Exploration and Practice of a Five-in-One Education System of Theory, Experiment, Enterprise, Scientific Research and Competition in Food Technology

Abstract

Food Technology is one of the core course in programmes of Food Science Engineering and Food Quality Security of colleges, and plays an important role in the food engineering specialist training. In the current context of engineering education, food engineering students should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. They should also have knowledge of a range of sciences and their applications to food. Therefore, a systematic and efficient teaching system is necessary. The College of Food Science and Engineering, Lingnan Normal University, has reformed the education system of Food Technology after years of reflection, exploration and practice. Relying on the advantages of disciplines and industries, and using real projects and real product research and development in the food industry and scientific research as the carrier, real learning environment and platform has been constructed. A Five-in-One education system that including theory, experiment, enterprise tour, science research and competition has been created. The teaching system conformed to the “Greater Food” Approach, kept pace with the development of industry, substantially improved teaching effect and strengthened training quality of specialists in food majors. In this paper, the Five-in-One education system was elaborated in detail, in hope of providing a useful reference for the training of food engineering students in China.