Joint Development Forum between TCU and Local Organizations 通識中心舉辦大學與地區發展整合論壇

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Starting from acedemic year 2016, Center for General Education will initiate a major curriculum reform. On April 6 TCU sponsored a joint development forum, inviting local organizations and discussing how TCU can contribute to the development in Hualien. Kuroshio Panelists included the following leaders in their own right: Wei-Ren Lai, director of the Ocean Education Foundation ; Yu-En Zhong, manager of Fuli Organic Rice Cooperative; Hong Li-Ying Liu, director of Bi Yun Chung Community Development Association; Jian-Xi Xu, CEO of Hualien Happy Life Cooperative; Yu-Rong Peng, President of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit of Hualien and Taitung; and Cui-Ling Wang, project manager of National Development Council’s Vibrant Industries in Hualien and Taitung. They expressed their needs for projects appropriate for students and research endeavors of the TCU faculty.

為了因應105學年起，通識中心將陸續進行微學分及深碗、做中學專題學分等課程改革。通識中心4月6日舉辦「大學與地區發展整合論壇- 慈濟大學可以如何貢獻花蓮在地發展？」活動，邀集在地企業及NGO組織代表:賴威任(黑潮海洋文化基金會主任)、鍾雨恩(富里有機米合作社負責人)、劉洪黎吟 (碧雲莊社區發展協會理事長)、徐堅璽(花蓮好生活勞動合作社理事主席)、彭昱融(花東菜市集負責人)、王翠菱(國發會花東地區產業六級化輔導專案經理)共六位與談人進行討論分享，由在地企業與NGO情境出題，作為後續慈大通識教育課程改革及教師研究的參考。

Six panelists shared their thoughts of why they came home to manage their organizations, and they also described what they went through and what challenges they might face in the future. During the second half of the forum, students were assigned to different groups, the faculty of Center for General Education worked with students. They brainstormed the six topics initiated in the first half of the forum, trying to understand specific needs and problems facing local organizations to come up the solutions. As a result, those needs and problems became students’ projects, and students really played active roles in their learning.
前半場次先由六位與談人分享自己返鄉經營組織、社區的過程中曾經發生事例與未來要面臨的課題。後半場由通識中心老師們帶領同學們打破班級限制進行分組討論，就前半場的六個主題進行腦力激盪，思考如何以蹲點方式了解問題並嘗試解決問題，並轉化成未來做中學的專題課程，讓學生成為學習的主人。

Group 1 students came up with a project “Working together on organic rice field in Fuli”. Participating students included Hong-Bin Zhong, He-Feng Tang, Wan-Lun Cai, Zi-Yi Yang, and Jun-Quan Chen, Hong-Bin Zhong, He-Feng Tang, Wan-Lun Cai, Zi-Yi Yang, and Jun-Quan Chen are Physical Therapy students; Hong-Rui Chen and Yu-Ting Cai are from Department of Medical Informatics；Qian-Heng Chen, Tang-Xin Dai, and Meng-Han Li are Public Health students. These students were inspired by Yu -En Zhong coming home for farming, and they wanted to learn how to grow rice from planting seeds, eliminating plant diseases, to harvesting crops. Furthermore, they planned to utilize local natural and culture resources to promote rice.
其中一組同學們發表「富稻仁家-富里有機米田，共同經營」課程 (物治系：鍾宏斌、湯荷風、蔡宛倫、楊子儀、陳俊全；醫資系：陳宏瑞、蔡雨庭；公衛系：陳倩珩、戴溏歆、李夢涵)，藉由返鄉務農的鍾雨恩與談人分享的「天賜糧源」理念，設計出自己未來想要進行的課程內容：包含從初期的種植階段，學習如何消除病蟲害讓稻米順利生長的各種農業知識，到後期要學習規劃將收成的稻米透過結合當地自然、文化資源做更多的行銷活動。

Center director Jiang pointed out that this is the first time TCU tried to use actual cases to enhance student’s learning. He planned to organize more similar forums, and through discussions, students will encounter a wider variety of new concepts than textbook can offer. Moreover, Center for General Education will provide courses for students to identify the people’s needs and problems with their knowledge, plan the projects which they want to do, and work with local organizations. Through these courses, students will experience teamwork, learn analytical skills, and cultivate altruism and civic responsibility. Jiang wished students to take part in community development while studying at TCU, and prepare themselves well for serving the society.
通識中心江允智主任表示，這次是慈大第一次嘗試將在地情境問題導入學生學習，未來將規劃更多場次類似的論壇活動，希望透過更多的討論，能夠讓同學接受到與傳統書本中更不同的多元新概念，期待在未來的通識課程中，同學們運用所學知識發掘問題、提出想要執行的專題，與花蓮在地的組織合作共同解決問題，並且在過程中建立團隊合作、學習思辨溝通、培養利他與公民的基本素養。期待同學在校時期就能透過直接參與社會發展工作，畢業就是社會需要的人才。