In today's diverse and multifaceted world, how can the performing arts serve as a starting point for understanding emotions and responding to society? This SEL empowerment workshop, "Aesthetic Appreciation as a Form of Social Emotional Care," shared by Associate Professor Chang Szu-Ching of the Department of Dance at National Taiwan University of Sport, a member of the teacher training committee, utilizes the body and context... […]

When plants, ecology, and art collide, what new dialogues can emerge in education? Associate Professor Chen Hongling of National Chiayi University, through interdisciplinary lectures and workshops, invited Professor Lu Jianming to share his practical experience in eco-art and indigenous culture, guiding teachers to re-examine the concepts from their original nature and ecological management to collaborative action. […]

This week's special feature on teacher training committee members, presented by Assistant Professor Chen Chun-wen from Taipei National University of the Arts, documents the collaboration between students from the Taipei National University of the Arts' Graduate Institute of Arts Education and students from Duobao Art Academy over the past ten years. Starting from the street corners, shops, and everyday life of Guandu, the series follows their work. Using design thinking and plants as a medium, they have entered the community and responded to life through a series of creative projects. […]

When emotions are seen, learning begins. The "2023 Central Taiwan Interdisciplinary Aesthetic Education and Social-Emotional Learning Workshop," held on December 20th at Taichung Elementary School, ranged from closing our eyes to observe emotions and exploring each other's states using the emotional quadrant, to the moving performance of the Coolling Troupe, "The Chalk Broke, and My Heart Broken." […]

This special issue for teacher training committee members, led by Assistant Professor Kao Ching-Yao of National Taichung University of Education, started with "Sustainable Reading," guiding teacher trainees to see how reading connects with life experiences, cultural identity, and interdisciplinary creation. It allowed aesthetic appreciation to gradually accumulate through reading practice, shaping teacher trainees' understanding of the connection between reading, teaching, and the world. […]

On December 14th, at the Kishu-an Literary Forest, the "114th Academic Year Teacher Training and Partner University Mid-Term Sharing Session" was held. In this literary setting where books and nature intertwined, Professor Zhao Huiling, the project leader, Professor Huang Chunmin, the co-leader, and Professor Zhuang Minren, the assistant co-leader, each delivered speeches, expressing their gratitude to the teacher training committee members. […]

The sharing session following the return trip to Austria and the Czech Republic began with a video showcasing the visit's findings. In her opening remarks, Professor Zhao Huiling, the host, expressed special gratitude to the Department of Teacher Training and Arts Education of the Ministry of Education for its support, which allowed Taiwanese aesthetics teachers to travel to Austria and the Czech Republic to immerse themselves in local teaching practices and exchange ideas with foreign art teachers, thus broadening their educational horizons. […]

Since the launch of the interdisciplinary aesthetics project, Professor Chung Yi-hui of Penghu University of Science and Technology, a member of the teacher training committee, has been providing long-term guidance to Pengnan Junior High School, co-creating many amazing curriculum plans and works. This semester, starting with the local characteristic manhole cover course, she combined AI digital painting and inter-school collaborative learning to connect Pengnan Junior High School, Penghu University of Science and Technology, and Chung Cheng High School. […]