2021 Outcomes of Higher Education Sprout Project
I The
Development of School Characteristics: A University with Exquisite Natural
Beauty and Innovative Traditional Academy System in Nature
1. Autonomous Learning: Establish the
Tailor-made learning system, Learning clinic system, and Cellular course
modules.
2. Mentorship – Promote Learning Activities in the
Traditional Academy System: Promote mentorship of the traditional
academy system. Take care of the students with financial problems. Promote
“Work Study” system of campus maintenance and operations. Provide the character
scholarship of enlightenment education. Encourage students to submit the
proposal in terms of the public affairs of school. Improve the quality of the
dormitory and life function. Encourage students to participate in the study
group.3. Baigong School: Establish 12 thematic
workshops and furnish the space.
4. Artistic Village: Complete the planning of the Artistic Village space
and establish the individual creative space of the Department of Fine Arts and
Culture Creative Design Building.
II Teaching Innovation:
Modularize University-Wide Curriculum and Integrate interdisciplinary courses.
1. Promote Colleges as Core Teaching Units:
The department-level curriculum committees have been dissolved.
Instead, the college-level curriculum committees take charge of the arrangement
of the courses and teachers, and integrate all the teaching resources.
Moreover, our school has implemented the system of the Degree Authorization by
the College.
2. Value the Interdisciplinary Learning:
Promote project-based learning. Integrate the general education
courses and professional courses. Encourage teachers to conduct the action
research on “Interdisciplinary Highlights curriculum.”
3. Foster Innovative practice-based Learning:
Integrate available space to increase efficiency. Establish
university-wide co-working space. Offer practicum courses. Promote talent
cultivation project for innovative collaborative learning. Encourage students
to form a learning team and propose innovative co-learning plan. The learning
team are responsible for the thematic workshops in Baigong School or Artistic
Village. They help to run and maintain Baigon School or Artistic Village.
4. Strengthen Students’ IT and Language ability
Promote
course streaming. Increase Chinese and English courses to 10 credits each.
Offer English and Chinese Progressive scholarship.
III
International Learning: Promote Students’ Global Mobility
1. Encourage
students’ participation in Joint Dual-Degree programs, Student Exchange
Programs, Oversea Practicum, and Study Tour:
Offer professional and intensive language courses overseas.
Improve students’ foreign language proficiency. Increase students’ participation
in oversea practicum and exchange learning. Persistently promote Joint
Dual-Degree programs, student exchange programs, and practicum scholarship. Before
the impact of Covid-19 over 40% students in our school have the experience of
international learning before graduation.
2.
Develop teachers’ international teaching ability:
Encourage
teachers to teach short-term courses in partner universities. Encourage
exceptional professors from partner universities to teach in our school and co-teach
with our teachers to improve teachers’ international teaching ability.
IV Provide
Financial Aids for Students in Need:
Provide
scholarship to help students with financial problems. Help students to keep
balance between their learning and living in order to graduate successfully and
gain a satisfactory career in the future.
V Regional
Revitalization: University Social Responsibility:
Establish
two bases in Shiding for regional revitalization. Offer empowerment courses to
revitalize the region. Develop teacher professional learning community for
regional revitalization to promote industry innovation. Work with 7
universities to form Wen-Shan alliance for regional innovation.
