DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION CAPACITY OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN CHANGSHA, CHINA

As the standards for talent required by society evolve, higher education faces unprecedented reforms. Cultivating a large number of innovative talents has become one of the core objectives of education in many countries worldwide, and enhancing instructors' innovation capacity has become a significant global educational issue. This study explored the effect of personal and environmental factors on instructors' capacity for instructional innovation in the Electronic Information Engineering major at private universities in Changsha, China. This study used qualitative and quantitative methods. A quantitative research approach was employed, with data collected from 689 EIE instructors through a structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis were used to analyze the relationships among key variables. The research findings indicate that (1) there is a significant relationship between instructors’ instructional innovation capacity and both personal and environmental factors. (2) Personal and environmental factors both have a significant impact on instructors’ instructional innovation capacity. These findings provide important assistance in developing strategies for enhancing the instructional innovation capacity of electronic information engineering instructors in private universities in Changsha.