Inner Mongolia Higher Schools
Environment and Sustainable
Development Innovation Lecture
RCE-Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Normal University
Sustainable Development Education Centre
2013.11.28
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 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;
（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
Ⅳ Project Effect:
Leadership
Creativity
Groupwork
Projec
t
Environment
Awareness
Social
Responsibility
Practics
Research
Community
Service
Regional
Students
are major
group
Communities
Project
Universities
Mutiple
Disciplines
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