quality of soil mechanics course. Introduction Characteristics of Course. Soil mechanics is an important basic course of civil engineering specialty, and it’s also the bridge that links basic courses and specialized courses. Its concepts, methods and conclusions are the foundation of many follow-up courses, such as the underground structure, deep foundation pit, foundation treatment and other specialized courses [1,2]. The survey shows that the working ability of students was closely related with the master degree of the course theory to some extent. The students, who have a good theoretical basis, are easy to comprehend problem. And they have a stronger ability to adapt to the changes of work environment [3]. Teaching Status. With years of accumulation, the soil mechanics course has made great progress in contents, teaching methods and teaching quality. This course has become an important part of knowledge structure and ability training for civil engineering students at present. With the development of this subject, the new environment puts forward new requirements and challenges to the course. Some experts put forward that the students’ ability should include basic learning skills, information technology, innovative thinking, interpersonal and cooperative spirit, practical ability [4]. However, the education of civil engineering specialty in China is excessively emphasis on specialized education, while ignoring the cultivation of the comprehensive quality and innovation ability. And some students do not adapt to the work environment. The traditional course teaching methods gradually cannot meet the needs of the current education personnel training [5-7]. Therefore, how to cultivate students’ creative thought and ability of using basic knowledge to solve practical engineering problems becomes an important issue that should be further studied. Adjustment of Course