• 水沙連學院簡介Introduction to Shuishalian College

Due to the uneven distribution of regional resources in Taiwan for a long time, the overall urban-rural development gap has been widening. At the same time, in recent years, due to the development trend of declining children and aging population, as well as the lack of local identity, the overall development of Taiwan's rural areas is facing serious marginalization problems. Although Taiwan's overall rural development environment is severe, there are still many private enterprises, non-profit organizations, and local associations that continue to transform local problems into local development opportunities through community building, cross-domain cooperation, and social design, and provide local opportunities for development. Chuangsheng brings the momentum of social innovation for sustainable development. However, compared with the previous talent cultivation model of urban development and planning, how to construct a system that systematically cultivates future talents who care about rural development vision, local life resilience, and cross-field knowledge connotation is indeed a continuous operation of Taiwan's local creation. very crucial subject.

In recent years, the country's overall development policy has repositioned universities from "academic research" to "teaching quality and social contribution", comprehensively considering the professional attributes of each college, and the integrity of knowledge learning for local creation and development. The establishment of Shuisha Lian College , not only can provide a field for knowledge practice for various professional colleges, but also have a systematic view on the cultivation of local talents, which will help the cultivation of local creative talents in Taiwan.

The General Education Center has long cooperated with various departments through service learning, and through the "Civil Literacy Ceramics Project" (2011-2014) and "University Learning Ecosystem Innovation Project" (2015-2017), not only created The "Social Engagement Curriculum" that crosses borders has been developed, and the "R-Cube Youth Returning Home Innovation Practice Credit Course and Micro-learning Course" has been developed to cultivate a caring vision, knowledge and ability for rural development. After several years of operation, the relevant course model has been learned and applied by other colleges. At the same time, through the social participation courses and the R-cube learning program, a group of interdisciplinary teachers who care about local development have also been gathered. These full-time and part-time teachers on and off campus also provide local practice for different schools. Based on the experience of holistic education and cross-domain innovation teaching and talent cultivation of the previous general education center, the school restructured its organization and set it up as the Shuishi Lian College, which not only demonstrates the innovative thinking of the general education of the school, It can also provide a more precise and appropriate approach for the cultivation of local interdisciplinary talents.

Shuishalian College will still uphold the spirit of traditional general education, and expects to cultivate citizens with "phronesis, practical wisdom" (phronesis, practical wisdom) in the world of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous), so that young students can Cultivate the life attitude, ability and practice of "erudition, interrogation, deliberation, discernment, and earnest practice", while taking into account the whole-person development of "moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetic".

In the process of modernization, urban and economic development is favored, while rural and pluralistic development is neglected. The school is located in a rural area and has a good tradition of community participation. Therefore, Shuishalian College will also use this advantage to combine teaching, research and local education in rural development, sports and health promotion, and aesthetic education. Social practice enables teachers and students not only to learn knowledge and skills, but also to play the social responsibility of the university.

• 水沙連學院組織架構 Organizational Structure of Shui Sha Lian College

• 我們的願景 Our Vision

The Shuishalian College of our school upholds the spirit of traditional liberal arts education, deepens the friendship between teachers and students, expands international vision based on local care for crises, and cultivates students' wisdom to face life challenges under the concept of whole-person development. Therefore, the vision of Shuishalian College is to hope that teachers, students and community residents who study together in this college will become wise citizens (phronimos) through cross-domain learning and social practice. we hope:

1. The teachers and students of Shuishalian College can have the ethics of caring and establish a deep friendship in the teaching process.
2. Learn the knowledge and practice of development research and local creation, promote the diversified development of the countryside, improve the livelihood of the people in the countryside, and practice social justice.
3. Cultivate personal self-confidence, improve physical and mental health, and promote interpersonal relationships and teamwork through social participation and cultural and educational promotion activities.
4. Foster caring and compassion through social service learning to promote community capacity and human development.
5. Understand local and international art development, cultivate aesthetic literacy to enhance personal spiritual development and international art exchange.