News source: Su Songtao reported in Taipei

"The Art of Golden Orchid Cultivates Aesthetics—2018 International Seminar on Cross-Field Aesthetic Education"
Time: October 5 (Friday) - October 6 (Saturday), 107 years of the Republic of China 09:00 – 18:00
Venue: National Taiwan Normal University Main Auditorium

The results exhibition of the second phase of the "Interdisciplinary Aesthetic Education Experimental Curriculum Development Plan for Secondary Schools and Elementary Schools"
Title: What is this class?
Time: October 4, 107 (Thursday) – October 9 (Sunday), 10:00 – 18:00 every day
Location: Hall on the first floor of the Department of Advanced Studies and Promotion, National Taiwan Normal University (No. 129, Section 1, Heping East Road, Daan District, Taipei City)
　

Zhu Nanxian, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Education: The mid-term plan for aesthetic education in the next five years will continue! It was announced at the country’s first international symposium on cross-disciplinary aesthetic education and all the teachers applauded! Visiting the cross-disciplinary aesthetic education experimental course achievement exhibition "What is this class?" Zhu said he was very moved.

The Ministry of Education has been promoting the "Medium and Long-term Plan for Aesthetic Education" since 2013. A total of 4 billion yuan has been earmarked for five years. It will end at the end of this year. Zhu Nanxian, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Education, participated in Taiwan's first cross-border project today (10/5). At the International Seminar on Aesthetic Education in the Field, in front of teachers from all over the country, he made it clear that in the next five years, the mid-term plan for aesthetic education will continue to strengthen the improvement of students’ aesthetic literacy; Zhu Zhu’s speech aroused applause from all the teachers in the audience. !

The "Cross-disciplinary Aesthetic Education Experimental Curriculum Development Project" commissioned by the Ministry of Education and implemented by National Taiwan Normal University is part of the Ministry of Education's mid- to long-term plan for aesthetic education. With the launch of the first phase of the aesthetic education project in 1999, Expired in 107, the "Cross-disciplinary Aesthetic Education Experimental Curriculum Development Plan" has also been promoted for five years and the second phase of the plan. It has received investment from 177 junior high schools, high schools, and elementary schools across the country, and has designed nearly 300 lesson plans, with fruitful results.

In order to let more people understand the diverse appearance and promotion status of cross-field courses, and to carry out international exchanges, National Taiwan Normal University, together with the Asia-Pacific Aesthetic Education Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Education, Taipei City University, National Taiwan University of the Arts, and National Taichung University of Education From October 5th to 6th, 2018, the "Art of Golden Orchid Cultivation of Beauty—2018 International Seminar on Cross-Field Beauty Education" was held. This is the first international symposium on cross-field aesthetic education held in Taiwan. It shows that Taiwan has made considerable achievements in cross-field aesthetic education, and it is of great significance to be able to communicate with the world.

The seminar kicked off with a number of performances by Aboriginal singers and dances by the aboriginal band "Yin Yuan Xian" composed of students from the Department of Music of National Taitung University. The clear and melodious singing of aboriginal college students fully demonstrated Taiwanese characteristics. In his speech at the international symposium, Chief Secretary Zhu Nanxian pointed out that he was very happy that the first phase of the Ministry of Education’s aesthetics project launched the results display and international seminar; he emphasized that aesthetics education is a core competency that students in the 21st century should possess. In the next five years, aesthetics will The medium-term education plan will continue to strengthen the improvement of students' aesthetic literacy.

Since the attendees of this seminar were mainly art and visual arts teachers from schools across the country, Zhu Nanxian’s speech immediately received applause from the teachers and expressed their welcome!

Zhu Nanxian also delivered a speech in English to interdisciplinary aesthetic education scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In the past five years, the Ministry of Education has allocated 12 million US dollars (approximately NT$4 billion) to promote aesthetic education through various forms, including seminars, workshops, and school curriculum design. He hopes to increase international exchanges in the future, introduce more international information on aesthetic education, and help Taiwan develop better practices in developing aesthetic literacy.

Then, Zhu Nanxian walked out of the venue to enjoy the musical performances of handmade instruments brought by Hualien Guanyin Elementary School and Nantou Xiulin Elementary School. There are only 17 students in Guanyin Elementary School. The cross-disciplinary aesthetic education course "Maple Forest Children's Music Club" launched by the school involves all students in the school and uses the large natural resources near the school, bamboo, coconut, Abel, and maple, to make percussion instruments. When the students sang "Ocean" by the hit song king Chen Jianmin while playing instruments, the students and people watching could not help but sway to the brisk and special rhythm.

