Abstract:

The Systematic Cultivation of University Students’ Thinking Skills has become the Core Proposition for Innovative Talent Development in the Digital-Intelligent Era. Based on a three-dimensional framework of “objective-content-subject”,this study constructs a university teaching methodology oriented toward the cultivation of thinking ability. In the objective dimension,it upholds the dialectical unity of knowledge acquisition,competence development,and value formation,establishing a holistic educational logic centered on the cultivation of critical and creative thinking. In the content dimension,it highlights the disciplinary characteristics and strengthens differentiated cultivation of empirical thinking in the natural sciences,critical thinking in the social sciences,and value-oriented thinking in the humanities,while achieving integration through interdisciplinary dialogue. In the subject dimension,it reveals the internal logic of a pedagogical paradigm shift from externally driven,lecture-based instruction to internally motivated,self-directed learning. The reform of teaching methods requires a collaborative support system integrating experimental exploration,scientific research, and institutional safeguards. Its essence lies in reconstructing an educational ecosystem that integrates knowledge,thinking,and values,thereby promoting a fundamental transformation of higher education from knowledge transmission to the cultivation of thinking. This transformation is not only a strategic response to the challenges of the digital-intelligent era but also an essential pathway to realizing the true nature of education.

Key words: university teaching methods, thinking ability cultivation, digital-intelligent technology, lecture method innovation, self-directed learning