https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/ ~~Welcome~~ https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=5 The school's curriculum highlights: linking to the land, with a bird's eye view of the futureBased on an objective anthropological perspective, we have avoided the design of the course to fall into the quagmire of "exoticism" and "small town pathos". With Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) at its core, the curriculum emphasizes the development of students' beliefs about their contribution to their land or living environment, which also includes discussions of future values and future righteous actions. We seek to cultivate students’ positive attitude toward the future, the ability to imagine the future, and the desire to solve future problems. Through the DFC concepts of Feel, Imagine, Do, and Share, children will be able to face the challenges of the future environment and their homes.Expectations for the school curriculum: It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man. Schools have an intergenerational responsibility.Maybe our hometown is not so hopeless, but we tend to ignore its potential.Maybe competency is not a far-off concept, it is just quietly waiting for you to fill its void.As mentioned earlier, elementary schools in rural areas are a paradoxical presence. In the long run, the school's efforts may lead to individual student achievement, but they also shrink the future of the school and the community. The future of a community is beyond control of an elementary school educator, and we cannot force students to return to their hometowns. What we can do is facilitate opportunities and potential! From the Farmer/Nong (儂) Course (Tying Taiwan and Japan with Rope 繩繫台日), we saw local objects made alive through reinterpretation. From the Pure/Chun (純) Course (Mobile Food Farming 行動食農), we experienced the different scenery of traditional agriculture revitalized with the concepts of the new generation. From the Inlay/Xiang (鑲) Course (Aesthetic Taste 美感品味), we found that aesthetics is closely attached to history and modern life. In the Respond/Xiang (嚮) Course (Return to Hometowns 庄腳迴潮), the element of mission for the present and the future of serving the hometown has emerged.Through the example of local matters or leaders, the students will be able to learn about their hometowns, and then plant the seed of local creation and nutrients in their hearts. In the future, we hope the local area will be revitalized by these seeds of change that we nurture today.Perhaps our dreams are not easy to realize, perhaps our hopes are too distant, but we firmly believe that this is the road we should take. With the heart, the road is not far; with action, dreams can come true.Jiajhong Elementary School Curriculum Matrix  Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +1600 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=5 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=2 The Founding of Jiajhong Elementary School: From a Straw Rope-making Workshop to a School "Tsháu-soh-á" refers to straw ropes in Taiwanese. Before the advent of nylon rope, hemp rope was the strongest rope available, but it was more expensive. In order to obtain good quality and cheap rope, straw harvested from the fields were used as a base material. By using a simple braiding tool, three strands of Tsháu-soh-á were twisted into a thick straw rope. This kind of rope-making workshop is called " Tsháu-soh-á-king" (straw rope-making workshop) by the common people. At that time, the Yen family in the village was in the business of buying and selling sweet potatoes, which required sacks, so they used straw to weave the sacks in their pigsty (formerly called a Tsháu-soh-á-king). Only after the work was stopped was it used as a classroom.At that time, students in the village had to walk to Hejian Elementary School in Madouliao. School bags were made of bulrush, while those who did not have a school bag had their stationery rolled up with a cloth towel and tied around their waists. Every day, whether a cold and windy winter day or a rainy summer day, students had to walk barefoot for more than three kilometers to and from school. Especially in the cold winter wind, walking back and forth on the " tshân-á-kau" (a bumpy path in the direction to the north of Zhouzai) was very hard, so going to school was a difficult commute for students. As a village elder, Yen Hsiao-Wan could not bear the thought that the students would not be able to study with peace of mind, so he talked with the village chief of Xiaying Township at that time and tried to find a suitable land for a school for Jiajhong Village.During the construction of the school, the Tsháu-soh-á-king was utilized as a temporary classroom. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than 60 years since the establishment of the Jiajhong Elementary School. