Research-oriented teaching in optical design course and its function in education

Zhaofeng Cen; Xiaotong Li; Xiangdong Liu; Shitao Deng

doi:10.1117/12.757869

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28 November 2007 Research-oriented teaching in optical design course and its function in education

Zhaofeng Cen, Xiaotong Li, Xiangdong Liu, Shitao Deng

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Proceedings Volume 6834, Optical Design and Testing III; 68340I (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757869
Event: Photonics Asia 2007, 2007, Beijing, China

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The principles and operation plans of research-oriented teaching in the course of computer aided optical design are presented, especially the mode of research in practice course. This program includes contract definition phase, project organization and execution, post project evaluation and discussion. Modes of academic organization are used in the practice course of computer aided optical design. In this course the students complete their design projects in research teams by autonomous group approach and cooperative exploration. In this research process they experience the interpersonal relationship in modern society, the importance of cooperation in team, the functions of each individual, the relationships between team members, the competition and cooperation in one academic group and with other groups, and know themselves objectively. In the design practice the knowledge of many academic fields is applied including applied optics, computer programming, engineering software and etc. The characteristic of interdisciplinary is very useful for academic research and makes the students be ready for innovation by integrating the knowledge of interdisciplinary field. As shown by the practice that this teaching mode has taken very important part in bringing up the abilities of engineering, cooperation, digesting the knowledge at a high level and problem analyzing and solving.

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Zhaofeng Cen, Xiaotong Li, Xiangdong Liu, and Shitao Deng "Research-oriented teaching in optical design course and its function in education", Proc. SPIE 6834, Optical Design and Testing III, 68340I (28 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.757869

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