In Xiulin Elementary School's cross-disciplinary aesthetic education course, students use bamboo to make pan flutes and various musical instruments. They play the music of mountains and green mountains with smooth and amazing music!

Accompanied by Zheng Yuanquan, Director of Teacher Training and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, Yin Yongxiang, Vice President of National Taiwan Normal University, and others, Zhu Nanxian visited the exhibition of the results of the cross-disciplinary aesthetic education experimental course "What is this Class" held at the School of Continuing Education and Promotion of National Taiwan Normal University? Class?" Zhu Nanxian visited the exhibition area under the explanation of Zhao Huiling, the leader of the planning team and dean of the School of Art of National Taiwan Normal University, and was amazed by the results of the cross-field aesthetic education independently developed by each school. Zhu Nanxian also put on VR glasses to experience the use of VR in class in the future.

After watching the exhibition, Zhu Nanxian expressed that he was very moved. He said that cross-field aesthetic education has penetrated into the campus. Through students' practice and teachers' guidance, students can do or think about more diverse things in cross-field courses. It is completely Experiential and situational teaching is great!

Regarding cultivating cross-field talents in Taiwan, Zhu Nanxian pointed out that the Ministry of Education has been doing this for many years and has been doing it since nine years and is ready to go. Let the right to learn return to the students. The teacher is the facilitator, helping the students and letting the students think and act by themselves. This is the most important spirit of the 12-year curriculum.

National Taiwan Normal University held the "Art of Golden Orchid Cultivating Beauty—2018 Cross-disciplinary Aesthetic Education International Symposium" on October 5 and 6, 2018, together with the Asia-Pacific Aesthetic Education Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Education, Taipei City University, and National Taiwan University Co-sponsored by the University of the Arts and National Taichung University of Education. The seminar mainly focused on the three-year results of the "Second Interdisciplinary Aesthetic Education Experimental Curriculum Development Plan for Secondary Schools and Elementary Schools" and invited domestic and foreign scholars to gather together to stir up the interactive brilliance of theory and practice related to art education. .

The content plan of the seminar includes special speeches by international scholars, special forums by domestic scholars, cross-field aesthetic course presentations by teachers from cooperative schools, and workshops of the Asia-Pacific Aesthetic Education Research Laboratory, etc. We hope to review the development trends and results of cross-field aesthetic education experimental courses at home and abroad, accumulate the theoretical foundation of academic cross-field aesthetic courses in Taiwan, develop the initiative of cross-field aesthetic education in the teaching field, and promote international understanding. and multiculturalism.

The morning of the first day started with two special speeches, delivered by Dr. Graeme Sullivan and Professor Liora Bresler from the United States respectively. In the afternoon, the cross-field team courses of the first-tier cooperative schools were announced, including the results of the teacher training university project, visual art/music/performing art course plans, and special course plans. In the evening, workshops were conducted by the Asia-Pacific Aesthetic Education Research Laboratory and the King Che Cultural and Educational Foundation. In addition to providing aesthetic enhancement courses, leading participants to experience the beauty of body, voice, and space, they also led participants to take a slow walk in a rich cultural atmosphere. Wen Luo Ting, reading alleys and books.

Two special lectures were also scheduled on the morning of the second day, delivered by British Professor Dennis Atkinson and Associate Professor Anne M. Harris respectively. In the afternoon, the cross-field team courses of the second-tier cooperative schools were announced, which also included the results of the teacher training university project, visual arts/music/performing art course plans, and special course plans. The last step is a comprehensive discussion. I hope that in the dialogue and discussion between the planning team, the Asia-Pacific team, the advisory committee, the teacher training university, and the cooperative schools, the production capacity and future direction of cross-field aesthetic education will be summarized, forming the basis for the two-day discussion. It will be a perfect ending.

The grand holding of the 2018 Cross-Field International Symposium on Aesthetic Education, especially the cooperation between this project and the Asia-Pacific Aesthetic Education Research Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Education and the Jinche Cultural and Educational Foundation, marks the past three years of cooperation between universities, primary and secondary schools, governments and Various private units promote the efforts of aesthetic education in Taiwan. It is hoped that through this, the aesthetic education curriculum will take root firmly, sprout and thrive in various subject areas, and then spread the fruitful seeds of aesthetic education into everyone's heart.