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +1600 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=2 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=4 The aesthetic concept of the campus environment: Valuing our land and creating a space of reality and imaginationThe characteristics of creative development derives from self-identification, but to self-identify does not mean to blindly imitate others. Only by starting from the ground under our feet, right from the grassroots level, and spreading according to the "terrain", will the process be authentic and the results will be extensive and compelling. As Edward W. Soja refers to as the "thirdspace", it has the quality of "real and imagined", people must think and define the space they live in, and reconstruct the possibility and action of an-Other. How to recreate the an-Other of the community and create the an-Other of the space in which it is located through the development of a developable local identity is a realistic question for the future.Yen Shui-Long, known as the "Father of Taiwanese Crafts", was born into the local Yen clan (Hongjia Borough, Xiaying District). He dedicated his life to promoting the aestheticization of Taiwan's local crafts and is a pioneer of mosaic (inlay) public art in Taiwan. The practical aesthetics he advocates can be described as an expression of the pursuit of beauty in life, and through the aesthetic connotation of the living environment, he constructs a universal sense and creation of "beauty". The concept and actions of Yen Shui-Long are sublimated into the concept of local cultural wealth. We will leverage his aesthetic ideas to guide the creation of the aesthetic campus, and utilize his signature mosaic techniques as a symbolic manifestation of aesthetics, embodying another kind of an-Other where literature and aesthetics intermingle in a predetermined reading environment, transformed into a space for local aesthetic experience and cultural exploration. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +1600 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=4 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=3 The current principal’s philosophy: care for the land with emboldened courage to take risksPrincipal Chou Chun-Lin, who was transferred to Jiajhong Elementary School in August 2019, grew up in Xiaying District. As for the motivation to serve in his hometown, Principal Chou frankly explained that he has both official and private reasons; since both his parents are at an advanced age and inevitably have health concerns, it is more convenient for him to serve in a nearby school in case his parents need caregiving and transportation.On the other hand, observing the exodus of people and the shrinking community in his hometown, he is also worried about the future prospects of the local area. As an educator, Principal Chou has always believed that educators have an obligation to allow students to develop a sense of "caring for their place of origin" through learning, which in turn inspires students to think, choose, envision, and create the future of their hometown; this is the only way to sustain the development of their local community. With this in mind, Principal Chou chose to return to his hometown and, as an educator, hopes to do his part in contributing to the students' futures.As for the future development of Jiajhong Elementary School, Principal Chou emphasized that, with the hard work of the principals and teachers, the school brand is now well known, and he can stand on the shoulders of giants and see higher and further. Therefore, at present, the school will continue the previous diversified courses, such as ocarina, ukulele, Taekwondo, soccer, computer programming, etc., so that students can embrace diverse learning and develop appropriately, providing the nourishment and motivation for students to develop themselves in the future. Principal Chou himself has started learning laser engraving and 3D printing technologies, with the hope of ensuing these maker courses. On the other hand, Principal Chou has also started to develop a school vision as the axis of the school's future development. As the saying goes, only when the compass is pointed correctly can the ship reach port, and only with a vision will the curriculum development have a direction to follow. The four visions of collaboration, character, passion, and story have been tentatively conceived, but are to be discussed by the school’s faculty before being finalized. Principal Chou notes that these four aspects are the qualities that future citizens must possess: the ability to work together and be accountable as a team, creativity that can break through the mold, passionate aspirations that can be sustained, and narrative skills that can touch people's hearts. He hopes that the future curriculum and activities of Jiajhong Elementary School will be structured around these four aspects, and that students will gradually develop these qualities in their learning, so that they will have the courage and strength to take risks when they face obstacles and challenges in the future.With the start of the new semester, Jiajhong Elementary School is gradually collaborating with the local community. The first step is to partner with the Farmers' Association on a local grain program, in line with Principal Chou's belief that students should "care about their place of origin". Principal Chou emphasized that getting to know the local people and place is only the first step, the next step is how to evolve, connect and creatively develop the curriculum. Local culture is not static, what to preserve and what to innovate are two parallel lines that are not in conflict. Starting from knowing the place, we should allow students to try to experience, try to imagine, and try to plan. Who knows, maybe elementary school students can also propose a new miracle roadmap for the local community. Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +1600 https://en.cces.tn.edu.tw/modules/tadnews/index.php?nsn=3