Syllabus Design for

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Syllabus Design for

• Chinese Environment and Development From a
  Public Policy Perspective

Yixin Dai, Ye Qi School of Public Policy and
Management Tsinghua University
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Outline

• Background Information
• Syllabus Designing for the Course
• Goal Setting for the Course
• Syllabus designing
• Teaching Methods

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Background Information

• Started from 2006
• Specially designed for Syracuse University
  Education Abroad Program
• Basic requirements
• Small discussion seminar
• Focusing on real-life situation w/ field trips
• Partially embedded into Tsinghuas course system

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Goal Setting for the CourseDescriptive
Statistics of Students

• Student Nationality

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Goal Setting for the CourseDescriptive
Statistics of Students

• Student Nationality
• Student Major Distribution

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Goal Setting for the CourseDescriptive
Statistics of Students

• Student Nationality
• Student Major Distribution

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Goal Setting for the CourseStudents interests
about the topic
Typical Questions Students Were Interested in
Current environmental situation economic development in China Current environmental situation in China Relationship between investment/development and environment in China Renewable energy development in the western provinces in China Environmental ethics
Chinese environment policy and implementation Current environmental policies in China? Importance of environmental concerns to the government Ways Chinese government take sustainable development into policy consideration Environment policy implementation /what have been done till now Chinas way to switch from western development model to a sustainable one
Connecting to global environmental issues How would Chinese environment affect environment in other countries What role would china play in response to global warming International comparison on environmental policy Technology transfer between China and other countries How could China solve the dust storm problem that has influenced other countries such as South Korea?
International communication What are local peoples perspective towards environmental protection Why do people (esp. students) do not see environment as a huge problem? Improve English skills
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Goal Setting for the CourseStudents pre-course
knowledge
Coal Burning/ CO2 emission Air Pollution Water Pollution Energy Usage and Shortage Environmental NGOs Sand Storm
2008 Spring 4 2 5 2 0 1
2008 Fall 4 7 7 2 1 1
2009 Spring 5 1 6 5 1 1
Total 13(2) 10(4) 18(8) 9(3) 2(0) 4(1)
number of students have certain knowledge about
the topic, with numbers in () the number of
Chinese student
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Goal Setting for the Course

• Name Environment and Development in China from
  public policy perspective
• Content
• About basic information of China and Chinese
  environment situation
• About Chinese environment policy
• About Chinese link to the international community
  on environment issues
• About real practice in China

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Syllabus Structure

• Session I Knowledge about China and Policy
  Analysis
• Session II Knowledge about the most updated
  environment topics in China
• Session III Trends in environmental protection
  all over the world

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Teaching Methods Exchange
Project (I)
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Teaching Methods Exchange
Project (II)
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Teaching Methods Tsinghua Goes Green
Project

• Puff the Chinese Dragon (Video)
• University River

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Teaching Methods
Fieldtrip Visit
Field Trip Content and purpose
Beijing 798 Art Zone Re-vitalization of brown field
National Olympic Park Wetland management Water management
Beijing Taped Water Museum Taped water management and history in Beijing
Beijing Eco-village site Eco-village building and sustainable development
Miyun Reservoir Local government management water management
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Teaching Methods
Others

• Case study
• Video clips for current events
• Research paper reading

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Thanks!Your suggestions, comments are welcome!!

• Yixin Dai
• yixindai_at_tsinghua.edu.cn