Minister Gu said that a total of 44 schools earned recognition this year: eight schools won High Distinction Awards, 15 schools won Excellence Awards, and 21 schools were shortlisted, building up robust practical experience and achievements. It is noteworthy that teachers from areas outside Hakka villages like Taipei and New Taipei City have also actively joined the drive, helping more children to learn about Hakka culture through courses, cultivate multiethnic tolerance and respect, and develop a more open and diverse learning perspective.
Mentoring Principal Investigator and NTNU Associate Professor Chang Su-chen reviewed the implementation achievements at the outcome briefing. HAC Member, Professor Fan Chiang Shu-yun, was also invited to give a keynote speech on “Learning Together in the Same Village—On the Co-Planning Mechanism of Strategic Alliance for Integrating Hakka into School-Based Curriculums”, revisiting the annual practical achievements and discussing future directions for improvement.
In order to improve learning effectiveness in schools and provide a platform for sharing, exchanges, and observations of curriculum outcomes among schools, HAC invited eight High Distinction-winning schools and 15 Excellence-winning schools from the 2024 academic year Hakka language school-based curriculum project to share their course implementation results on August 19 and 20, to serve as model for other schools to follow.
The winning schools not only shared their curriculum design concepts and teaching processes and strategies, but also demonstrated how they seamlessly integrate Hakka language, Hakka culture, and local characteristics. Through oral presentations, static demonstrations, group discussions, and other methods, participating teachers can learn from each other and observe different approaches. The goal is to jointly build an optimal cross-school exchange and professional growth network with feedback from the counseling advisory committee members and other schools.