On March 30, 2023, the Department of Applied Physics held a seminar on course reform in classroom 30327. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ni Yuxiang, who reported on the experience of course reform in the basic course “Materials Physics” of the Applied Physics major. With the theme of “Course Reform of Materials Physics that Integrates Academic Frontiers,” Dr. Ni detailed the attempts and reforms made in teaching practice. He proposed using high-quality online and offline academic resources closely related to classroom teaching content to expand students' horizons and introduce cutting-edge content in the discipline. By selecting and using high-quality online and offline academic resources closely related to classroom teaching content, the teaching goals can be achieved, and the integration of cutting-edge disciplines and professional courses can be promoted. At the same time, he analyzed how teachers should change their roles to promote students' learning effects when they have excellent online resources. Finally, he discussed how to control the difficulty of the content of science and technology frontiers lectures within an appropriate range according to the knowledge level of undergraduate students to ensure students' learning effects. This not only helps to improve students' research ability and innovation consciousness but also effectively improves the teaching quality and attractiveness of the course.
After the report, the attending teachers had a heated discussion on the course reform of “Materials Physics.” They made constructive suggestions on the differences and connections between “Materials Physics” and “Solid Physics,” the updating of teaching materials, the integration of cutting-edge disciplines, the evaluation of course reform effects, and the writing of educational reform papers. The discussion provided directions for further improving the teaching quality of this course.
