According to reports, "Big Country, Agriculture, Countryside and Farmers" is a national general education course created by China Agricultural University, which gives full play to the educational advantages of "agriculture, countryside and farmers" and gathers resources of famous teachers. The course aims to lead the students of agriculture and forestry to cultivate their feelings of knowing and loving agriculture, and to promote the education of "three rural" values and national conditions in universities and even the whole society.
The course is divided into six chapters, taught by Sun Qixin, president of China Agricultural University, Ke Bingsheng, former president, Michelle Li, Fan Shenggen, Zhang Fusuo and Ren Fazheng, academicians of China Academy of Engineering. The course explains the agricultural civilization in China, the institutional innovation in the development of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, the outstanding achievements in tackling poverty, the international contribution of Chinese programs, and the in-depth exploration in the fields of green development, nutrition and health.
The course will lead students to view history and read the present, present the "four self-confidences" of a big country in the field of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, guide students to reflect on their realistic responsibilities and missions, and think about the new opportunities and new paths brought by the development of agriculture, rural areas and farmers to the country's prosperity, national prosperity and personal development in a broader future vision.
"China Agricultural University, as the vanguard of agricultural and forestry colleges, should stick to the position of agriculture, countryside and farmers and help rural revitalization. This is our mission of the times. Offering the course of "Big Country, Agriculture, Countryside and Peasants" can make students in agricultural and forestry colleges understand and feel the problems of agriculture, countryside and peasants more deeply. For college students all over the country, learning and understanding' agriculture, rural areas and farmers' can also better understand the past, present and future of China. " He Zhiwei, director of the training department of the undergraduate college of China Agricultural University, said.
The reporter was informed that at present, "big country, agriculture, countryside and farmers" has been launched on the platform of wisdom tree, which is open to agricultural universities, non-agricultural universities and even students of the whole society.