Hierarchical Modeling & Simulation Curriculum Systematism Promotes the Development of Interactive Inquiry Teaching of Semiconductor-related Courses

Abstract

Implementing the interactive inquiry teaching (IIT) method in higher education could substantially promote the process to construct the first-class disciplines as well as universities. In this paper, the hierarchical modeling & simulation (M&S) curriculum systematism is creatively proposed, by merging and unifying several softwares for semiconductor materials and devices at different levels. It is demonstrated that such stage-by-stage curriculum construction would boost the feasibility to realize IIT in semiconductor-related courses. Particularly, author emphatically expounds what important role the above-mentioned hierarchical M&S curriculum play in five typical links of IIT, as well as the summary of classroom teaching effects. The step-by-step analysis on three common stages of semiconductor simulation implemented during teaching processes has been provided, covering basic design concepts as well as the corresponding well-directed software packages adopted in each stage. The above curriculum systematism can gradually stimulate students' learning enthusiasm and participation in semiconductor-related courses, which is the research achievement of IIT method, and also meets the requirements of the teaching reform oriented by national "double first-class" initiative in China.