本文讨论了在把中国教育事业全面推向２１ 世纪的形势下，高等教育要主动适应２１ 世纪对人才培养要求，为此首先要转变教育思想观念，推进教学改革。本文还讨论了铸造专业的改造应定位为宽口径、厚基础，加强能力与素质教育的大专业办学模式，介绍了办大专业的教学计划及其特点。 This article discusses the situation in which China’s education is fully promoted into the 21st century. Higher education should actively adapt to the 21st century’s requirements for personnel training. To do this, we must first change the educational concepts and promote the teaching reform. This article also discusses the transformation of the foundry profession. It should be positioned as a wide-caliber, thick-foundation, and strengthen the capacity of professional education and the quality of education, and introduces the teaching plan and characteristics of the major.