Three short films made by university students that recently won a Ministry of Education award tell the stories of dedicated teachers and promote the training of talent.
The three films — Thursday’s Music Lessons (星期四的音樂課), Angel’s Pushing Hands (天使的推手) and Unseen Southeast Asia (看不見的東南亞) — won the top three awards at the ministry’s “Talent Education Stories” project.
The contest, organized by National Cheng Kung University, was aimed at encouraging university students to create films based on four themes: honoring dedicated teachers; combining studies and career skills; promoting students’ international competitiveness; and boosting students’ productivity.
Gold-award winner Thursday’s Music Lessons tells the story of Shih Meng-chi (施孟琪), an early childhood development and education teacher at Chaoyang University of Technology, and her philosophy of teaching.
The film shows Shih as she engages with kindergarten students, as well as Chaoyang University students who aspire to follow the footsteps of their teacher by setting up a music studio for children.
Angel’s Pushing Hands, the silver medalist, was created by a team of students from Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Tamkang University and National Taiwan University. It depicts the devotion of Hsu Chia-yen, a teacher in nursing education, and her influence on students.
Unseen Southeast Asia, which won the bronze award, tells the story of Wong Lee-lan (王麗蘭), who teaches Indonesian and Malaysian languages at universities with the hope of changing Taiwanese impressions about Southeast Asian countries.
The three films were awarded cash prizes of NT$100,000, NT$60,000 and NT$30,000.
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