Construction of the Ideological and Political Education System for Cultivating Outstanding Engineering Talents Under the Work-Study Alternation Paradigm

Shifeng Ou; Xingyu Sun; Yongsheng Yang; Ying Gao

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Construction of the Ideological and Political Education System for Cultivating Outstanding Engineering Talents Under the Work-Study Alternation Paradigm

Shifeng Ou, Xingyu Sun, Yongsheng Yang, Ying Gao^*

Published in Higher Education Research (Volume 11, Issue 3)

Received: 21 April 2026 Accepted: 1 June 2026 Published: 9 June 2026

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As a key pathway for cultivating excellent engineers, the Work-Study Alternation model strengthens students’ engineering practice, professional competence, and workplace adaptability. However, in local universities, this model also poses new challenges to Ideological and Political Education because it involves multiple educational stakeholders, complex mentor–student relationships, and frequent changes in students’ learning and working identities. These factors often lead to insufficient coordination, incomplete educational coverage, and weak integration between value education and engineering practice. To address these problems, this study aims to analyze the practical dilemmas and underlying causes of Ideological and Political Education under the Work-Study Alternation model and to construct an integrated educational framework for excellent-engineer training in local universities. Grounded in collaborative governance theory, this paper adopts policy analysis and case studies to examine the roles, responsibilities, and collaborative mechanisms among universities, enterprises, mentors, and students. The study finds that the main difficulties arise from fragmented governance structures, unclear role boundaries, insufficient mentor collaboration, and inadequate evaluation and incentive mechanisms. On this basis, this paper proposes a new educational framework guided by the “one root and three veins” spiritual lineage as the core value system and supported by the three-wide education approach of “all-staff, all-process, and all-around” engagement. It further develops a five-pronged implementation path consisting of Party-building leadership, competence enhancement, mentorship innovation, career guidance, and institutional support and incentive mechanisms, together with a multidimensional evaluation mechanism. The proposed framework promotes the deep integration of Ideological and Political Education with engineering practice and supports the coordinated development of engineering competence and value shaping, thereby providing a practical reference for cultivating excellent engineers in local universities.

Published in	Higher Education Research (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.her.20261103.14
Page(s)	79-88
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Work-Study Alternation, Excellent Engineer, Ideological and Political Education, Collaborative Governance, Three-Wide Education

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Ou S, Sun X, Yang Y, Gao Y. Construction of the Ideological and Political Education System for Cultivating Outstanding Engineering Talents Under the Work-Study Alternation Paradigm. High Educ Res. 2026;11(3):79-88. doi: 10.11648/j.her.20261103.14

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Shifeng Ou

School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai, China
Xingyu Sun

School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai, China
Yongsheng Yang

School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai, China
Ying Gao

School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai, China

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