IEFInternational Education Forum3083-49022981-8605Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/IEF.v4i8.15339ArticleAI-Empowered “Job-Course-Competition-Certificate” Integrated “Four-Dimensional Integration and Five-Stage Progression” Teaching Model Research for Higher Vocational Engineering Courseshttps://artdesignp.com/journal/IEF/4/8/10.26689/IEF.v4i8.15339ZouQianxiu2026482026-08-31Driven by the dual forces of digital transformation in vocational education and the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technologies, the integrated “Job-Course-Competition-Certificate” (JCCC) education model has become a central direction for higher vocational education reform. However, current higher vocational engineering courses generally face three practical dilemmas: disconnection between teaching content and job requirements, fragmented application of AI technologies, and a monolithic evaluation system. Grounded in constructivist learning theory and industry-education integration theory, this study takes engineering courses in the Cost Engineering major as its practical context and constructs an AI-empowered teaching model based on the “Four-Dimensional Integration and Five-Stage Progression” framework. The model restructures teaching content through the four-dimensional integration of job requirements, course content, competition standards, and certificate criteria alongside AI technologies, optimizes the teaching process through the five progressive stages of context creation, task-driven learning, application-driven learning, practical drill, and outcome presentation, and leverages AI tools such as DeepSeek to enable whole-process empowerment encompassing learning diagnosis, resource generation, and intelligent evaluation. Practical implementation demonstrates that this model effectively enhances students’ learning initiative, improves job competency, and increases certificate pass rates, providing a replicable practical paradigm for the intelligent teaching reform of higher vocational engineering courses.AI empowerment, Job-Course-Competition-Certificate integration, Higher vocational engineering courses, Four-Dimensional Integration and Five-Stage Progression, Teaching model innovation

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