RCE-Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Normal University

Sustainable Development Education Centre

2013.11.28

Inner Mongolia Higher Schools Environment and Sustainable

Development Innovation Lecture

I. Project Background

◆ Mongolian traditional ecological culture comes from hunting and nomadic life, it guided the Mongolians to survive and develop.

◆ The Mongolian traditional ecological culture only make a greater contribution to the human development, but also one the most valuable human legacies and treasures.

◆Mongolian unique way of living, such as yurt, the round corral, the bullpen car, medicine, tea, Shamanism and wild bury shows the experience and wisdom of how Mongolians protect and use the prairie ecological environment. It shows the unique and creative character of sustainable development.

◆Mongolians involve ecological environment protection in their daily life by laws, habit, morality and religions.

Research Topic:

The Mongolian traditional ecological culture and

sustainable development research

Ⅱ :Value of the project

The project focuses on the topic of “Inner Mongolian Ecological Environment and Prairie Sustainable Development”. It tries to protect the prairie ecological environment of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and promote the sustainable development of prairie. It also explores an effective model and system of environmental and sustainable development education in the higher education organizations in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also increasing the environmental protection awareness and capacity of college students

RCE-Hohhot and Inner Mongolia Normal University has continuously organized three terms “Inner Mongolia Higher Schools Environment and Sustainable Development Innovation Lecture” program since 2009.

Each term recruits 50 graduated students. Now the lecture has its own

teaching material, called <<Sustainable Development Education in

Higher Education>>.

The project has been generalized in several higher education

organizations in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

First term: 2009.9-12, the topic is “Inner Mongolia Ecological Tourism and Prairie Sustainable Development”

Second term: 2011.9-12, the topic is “Inner Mongolia Traditional Culture and Prairie Sustainable Development”

Third term: 2011.3-7, the topic is “Inner Mongolia Region POPs pollution distribution characters and Prairie Sustainable Development”

Ⅲ. Project Implementation

（ 1 ） Classroom lecture ， 10 credit hours

（ 2 ） Field trip ， 8 credit hours

（ 3 ） Group research ， 10 credit hours

（ 4 ） Presentation and discussion ， 10

credit hours

（1 ） Classroom lectureLecture: Mongolian traditional ecological culture characteristics and the practical value

Time: two hours

Lecturer: Professor Wei Zhiyong

Main contents of this course including: (1) the characteristics of Mongolian traditional ecological culture; (2) reality value of the Mongolian traditional ecological culture; (3)

the basic way of inheritance and innovation of the Mongolian traditional ecological culture;

（2 ）Field trip：Visit Musem to obtain first hand information on Mongolian traditional ecological culture

Mongolian traditional religious sacrificial festival “Thousand Lantern Festival” in La Ma temple

（ 3 ） Group research

（ 4 ） Presentation and Discussion

Group 2: Mongolian traditional ecological culture characteristics and the practical value

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Ⅴ Major Accomplishment:

● explore an effective model and system of environmental and sustainable development

education in the higher education organizations in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also

increasing the environmental protection awareness and capacity of college students

●Promote student centered, multidiscipline and practical way of teaching in higher schools.

●Promote higher schools using community resources as well as communication and

cooperation

●Encourage higher schools to cooperate with local education bureaus and environmental

protection bureaus in order to construct a environmental education network. The higher schools

will play an important role in promoting sustainable development education in elementary schools

and middle schools. With more effort, a complete and formal environment education system and

model significant environment education area will be set up!

Ⅴ Major Accomplishment:

● explore an effective model and system of environmental and sustainable development

education in the higher education organizations in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, also

increasing the environmental protection awareness and capacity of college students

●Promote student centered, multidiscipline and practical way of teaching in higher schools.

●Promote higher schools using community resources as well as communication and

cooperation

●Encourage higher schools to cooperate with local education bureaus and environmental

protection bureaus in order to construct a environmental education network. The higher schools

will play an important role in promoting sustainable development education in elementary schools

and middle schools. With more effort, a complete and formal environment education system and

model significant environment education area will be set up!

Compile and published 《 Sustainable Development

Education in Higher Education 》 The project has been generalized in several higher

education organizations in Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region

Compile and published 《 Sustainable Development

Education in Higher Education 》 The project has been generalized in several higher

education organizations in Inner Mongolia

Autonomous Region