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The study plan participation enabled teachers to enhance
professional knowledge and skills so that students can be guided
through. Children also understood that it was only with continual
discussion and collaboration could the study be completed. They also
understood the importance of group work. Student learning changed
from passive knowledge acquisition to active knowledge construction.
Interests and capabilities were fully explored and cultivated.
 Topic
study is a type of topic or integrative learning. It easily combines
with different learning areas. For instance, we have learned about
simple function use and chart production in EXCEL at information
class. (Tainan County Joint Program Test questions) This time, we
compared tabulated statistical data on the government website with
the rice production volume and annual rice consumption in Taiwan per
person in the various towns and townships of Tainan County.
Discussions have been made on the significances of these tables and
charts. This type of activity could also be coordinated with
“Statistics” in math class. All in all, the course of this topic
study has intangibly integrated knowledge in respective academics.
￭What skills have you learned?
1. Establish interview skills: during topic interview, data has to
be collected in advance. Questions have to be first formulated in
order to ensure the visitation will be a fruitful one. After the
visitation, the interview process should be recorded within a day or
two to avoid memory loss on details. The recorded data serves as
important reference for future webpage production.
 2.
Good use of internet resources: numerous data can be obtained from
the internet but it has to be verified first before adoption. In
addition, the government has posted numerous statistical data on the
internet. Take Agriculture and Food Agency, Council of Agriculture,
Executive Yuan has setup a webpage for statistical data inquiry.
Just key in the year and past data from that particular year come
out. It is really convenient.
￭What ideals and methods related to teamwork have you implemented or
practiced?
Our school is rather small. There are only 7 people in our class so
we all work together to do things or join contests. No one feels
left out or slacks off. Everyone participated throughout the contest
process stages. Labor division was conducted such as taking turns to
write journals, and each person is in charge of a separate
statistical chart. The work load therefore reduced.
￭What specific concepts have you realized or clearly understood?
In the rice town, rice fields are seen just beside the school or
home. Some people’s grandfathers or fathers are farmers. Everyone is
familiar with the rice production process, but most are unsure about
how rice is processed and sold after harvest. Through this study, we
have attained better understanding of the post-processing of rice
and sales. We realized that it takes as much hard work to sell rice
as it is to plant it. We also realized the importance of
“reputation” and “brand creation.”
￭How is this topic study plan integrated with the school or class
needs?
We have been conducting the topic study in conjuction with Cyberfair
for 5 years. Topics in the past were almost always related to the
humanities and customary practices of Houbi Township. The topic for
this year is no exception. It covered Lian-Fa Rice Milling Factory,
and introduction of rice milling industry, sales and production.
Just like website works in the previous years, webpage topic content
not only helped everyone to get an insight on their homes, it also
serves as reference for other subject teaching.
￭ During the study process, did you discover problems related to the
existing education system?
Language is the foundation of all activities or curriculums.
Theorizing curriculum categorization is very complex. Mandarin
curriculum allotment has reduced sharply. This resulted to the lack
of writing abilities on the part of the student. It in a way
affected on our topic study conduction.
￭What role does your school play locally?
Through topic and website establishment, we hope to provide everyone
more knowledge on Houbi Township and the rice milling industry. On
the other hand, this activity holding has also helped strengthen
school features and student capabilities. Local residents will be
able to participate in urban school activities even if they are in a
school in the country.
￭Is internet teaching and learning more efficient than traditional
methods? Please explain.
The internet is very convenient. Much information can be obtained
from it. For example, one had to go to the library to copy
statistical data in the past. Now, all he has to do is to download
it from the internet. It is time saving. By using the search
function, related data pop out. One no loner browses through books
one by one. However, although the internet provisions a great
abundance of data, they may be repeated and data is not necessarily
correct. Careful examination before hand is essential.
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