RCE-Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Normal University Sustainable Development Education Centre

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Inner Mongolia Higher Schools Environment and
Sustainable Development Innovation Lecture
RCE-Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Normal University
Sustainable Development Education Centre
2013.11.28
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I. Project Background
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? 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.


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Research Topic The Mongolian traditional
ecological culture and sustainable development
research

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? 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
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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 ltltSustainable
Development Education in Higher Educationgtgt. The
project has been generalized in several higher
education organizations in Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region
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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

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?. Project Implementation

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(1) Classroom lecture Lecture
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

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(2)Field trip Visit Musem to obtain
first hand information on Mongolian traditional
ecological culture
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Mongolian traditional religious sacrificial
festival Thousand Lantern Festival in La Ma
temple

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(3)Group research

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(4)Presentation and Discussion
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Group 2 Mongolian traditional ecological culture
characteristics and the practical value
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? Project Effect

Leadership
Creativity
Groupwork
Project
Environment Awareness
Social Responsibility
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? 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!

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Compile and published Sustainable Development
Education in Higher Education The project has
been generalized in several higher education
organizations in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

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