Case-Based and Task-Driven Education Improves Students’ Qualities of Bridge Engineering

Abstract

The teaching contents of bridge engineering were reformed by the teaching cases of bridge selected from outstanding and collapsed bridges in recent years in China. The professional knowledge of bridge engineering was effectively connected with the teaching cases of bridge through task-driven teaching method. Students actively constructed professional knowledge and skills of bridge engineering by solving practical bridge problems. The students’ qualities of bridge engineering, such as communication skills, team-work spirit, professional skills and responsibility, are improved during studying bridge cases and designing bridge process.