1. 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
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2. Outline Background Information Syllabus Designing for the Course
Goal Setting for the Course
Syllabus designing
Teaching Methods
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3. 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
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4. Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students
Student Nationality
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5. Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students
Student Nationality
Student Major Distribution
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6. Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students
Student Nationality
Student Major Distribution
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7. 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*
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8. 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
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9. 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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10. 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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11. Teaching Methods Exchange Project (I)
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12. 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.
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13. Teaching Methods Tsinghua Goes Green Project
Puff the Chinese Dragon (Video)
University River
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14. 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
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15. Teaching Methods Others
Case study
Video clips for current events
Research paper reading
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16. Thanks! Your suggestions, comments are welcome!!
Yixin Dai
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