Abstract: Innovative method education plays an important role in the methodology education in universities. It supports the cultivation of innovators. Based on the review of innovative method education and research at home and abroad, this paper analyzes and summarizes three contradictory characteristics of TRIZ theory teaching: the contradiction between innovation demand and inertial thinking under the standard-answers training, the contradiction between innovative method teaching and high-level professional courses; innovative method has the contradiction of explicit knowledge and implicit knowledge at the same time. Finally, teaching strategies are proposed according to these contradictory characteristics.

Key words: Innovation method, TRIZ, Teaching characteristics, Contradiction, Strategy, Creative ability