School of Public Policy and Management Syllabus Design for “Chinese Environment and Development: From a Public Policy Perspective” Yixin Dai, Ye Qi School of Public Policy and Management Tsinghua University 9/18/2018

Outline Background Information Syllabus Designing for the Course Goal Setting for the Course Syllabus designing Teaching Methods 9/18/2018

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 Tsinghua’s course system 9/18/2018

Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality 9/18/2018

Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality Student Major Distribution 9/18/2018

Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality Student Major Distribution 9/18/2018

Goal Setting for the Course: Students’ 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 China’s 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 people’s perspective towards environmental protection* Why do people (esp. students) do not see environment as a huge problem? Improve English skills* 9/18/2018

Goal Setting for the Course: Students’ pre-course knowledge Coal Burning/ CO2 emission Air Pollution Water Pollution Energy Usage and Shortage Environmental NGOs Sand Storm 2008 Spring 4 2 5 1 2008 Fall 7 2009 Spring 6 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 9/18/2018

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 9/18/2018

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 9/18/2018

Teaching Methods Exchange Project (I) 9/18/2018

Teaching Methods Exchange Project (II) Low Emissions Zone Cars without approved pollution standards are charged to enter zone Includes: mini-vans, cars made before 2001, and diesel-fueled. Costs £28 per day Those with unapproved cars can have their vehicles reequipped with healthy engines. Otherwise… you have legs. 9/18/2018

Teaching Methods Tsinghua Goes Green Project Puff the Chinese Dragon (Video) University River 9/18/2018

Teaching Methods Fieldtrip Visit 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 9/18/2018

Teaching Methods Others Case study Video clips for current events Research paper reading 9/18/2018

Thanks! Your suggestions, comments are welcome!! Yixin Dai yixindai@tsinghua.edu.cn 9/18/2018