A dozen Aboriginal children from the Atayal tribe were invited yesterday to attend a general education course at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu City, an experience educators hope will inspire them to study at university.
Organized by Tsing Hua University professors Huang Yi-nung (黃一農) and Wang Chun-hsiu (王俊秀) and entering its third year, the project is part of a general education course called “Crossing Boundaries and Exploring.”
The project aims to encourage children to take action and pursue their dreams.
The course consists of a first assignment, a mid-term exam and a final exam.
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The first assignment is a “field trip of life,” in which students have to interview one of their family members and tell their story based on an old picture.
The mid-term exam requires students to pursue a small personal dream, such as climbing the tallest mountain in Taiwan or talking to a foreigner in English for two hours.
The final exam asks a group of five to eight students to accomplish a mutual dream and to experience life as university students for a day was one of the group’s dreams.
Compressing university life into a one-day activity yesterday, the Atayal children first registered and received their student IDs and were then joined by university students to tour the campus, dorms and library.
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They also attended general education courses and extra-curricular activities. At the end of the day, the children received a certificate for their efforts.
“The children’s joy and sense of humor affected our university students and they actually learned from each other,” Wang said.
He added that this was just a start because an adoption mechanism was being mapped out for university students to play a role in encouraging Aboriginal children to complete their education.
University students can also visit Aboriginal tribes to experience a different kind of learning, Wang said.
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