Analysis of three gaps in the teaching system of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and the improvement based on application-oriented talent training

Abstract

With the rapid industrialization of China in the past decade, China’s environmental management system, especially the environmental impact assessment (EIA) system, has changed greatly. The relevant regulations and guidelines have been revised significantly. This set higher requirements for the teaching system of environmental impact assessment in universities. Some problems occurred between the continuously updated EIA system and the outdated teaching system. How to develop an appropriate teaching system for application-oriented talent training is becoming a hot issue in the current research on the teaching reform of EIA. The objective of this study is to investigate the problems existing in the teaching system of EIA, analyse the changes of the guidelines, and develop a new method of teaching reform based on case-teaching and the defense-based assessment method. The study provides an insight for the training of application-oriented talents in the field of environmental engineering.