WEBVTT 00:13.780 --> 00:15.482 In the past, the technological and vocational education 00:15.715 --> 00:16.816 started from vocational high school in Taiwan. 00:17.050 --> 00:18.051 We used to call it vocational high. 00:18.752 --> 00:20.620 As time changes, 00:20.787 --> 00:22.188 what we value more now 00:22.922 --> 00:24.924 is how the middle school students’ 00:25.125 --> 00:26.192 career exploration 00:26.192 --> 00:27.560 could extend from their primary school 00:27.727 --> 00:28.962 into a career development education. 00:29.295 --> 00:30.697 So that the kids’ 00:30.697 --> 00:32.432 can explore further and deeper 00:32.766 --> 00:33.800 for their future direction. 00:43.810 --> 00:45.045 On the promotion of vocational education, 00:45.245 --> 00:46.146 at 7th grade, 00:46.146 --> 00:48.081 we focus on 00:48.081 --> 00:50.517 an initial exploration into the working environment. 00:50.917 --> 00:53.853 There are 3 kinds of courses in the career exploration center. 00:54.087 --> 00:55.355 We have engineering, 00:55.955 --> 00:56.856 domestic service 00:57.791 --> 00:58.658 and business, 00:58.892 --> 01:01.294 in order to introduce the students 01:01.294 --> 01:02.662 that in our daily life, there are so many 01:02.662 --> 01:03.930 different job and career. 01:04.564 --> 01:05.398 Grab a thick one. 01:09.769 --> 01:10.937 There are things that 01:10.937 --> 01:11.838 if one has never experience it, 01:11.838 --> 01:12.672 they’d never understand. 01:12.872 --> 01:14.507 They might find it easy by just looking, 01:14.507 --> 01:15.575 but when they actually do it, 01:15.575 --> 01:16.476 they might figure that 01:16.476 --> 01:17.911 it’s not suitable for them, 01:18.178 --> 01:19.179 or they’re indeed good at that. 01:19.345 --> 01:21.347 That’s exactly the objective of our career exploration center. 01:21.614 --> 01:22.982 Allowing the kids to explore first, 01:22.982 --> 01:24.951 so they could find their advantages. 01:25.452 --> 01:26.386 The digital world 01:26.619 --> 01:28.621 is all about on and off of current. 01:29.189 --> 01:30.824 What our robot does is 01:31.291 --> 01:31.825 input, 01:31.991 --> 01:33.526 process, and message output. 01:35.028 --> 01:36.429 At 8th grade, 01:36.696 --> 01:39.432 we’ll take the kids to vocational high schools around the neighborhood, 01:39.432 --> 01:41.901 for professional discipline visits 01:42.235 --> 01:45.338 hoping to open up their visions. 01:45.572 --> 01:46.739 Cut it into slices. 01:47.006 --> 01:48.041 Then bevel. 01:48.408 --> 01:49.008 Take out the meat. 01:50.477 --> 01:51.244 From the head. 01:52.078 --> 01:52.712 One cut. 01:52.712 --> 01:53.513 At the 9th grade, 01:53.513 --> 01:55.748 there’d be skill training courses 01:55.748 --> 01:58.351 which would be more specific for 01:58.351 --> 02:00.253 the students who have clear goals. 02:00.253 --> 02:02.222 They may want to enroll at junior college 02:02.222 --> 02:03.923 or vocational high school. 02:04.124 --> 02:07.227 So, we’d help them connect with the related schools 02:07.393 --> 02:10.396 and guide them with systematic course experiences. 02:11.331 --> 02:12.632 They were interested in a certain field already. 02:12.966 --> 02:17.437 Coming here would make them see more clearly 02:17.437 --> 02:18.471 that this is the direction of theirs, 02:18.938 --> 02:19.806 this is their goal. 02:30.283 --> 02:31.885 When I was in the skill class, 02:32.252 --> 02:36.389 I fell in love with going up to the stage and expressing myself. 02:37.357 --> 02:38.725 But when I was about to enroll for high school, 02:38.725 --> 02:40.026 my parents strongly opposed me coming here. 02:40.326 --> 02:42.795 So, I chose general high school at first. 02:43.096 --> 02:43.730 But then, I realized that 02:43.730 --> 02:44.731 I really wanted to sing 02:44.731 --> 02:45.665 and dance. 02:45.899 --> 02:48.268 So, I told my parents I insisted on transfering. 02:48.334 --> 02:49.502 After I really got into the field of performance art, 02:49.502 --> 02:50.103 I realized that 02:50.370 --> 02:52.005 this is where I belong. 02:58.378 --> 03:01.381 At the stage of junior high school, 03:01.648 --> 03:03.816 we want the kids to understand that 03:03.816 --> 03:06.753 academy is not the only way for them. 03:06.753 --> 03:09.322 Their grade in school is also not the only 03:09.322 --> 03:10.757 judgment to decide their value. 03:10.990 --> 03:14.427 And there’s such a thing called vocational education. 03:14.427 --> 03:17.096 We want them to see the other possibilities in life. 03:29.309 --> 03:30.944 Starting from the 7th grade, 03:31.177 --> 03:34.847 we offer many discipline-specific curriculum for the students 03:35.381 --> 03:38.117 to guide them to consider their direction for their future. 