The National Education Department of the Ministry of Education, the Alliance for International Educational Exchange in Upper Secondary Schools, works with the Youth Department, the Ten Billion Overseas Dream Foundation for Young People. 27 July-14 August Lead 20 Taiwan high school students and 2 practitioners Mission to Brisbane, Morton and Tasmania, Australia 19 days International Education and Sustainable Action Learning.
Unlike general short-term visits, the programme combines urban exploration, international forums, co-education in Australian schools, cross-country group collaboration and university innovation training to enable students to perform thematic and communication tasks in the overseas environment.
From SDG 14, SDG 15 to international issues
Students participated in the Global Link Australia International Secondary School Education Forum on Morton Island, which featured presentations and discussions in English with students from different countries, at the heart of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals** SDG 14 "Underwater Life"** and ** SDG 15 "Life in the Land"**.
The Ministry of Education has indicated that students are engaged in the expression of their views and cooperation in cross-cultural contexts, coming from such topics as the ecology of the islands, marine conservation and sustainable tourism.
Joining Tasmania school.
The second half of the trip went to Tasmania, where students entered local schools to participate in the "Island to Island: Seeing the City of the Future from the Seaport" co-education course, working with Australian students on a one-on-one basis, classroom learning and transnational groups.
Learning has extended from islands, ports, marine culture and the ecological environment to future work, and students have finally come together to propose a programme of action for seaport cities.
Also enrolled in innovative training at Tasmania University.
Students also travel to Tasmania University to participate in designing thinking, problem resolution and cross-cutting collaborative training to translate observations during travel into specific topics and proposals.
This type of arrangement shows that high school overseas studies supported by the Taiwan government are gradually moving from the "visiting" type. Course type, co-education type and outcome type 。 For students, the value of overseas experience is no longer just a travel record, but rather the ability to produce tangible learning outcomes, English-language communication experiences and intercultural cooperation.
Meaning to Taiwan students and parents
In the future, high school students preparing for international advancement can pay particular attention to overseas programmes launched by the Ministry of Education, the State Education Department, the Youth Agency and the Local Education Bureau. Some schemes provide government resources and contain official courses, international forums or the publication of results, and are more likely to provide a complete link to future experience and learning when applying to overseas universities.
The Ministry of Education has indicated that students will continue to share results upon their return and continue to work with partner schools in Australia to extend international learning experiences to follow-up campus exchanges.
