Teaching Design of Knowledge and Intelligence: Lead Students into the Course

Abstract

Today is an era of knowledge and intelligence. It is very necessary for students to have an in-depth understanding of knowledge and intelligence during their university life. In order to allow undergraduates to learn and understand knowledge and intelligence-related content better, we have offered knowledge and intelligence topics in some related course for them. Leading students into the course is very important. If students can be deeply attracted from the first lesson of each course, the subsequent teaching process will be smoother, and the teaching effect will be better. we lead students into the course attractively by using a question "When did humans separate from other animals?" and a science fiction novel called Heard the Truth in the Morning. We selected content related to the question from the novel and make a video. After watching the video, the students were inspired in thinking about that question. After a series of reflections, the students had a deep understanding of the great significance of walking upright. Next, we can organize students to debate whether "walking upright" or "using tools" can better distinguish humans from animals. The students were lead into the course in a lively and interesting way by using the approach propose in the paper.