03:39.018 --> 03:40.520 In the 9th grade, there’d be adaptive courses. 03:40.753 --> 03:44.023 Everyday, we’re making decisions for ourselves. 03:44.257 --> 03:46.893 An aptitude test is for the assessment of one’s potential, 03:46.893 --> 03:48.061 and their ability. 03:48.094 --> 03:49.395 Before we start our courses, 03:49.529 --> 03:51.464 we’d have them finish an aptitude test. 03:51.464 --> 03:53.266 With the result of the aptitude test 03:53.266 --> 03:54.867 and the assistance of counseling teacher, 03:55.101 --> 03:56.903 students get to decide 03:56.903 --> 03:58.104 if they want to enter the discipline in academy 03:58.104 --> 04:00.607 or the discipline in vocation. 04:00.707 --> 04:02.242 For things like counting, 04:02.242 --> 04:03.076 I can handle it. 04:03.076 --> 04:04.611 But, my logic is just… 04:04.611 --> 04:05.812 I’m stuck there. 04:05.912 --> 04:06.813 I can’t seem to make it out. 04:06.913 --> 04:08.381 Maybe you just didn’t realize that. 04:08.648 --> 04:09.582 Maybe it’s because 04:09.582 --> 04:10.550 you don’t like it. 04:10.550 --> 04:11.484 You don’t like math 04:11.484 --> 04:13.519 but you have the ability. 04:13.987 --> 04:14.654 During this process, 04:14.654 --> 04:16.422 what we really want the students to understand is that 04:16.756 --> 04:18.825 some people are good in making things 04:19.092 --> 04:20.226 and some are good in their thoughts. 04:20.627 --> 04:23.162 There’s no humble or noble between them. 04:23.162 --> 04:24.664 It’s about their adaptability. 04:31.304 --> 04:34.040 In the past, we used to hold activities, 04:34.040 --> 04:35.375 experiencing activities. 04:35.742 --> 04:36.709 In the past few year, 04:36.709 --> 04:38.311 we started to make it more holistic. 04:38.878 --> 04:40.146 The students of 9th grade 04:40.146 --> 04:41.848 would have 3 hours per week 04:42.215 --> 04:46.619 to connect directly with vocational high schools. 04:47.787 --> 04:48.321 In designing, 04:48.721 --> 04:49.956 even 0.5 04:49.956 --> 04:51.057 would make things different as well. 04:51.557 --> 04:52.992 So that the students 04:53.192 --> 04:54.661 in the stage of middle school 04:54.661 --> 04:57.930 could explore the curriculums of high school in advance. 04:58.231 --> 05:00.166 Teachers from high school would come 05:00.166 --> 05:02.201 and guide them through some practice directly, 05:02.335 --> 05:03.503 or some intellectual exploration. 05:04.871 --> 05:05.638 You can tell the teacher 05:05.638 --> 05:06.906 whether you want to make it into 05:06.906 --> 05:08.241 a magnet 05:08.241 --> 05:09.409 or a mirror. 05:09.409 --> 05:09.742 A mirror. 05:09.942 --> 05:10.276 A mirror. 05:10.410 --> 05:11.444 If there’s something you like, 05:11.444 --> 05:12.545 you can paint them onto it. 05:13.279 --> 05:14.981 Courses like this 05:15.281 --> 05:16.883 can help us figure out 05:17.083 --> 05:18.685 our directions in the future, 05:18.851 --> 05:20.853 and which discipline we want to go into. 05:21.254 --> 05:23.189 So that we can decide 05:23.389 --> 05:25.558 our aspiration 05:25.792 --> 05:27.760 and personal development sooner. 05:32.432 --> 05:34.534 Put the pineapple in. 05:35.435 --> 05:36.202 When I was in middle school, 05:36.202 --> 05:38.438 there were adaptive exploration courses in school. 05:38.905 --> 05:40.239 After series of explorations, 05:40.340 --> 05:42.608 I figured that I wanted to be a chef in the future. 05:44.577 --> 05:45.411 When I was in the 3rd year in middle school, 05:46.079 --> 05:47.580 I had not thought about my future career. 05:48.081 --> 05:49.682 In the adaptive courses, 05:50.283 --> 05:52.251 I was exposed to lots of school departments, 05:52.485 --> 05:55.588 and I realized I was interested in marine engineering. 05:55.855 --> 05:57.023 After graduating high school, 05:57.757 --> 05:59.459 I would like to work on board 05:59.659 --> 06:01.461 for the repairs of equipment. 06:02.395 --> 06:03.730 I feel touched watching them. 06:03.730 --> 06:07.400 Every kid has their own talent. 06:07.533 --> 06:09.001 It’s our responsibility 06:09.435 --> 06:11.304 to open up their vision. 06:11.304 --> 06:12.638 As for the final choice 06:12.638 --> 06:13.806 would be up to themselves. 06:13.806 --> 06:15.908 They shall be able to make their decisions 06:15.908 --> 06:18.211 and know what’s better for them. 06:20.513 --> 06:22.348 We hope that through the stage of 06:22.348 --> 06:23.383 spadework in junior high school, 06:23.383 --> 06:24.650 those students who are interested in skill works 06:24.650 --> 06:26.853 and those who are talented in these fields 06:26.853 --> 06:28.020 could have the space to practice 06:28.020 --> 06:30.390 and the further enhancement in vocational high school, 06:30.556 --> 06:32.692 so they could have better developments in their future career.