Taiwan Province Province has strong educational innovation energy, which is changing children's future! In order to make the educational innovation energy of Taiwan Province Province visible to the world, the Culture, Education and Culture Foundation immediately held school visits in Xinbei, Yunlin and Hualien after the forum of "NXTEducator- Global Educational Innovation Award", which enabled the winners of "NXTEducator- Global Educational Innovation Award" to have in-depth exchanges with the education circles in Taiwan Province, and also allowed guests, media and educators from all over the world to open their five senses and deeply experience the educational innovation in Taiwan Province.
Chengfuguo, located in the Three Gorges of New Taipei City, is small, and despite the inconvenient transportation, there are still many children from the urban areas who come to study. "Innovative teaching and learning from children" is the key to the endless development of this century-old school. "After school, teachers will discuss how to make teaching better. Zhuang, the principal of Chengfu Primary School, shared this. Chengfu Primary School, which is famous for its innovative teaching, has been visited by more than 30 schools and educational organizations around the world. " The courage and enthusiasm of teachers can make a school, "said Lasse Leponiemi, CEO and co-founder of Black & Decker, who came from Finland to experience the teaching course of Chengfu Primary School.
On the day of the visit, the guests put on frog costumes, followed the children's footsteps, and went into the water to experience the wetland curriculum of Guo Cheng Primary School. A group of people photographed and explored animal and plant ecology with different scientific and technological tools in the ecological pool. Director Xie of Chengfu Primary School said: "In Chengfu Primary School, children are the masters of learning. We use various digital technologies, such as 360-degree camera, macro camera and aerial camera, making technology the best tool for children to explore and learn. 」
In addition to integrating ecological characteristics into teaching, local history and culture are also materials for children to learn. The best example is the handmade stadium designed by using the works of the Three Gorges artist Master Li. The guests used colored pencils and wool to color and weave the bird pieces and design their own works.
The guests also visited the Three Gorges Ancestral Temple, and the children acted as small tour guides to introduce the cultural beauty of the Three Gorges Ancestral Temple with Master Li's second son. In this process, students also expressed their love for local traditional culture. "I have been to the Three Gorges Ancestral Temple many times and have a good time every time. There are many sculptures there, and teachers will share different stories! 」
South China Primary School and Zhang Hu Ecological Primary School, located in Gukeng, Yunlin County, were once on the verge of abandoning their schools, but in recent years they have become one of the 100 characteristic primary schools that have attracted much attention from all walks of life, and the sense of mission to help children succeed is the power for these two schools to turn their fortunes around.
South China Experimental Primary School attaches great importance to the connection and interaction between children and the community, including taking students to visit the elderly in the community and visiting local stone cultural relics on the spot, so that children can re-understand the history of the community through personal experience and communication. At the same time, primary schools in South China also play an important role in community communication, allowing children to learn how to interact with society by visiting the elderly and coffee markets.
"Our village is very small, with only about 100 people, so we need to pay more attention to the cooperation and mutual benefit between schools and communities. It can be said that the community is a big classroom for rural education! Yang Huining, principal of South China Primary School, said. In recent years, South China elementary schools have continuously introduced community industries into the curriculum. Under the leadership of the new principal Chen, they will continue to combine local conditions and develop educational characteristics belonging to South China elementary schools.
Under the leadership of principal Chen Qingzhen, Zhang Hu Primary School introduced the concept of KIPP (knowledge is power plan) from the United States, paid attention to children's personality traits, implemented differentiated teaching, and cultivated students' autonomy and character.
In the Chinese class in Central China, students share the ranking of "scholars, farmers and businessmen" in their hearts, freely discuss the composition of society and think about their professional status; The math class in primary school is full of interaction, and students are eager to answer questions. The students of the tea club entertained the visiting guests with the "tea ceremony". The children concentrated on making tea skillfully and ended their visit with a sincere cup of tea.
Education can't be achieved overnight, and it is even more necessary to maintain an appropriate rhythm in operational experimental education. "It takes us seven minutes to make a good cup of coffee, and it takes longer to brew the taste of experimental education in this place. The headmaster of Chen Qing Town said. Gregg Behr, executive director of the Grable Foundation in the United States, also shared that from the interaction between teachers and students in the two schools, we can fully feel the quality relationship, which is the constant core value in education.
Wuweiwu, located in Toyota, Hualien, uses the Japanese-style idle space "Fenggudou" building in front of Toyota Railway Station as a second-hand shop for community welfare. Every weekend, children come to work in Wuwei House, and the boss sells second-hand goods, cleans the environment and eats together, in exchange for work points, which are then converted into funds for travel and study. In the past ten years, Wuweiwu has expanded from an old house to a public welfare village settlement run by children in Toyota Village.
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"I don't say that I am the founder of the Five Flavors House, but I like to call myself a' mender', arranging, combining and rearranging the rags in the Toyota community, and then closely assembling beautiful works. Gu Yujun said to the visitor with a smile. For Wuweiwu and Toyota community, Mr. Gu did not use a "systematic and structured scheme" to implement it, but connected resources to respond to the needs of the community and children.
It is precisely because children are the starting point that everything in the Wuwei Pavilion is related to education, but not in the classroom. Following in the footsteps of Mr. Gu and his working partner Wu Minghong, education experts and workers from the United States, Hong Kong and Malaysia experienced different learning styles by visiting different community strongholds. For example, a dream home where children eat together, do homework and learn talents after school; The only store in Toyota has both a hotel and a bookstore, as well as a Toyota bookstore and a workshop for children to learn to repair things.
In Wuweiwu, every community stronghold can be the starting point for children to learn. Let children learn from life through real life experiences and challenges, and then cultivate their ability to benefit from life. Lauren R. Ciger, an American visiting scholar who has long been concerned about educational innovation and institutional reform and the project director of the Brookings Institution, said that Wuweiwu got rid of the stereotype of most people's sympathy and pity for poverty alleviation and hometown, and the learning field and living environment created by Wuweiwu to Toyota community made everyone realize the dignity and value of live high.
This school visit not only allows educators from all over the world to deeply visit the scene of Taiwan's educational innovation and experience the rich energy of multiculturalism and educational innovation, but also provides an excellent platform for domestic and foreign educational pioneers to stir up dialogue. On the road of educational innovation, more resources and strength need to be connected in series, and the Culture, Education and Education Foundation is the key driver to condense this energy, which not only makes the educational innovation in Taiwan Province Province visible to the world, but also expects the experience and energy of Taiwanese educational innovation to blossom and bear fruit all over the world and create more positive influences.