Research and Curriculum Design for Engineering Thinking Education in Primary and Secondary Schools

Abstract

In the context of advocating labor education and engineering education in China, engineering thinking has been added to the primary and secondary education goals as an important accomplishment. This paper proposes a training path and curriculum plan for developing engineering implementation thinking for primary and secondary schools from the perspective of project management thinking. The main contributions include: (1) summarizing the differences and connections between project management thinking and engineering thinking, and constructing a training model of engineering implementation thinking (EIT); (2) designing a curriculum program and teaching materials based on the EIT model; (3) verifying the effectiveness of the EIT course through teaching practice and data analysis. The courses have been incorporated into the Zhejiang Province project-based learning resource construction project, providing a new perspective and case study for the implementation and promotion of project-based learning and engineering quality education.