Unlimited creativity in education leads to new experiences exploring soil and water conservation knowledge - Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, MOA

In order to boost the public’s passion and creativity in the education in soil and water conservation and rural regeneration, the SWCB organized Soil and Water Conservation and Rural Regeneration Teaching Plan Design, Writing and Drawing Competition, hoping to engage people’s interest in transforming conservation concepts into written language, images and teaching plans (and tools) to facilitate education on relevant topics. After a four-month submission period, this competition proved fruitful with a competition ceremony and exhibition being held in National Museum of Natural Science today (November 9th). All of the award-winning works conveyed the idea that education can be fun, and they could be used in education to make learning interesting and closer to everyday life.

Soil and water conservation starts from the grassroots

More entries were received in SWCB’s second year's teaching plan design competition than in the first year, with a broader range of participants that included not only teachers excelling at teaching plan design, as well as students, but also guides, community personnel, conservation volunteers and disaster prevention professionals. The competition has successfully reached frontline soil and water conservation workers.

Two long-time volunteers in Dahu-Sifen outdoor classroom, Mrs. Liao Ling-hui and her husband, who were the winners of the excellence award for teaching plans/tools design in SCWB’s first competition last year, incorporated new ideas into their classroom education by improving their teaching plans and tools. This year, the couple received the first place for The Driftwood’s Monologue and excellence award for Soil and Water Conservation in Dongshi Forest Garden and Orienteering as a Teaching Material for Environmental Education. They are a great example of putting creativity and what has been learned into practice. Hence, every one of us can be a seed of soil and water conservation.

Education on Campus Grows and Spreads

As a continuation of the preceding three writing and drawing competitions, this year saw a fervent participation, with 1,766 submissions for the writing category and 1,940 for the drawing one. Among them, works that won prizes were inspired by the authors’ everyday experiences in soil and water conservation, disaster prevention and rural regeneration. All of the works reflected children’s expectations and imagination related to soil and water conservation.

According to Mr. Lin Xian-mao, one of the judges in the drawing category, this year’s entries were of high quality and even better, with some projects using cut and paste. Students’ creativity was demonstrated in these works. Ms. Li Xiu-mei, one judge in the writing category, said that the successful promotion of soil and water conservation was reflected in the quality and quantity of submissions to the competition. She believes that all of the promotion efforts had helped to solidify children’s understanding of soil and water conservation. The seemingly difficult concept of soil and water conservation apparently has taken root on campus.

Unlimited creativity in education leads to new experiences exploring soil and water conservation knowledge.