Teachers and students of the USR course "Children's Observation" from The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, worked with partners Tainan Kunshan Tucheng Non-profit Kindergarten and Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten, jointly conceiving and designing local cultural lesson plans and teaching aids this semester. Although the pandemic prevented teachers and students of the Department of Early Childhood Care from going to the kindergarten to interact with the children there, the students turned to filming demonstration videos of lesson plans to interact with children online, adding fuel to the transformation of digital teaching in the post-pandemic era.

【In Kunshan Tucheng Non-profit Kindergarten of Tainan City, children were carefully watching the demonstration video produced by students from The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST.】

This year, the "Children's Observation" course of the Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, carried greater moral and more elements of social practice. Prof. Chi-sheng Chen and 85 students went to Tainan City Kunshan Tucheng Non-profit Kindergarten and Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten to conduct field trips, children observe, design lesson plans, and offer teaching aids. Based on the observed behaviors and the needs of children, they matched the local culture and the teaching themes of the kindergarten, combined them with the characteristics of the Tucheng Mazu Temple, and designed nearly 40 sets of lesson plans and teaching aids. The lesson plans included “Mazu Temple Fireworks,” “Professional Clairvoyance,” "I'm the best way to listen to the wind," " Little Soldier of Pandemic Prevention," "Rescue Ocean Rescue," "Colorful Little Paradise," "Rolling Color World," and "Emotional Joy."

【Children of Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten were operating teaching aids designed by students of the Department of Child Care and Education, STUST.】

The students participating in the course looked forward to interacting with the children through their own teaching plans and teaching aids, but they couldn’t enter the kindergarten again due to the pandemic. In order to keep this affection uninterrupted, Prof. Chi-sheng Chen asked the students to shoot the teaching plan into a demonstration video and send them to the kindergarten together with the teaching aids. In the kindergarten, preschool teachers guided children to play with teaching aids by playing demonstration videos, and at the same time shoot video records so that students can observe the real situation of children using teaching aids.

【Students from The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, were carefully observing and recording the learning situation of children in Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten in order to design teaching aids.】

Ru-mei Hsu, Director of the non-profit kindergarten in Kunshan Tucheng, Tainan City, said that although the pandemic has changed the way students learn and practice, it has also allowed the teachers of the kindergarten to experience adaptable teaching styles and offered teachers opportunities for teaching and learning. The children not only watched the demonstration video carefully, but also clapped and clapped after watching it, having great good interaction with each.

【Prof. Chi-sheng Chen from the Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, were taking a group photo with Ru-mei Hsu, Director of the non-profit kindergarten in Kunshan Tucheng, Tainan City, during the observation and visit.】

Gui-zhen Hsu, Director of Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten, also pointed out that this activity showed the intention of The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, to promote education in the workplace. It attached great importance to students going to the kindergarten to observe the behavior of children. The students’ self-designed teaching aids were integrated into the local culture and were age-appropriate and appropriate. In addition to strengthening students' education and specialty, building up their teaching confidence, and enriching children's learning and life, it also enables preschool teachers to pass on high-quality curriculum experience to college students, creating a win-win cooperation.

【Gui-zhen Hsu, Director of Tainan Municipal General Kindergarten and students from The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, were sharing their practical experience of child observation.】

Deng-maw Lu, President of STUST, said that STUST offers opportunities of applying for USR courses every semester, encourages teachers to introduce professional practice according to local needs and sustainable development goals, and enhances the social participation of teachers and students through participation in USR courses. The USR course of the Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, allows students to enhance their professional ability by focusing on both theory and practice and by providing children with rich and interesting local cultural lesson plans. The interactive process has won the recognition of its partners. Teachers and students are well expected to open avenues of diverse learning and promote sustainable development of the university and the community.

【Teachers and students from The Department of Child Care and Education, STUST, went to Kunshan Tucheng Non-profit Kindergarten in Tainan City to observe and visit.】