In order to enhance our teachers’ teaching competencies and fundamental classroom instruction skills, our faculty organized a model class for overseas undergraduate course on April 15th.

　　This course, which was led by Zhou Enquan from the Department of Civil Engineering, focused on Chapter 9 ("Earth Pressure on Retaining Structures") of Engineering Geology and Soil Mechanics. Zhou Enquan used a case study of a slope retaining wall failur incident and adopted group discussions and in-class exercises to guide students in exploring the practical implications of earth pressure calculations.

　　This course integrated theoretical derivation with engineering practice, transformed abstract soil mechanics concepts into tangible engineering language through employing a case-driven pedagogical approach.