Course Design - Welfare Reform Academy

Syllabus Design for Chinese Environment and Development: From a Public Policy Perspective Yixin Dai, Ye Qi School of Public Policy and Management Tsinghua University 02/07/20 Outline Background Information Syllabus Designing for the Course Goal Setting for the Course Syllabus designing

Teaching Methods 02/07/20 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

02/07/20 Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality Figure 1. Student Nationality Distribution Korean 11% Croatia 3% US Spain 3% China US 44% Japan 3% Japan Spain Korean

China 36% 02/07/20 Croatia Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality Student Major Distribution Student Major Distribution (I) 1 1 1 1 2 2 3

1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 02/07/20 12 aerospace engineering anthropology automation chinese literature economics english literature Electronic Engineering geography medicion nuclear engineering philosophy

public adminsitration psychology mathmatics industrial engineering history business administration computer science international affairs Goal Setting for the Course: Descriptive Statistics of Students Student Nationality Student Major Distribution Student Major Distribution (II) Social Science Natural Science Medicine 02/07/20 Goal Setting for the Course: Students interests about the topic

Typical Questions Students Were Interested in Current environmental situation & economic development in China Chinese environment policy and implementation Connecting to global environmental issues International communication 02/07/20 Current environmental situation in China Relationship between investment/development and environment in China

Renewable energy development in the western provinces in China Environmental ethics 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 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? What are local peoples perspective towards environmental protection* Why do people (esp. students) do not see environment as a huge problem?

Improve English skills* Goal Setting for the Course: Students pre-course knowledge Coal Burning/ CO2 emission Air Pollution Water Pollution Energy Usage Environme and Shortage ntal 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 02/07/20 Goal Setting for the Course

Name: Environment and Development in China: from public policy perspective Content: 02/07/20 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 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 02/07/20 Teaching Methods Exchange Project (I) 02/07/20 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 dieselfueled.

Costs 28 per day Those with unapproved cars can have their vehicles reequipped with healthy engines. Otherwise you have legs. 02/07/20 Teaching Methods Tsinghua Goes Green Project Puff the Chinese Dragon (Video) University River 02/07/20 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 02/07/20 Teaching Methods Others

Case study Video clips for current events Research paper reading 02/07/20 Thanks! Your suggestions, comments are welcome!! Yixin Dai [email protected] 02/07/20