This research was supported by a scientific research project funded by the China Meteorological Administration Training Centre (CMA Training Centre) and Qinghai Provincial Meteorological Service Center (Project Number: 2025CMATCQN23).
Abstract
Meteorological education and professional training play a crucial role in enhancing forecasting accuracy, disaster prevention capability, and public service delivery in the context of increasing climate variability and rapid technological advancement. However, conventional lecture-centered training approaches have shown limitations in addressing the growing demand for applied competencies, integrative thinking, and collaborative problem-solving among meteorological practitioners. Grounded in constructivist learning theory, this study develops a project-based learning (PBL)-oriented training model specifically tailored to meteorological education and professional development contexts. This research adopts a design-oriented and conceptual methodology, integrating a systematic review of international literature on constructivism and PBL with an analysis of the characteristics and competency requirements of meteorological professional training. On this basis, a comprehensive PBL training framework is constructed, encompassing training objectives, project task design, instructional implementation processes, and evaluation principles. Rather than reporting empirical classroom interventions, the study employs a scenario-based application design derived from radar-related meteorological operations to illustrate the internal logic, structural coherence, and practical adaptability of the proposed model. The analysis suggests that a constructivist-oriented PBL framework has significant theoretical potential to promote active knowledge construction, enhance learner engagement, and strengthen applied problem-solving and collaborative competencies in meteorological training. This study contributes a theoretically grounded and context-sensitive instructional model for meteorological education and provides a conceptual reference for future empirical research and instructional innovation in professional and vocational training settings.
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