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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782148003321

Titolo

Learning from the field : innovating China's higher education system / / edited by Ronnie Vernooy [and others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Foundation Books, , 2008

ISBN

81-7596-870-2

1-281-72812-8

9786611728120

1-55250-408-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

378.51

Soggetti

Rural development - Study and teaching - China

Natural resources - Co-management - Study and teaching - China

Curriculum change - China

Educational change - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: A New Journey; Chapter 2: Preparations: Every Long Journey Begins with a First Step; Chapter 3: The First CBNRM Course in Beijing: An Itinerary of Remarkable Experiences; Chapter 4: The 2006 CBNRM Course: Masters of Our Destiny; Chapter 5: The Participatory Rural Development Course in Changchun: Making the Road by Walking Together; Chapter 6: The Fellowship Support Programme: Learning in the Field; Chapter 7: The Fruits of Teamwork: A Synthesis of Our Learning Journey; Glossary; References; Notes on contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Across China, university staff, researchers, students, and farmers are joining forces to bring to the fore action and field-based learning as a way to promote rural development studies. Learning from the Field: Innovating China’s Higher Education System presents first-hand experience and lessons from an innovative, participatory curriculum development initiative in China. It includes the content of two novel courses, ‘Community Based Natural Resource Management’ and ‘Participatory Rural Development’. The first versions of these courses



were delivered at the College of Humanities and Development of the China Agricultural University in Beijing in the spring of 2005 and at the Jilin Agricultural University in Changchun in the spring of 2006.