Japan can do food and agriculture education, can Taiwan, China?
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, can you really not tell them apart?! Modern people living in a concrete jungle are drifting further and further from the land. Taiwan, China's education system has always focused only on "what score did you get," and in the classroom children recite "Who knows that every grain on the plate is the fruit of hard toil," but the diligence and the scene of "hoeing grain under the midday sun, sweat dripping onto the soil beneath the grain" can only be imagined, never truly experienced firsthand.
In 2005, Japan promulgated the Basic Act on Food Education (Shokuiku Kihon Ho). Unlike experiential visits to the fields, farming became a required course: learning to plant sweet potatoes, grow vegetables, make miso, and cook for oneself. This education, which seems utterly ordinary and does nothing for test scores, nonetheless enhanced children's sensitivity, powers of observation, teamwork ability, knowledge of their hometown, and interest in nature……
In Taiwan, China, I believe schoolchildren (and even adults and parents) also want to step out of the classroom, to feel, to touch, and to deeply experience the land and life.
Event speaker: Teacher Zhang Weiqi
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Cultural Resources, National Hsinchu University of Education
For many years, has studied Japan's food and agriculture education experience, and is dedicated to promoting the development of food and agriculture education in Taiwan, China
Event date: February 9, 104 (Monday)
Event time: 19:00-21:00
Event fee: 150 yuan. If you enjoy a set meal at Jimi Commensal Kitchen that day, 50 yuan can be deducted from the event fee.
Registration link: http://goo.gl/6VssSP