Taiwan School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – "Urban Sensation Factory: Decoding Local Malaysian Culture"

1. This course builds upon students' existing foundations in art, music, geography, history, technology, and socio-emotional learning, employing an interdisciplinary curriculum encompassing "urban exploration, cultural inquiry, and public aesthetics."

The program aims to guide students to rediscover the unique cultural characteristics and urban development context of Malaysia by starting from their daily lives. The course integrates museum visits, cultural observation, urban documentation, and appreciation of public art.

These learning activities allow students to understand the interaction between culture, space, and people in real-world settings, fostering local identity and an international perspective.

2. Throughout the course, students develop interdisciplinary integration and innovative expression skills through practical experiences such as city tour reports, visits to cultural museums and task worksheets, fashion design, public art model making, and exhibition planning. Simultaneously, by incorporating the concept of Social-Emotional Learning (SBL), students are guided to cultivate self-awareness, empathy, communication and coordination, and teamwork abilities during collaborative inquiry and creation.

We should strive to understand the life experiences and values of different ethnic groups from a multicultural perspective.

3. The course culminates in an exhibition of urban public aesthetics, encouraging students to transform their field research findings into artistic creations and public expressions imbued with cultural significance and social concern. Through curating, guided tours, and sharing sessions, students transition from cultural observers to cultural communicators and urban creators, realizing the educational value of art's participation in society, cultural preservation, and public dialogue, and demonstrating their interdisciplinary learning and local revitalization capabilities.