The Ministry of Education shared the achievements of its “Experience as Arts” program at a press conference held at TNUA on May 6.
The TNUA team leading the program, as well as 29 schools and 29 art venues that took part in the program, shared their experiences at the press conference.
The ministry launched the program in 2018 to promote art education among the country’s elementary and junior high schools. A total of 938 schools, or about a third of all elementary and junior high schools, have since taken part in the program, according to Wang Shu-chuan, deputy director of the ministry’s Department of Teacher and Art Education.
TNUA Vice President Prof Shaw-Ren Lin noted that as the supporting platform, TNUA has allocated a lot of resources, including its teaching staff, software and hardware facilities to the program. TNUA hopes that all participants of the program can experience arts rather than learn the skills.
Prof. Dai-Rong Wu, Dean of the Graduate Institute of Arts and Humanities Education, has been in charge of the “Experience as Arts” program over the past five years. She pointed out four characteristics of the program: authenticity, relevance, technology and sociability. The four characteristics respond to the needs a new generation of learners.
Apart from an exhibition of the works created by students during their participation in the program, the activity on May 6 also invited several professors from TNUA and other universities, musicians and art educators to share their experiences.