2017/03/04 |
How Internet Prejudice Threatens Feminist Progress in China
The scornful spread of online terms like 'grassroots feminist' prevents Chinese women from influencing policy.
2018/06/26 |
TAIWAN: Does NTU's Academic Autonomy Rally Reflect Democracy’s Failure?
Academic autonomy is viewed as a bulwark of Taiwan's democracy.
2018/03/06 |
FEATURE: Is Taiwan Ready for an Automated Future? (Part 2)
Taiwan's educational landscape is shifting as parents and institutions adapt to a future that mandates coding skills from middle school through to university.
2015/12/21 |
High School Students Rush to Major in Science-Related Subjects in Fear of Unemployment
Some students that suggest that high school students shouldn’t have to take compulsory auxiliary courses during winter and summer vacations. But an official from the Education Administration quotes a principal and says that laziness is human nature. If compulsory courses during winter and summer vacations are canceled, do the students have the ability to plan out their time?
2018/06/19 |
Nurturing ‘Seedlings’, the Story of Alternative Education in Taiwan
A 24-year-old experimental school in Taipei exemplifies Taiwan’s role as a leading advocate of alternative education.
2016/12/26 |
Asia’s Educational Arms Race
Education has become East Asia’s flagship product and the latest tool in a state’s soft-power toolkit.
2017/07/11 |
Why I Joined China’s Craze for Expensive US Summer Camps
For the same cost as their Chinese alternatives, American activity camps teach children skills they could never acquire back home.
2018/02/06 |
Balancing Perspectives in the Teaching of Chinese Students
Teaching overseas Chinese students presents a unique but by no means insurmountable challenge.
2017/09/18 |
Finding Middle Ground Between US and Chinese Classrooms
Journalist and author Lenora Chu on raising a ‘little soldier’ in the Chinese school system.
2017/10/09 |
Real Solutions for Plastic Problems
Plastic bags and bottles are a global menace, but the emergence of microplastics will test the policy courage of governments in new ways, write Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley.
2017/11/21 |
Has Taiwan’s ESL Market Hit a Tipping Point?
Taiwan's English industry is hitting a barrier — a lack of kids.
2017/03/11 |
Illiterate, Married at 11, Mother at 12: Now a Leader Changing Fates
Health care workers face many challenges in remote India where early marriage, frequent pregnancies, anemia, and malnutrition are major health issues for women.
2016/08/31 |
U.S. Loses Some of Its Lure for Taiwanese Wishing to Study Abroad
An increasing number of Taiwanese students are going abroad to acquire a higher education, but they are no longer necessarily headed for U.S. universities, as was once the case.
2016/11/22 |
What Must Change Isn't Necessarily The Taiwan Education System, But The Values
A group of senior high school students from Yilan in northern Taiwan held a series of presentations on Nov. 12 and 13, during which they shared the knowledge and insight gained through an experiential education trip to Europe.
2017/05/19 |
Blending In or Standing Out: Immigration and the ‘Cultural Quality’ Problem in Taiwan
Are the dazzling traditional gowns and tours in native languages just a weak attempt to distract Taiwan’s newest arrivals from institutionalized discrimination?
2015/08/25 |
First Aboriginal Textbook launches in Taiwan
“When mainstream teaching materials can not teach the aboriginal kids how to understand themselves, then we must figure out a curriculum and teaching materials suitable for aboriginals to allow the kids to learn by what they are most familiar with.”