Improving the Quality of Talent Cultivation in Material Science by Reforming Teaching and Learning

This article illustrates the new model of cultivating talents by means of teaching reform practiced in the School of Material Science And Engineering in Southwest Jiaotong University.It expatiates the reforming strategies and the teaching reform achievements,such as,to establish the system of training talents of material science in the new era;to update teaching contents,teaching methods;to construct a platform for extra-curricular practice;to strengthen teaching practice;to enhance students' practice ability and employment capacity by integrating vocational education;to reinforce faculty construction;to set evaluation system of teaching and learning,etc.This reform serves as a guide and mold to promote the healthy growing of Material Science discipline.