Online courses launched in Ningxia to promote traditional culture and science

Quality courses that promote science and traditional Chinese cultures among youngsters have been offered by the China Soong Ching Ling Science and Culture Center for Young People to kindergartens, primary schools and middle schools in Pengyang county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, in recent months.

As a move to empower rural vitalization, the center launched several charity projects in September including a science-promotion session for young children, a tinkering workshop that trains attendees' hands-on ability and online courses that get students closer to intangible cultural heritages, which has reached out to nearly 1,200 students in Pengyang.

For instance, to promote intangible cultural heritages, teachers from the center has integrated knowledge of history, fine arts and literature into the online courses and sent raw materials to those schools in Pengyang for local students to make handicrafts on their own. Instructive tutorials have been filmed in advance for the student to learn the whole process step by step.

Separately, the tinkering workshop encourages students to use their imagination and come up with creative ideas on how to make creations of stationery and stuff.

All of those courses seek to ensure an immersive and interactive learning experience for a wider group of students. Teachers from the local schools can help students better comprehend what they've learned from the online tutorials.

The center plans to carry out more online courses to enable students from remote places get an easy access to high-quality educational resources.