Abstract: As a practical major, social work takes“learning by doing”as its core teaching philosophy. In response to the limitation of traditional case teaching method, which makes it difficult for students to grasp“what to do”and“how to do it”, the social work major of Inner Mongolia University of Technology has proposed the instructional design idea of“situational experience”based on the epistemology of dialectical materialism. This design integrates the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) teaching concept with the“client-centered”principle of social work,and constructs real dilemma situations to guide students to experience practice through the path of“reverse design + positive implementation”. Taking the cognitive experience internship for freshmen in Inner Mongolia University of Technology as the research object, this paper systematically analyzes the logical framework, core content and practical cases of the situational experience instructional design, and summarizes the effects and reflections, so as to provide references for the reform of practical teaching in social work major.

Key words: Situational experience, Teaching design, Dialectical materialism, Epistemology, OBE concept, Practical teaching