fulbright Taiwan online journal

fulbright Taiwan online journal

Day: August 22, 2018

美國之旅:文化、復健、活躍老化與長照

Dr. Winstein在經過主持臨床試驗以及相關研究之後指出,目前發展出許多針對慢性中風的新興治療手法,研究顯示有成效,但沒有比控制組來的顯著有效,這樣的結果引發下一步研究重點的討論,在進行大型研究之前,有必要回過頭再好好的檢視這些治療手法中的主要治療要素,其改善中風患者表現的機制為何?唯有將各治療要素產生成效的機制深入瞭解之後,才能更清楚的結合各種要素,以達到更有效的治療成果。

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Bringing a Piece of Kentucky to the Taiwanese Classroom

     For the 2017-18 academic year, my alma mater, Western Kentucky University (WKU), hosted a Taiwanese Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) to help tutor students currently studying Mandarin Chinese in the university’s Chinese Flagship Program. As a recent graduate of that program, I thought it was an interesting coincidence that the two of us essentially switched places—she went to WKU and I came to Taipei. The FLTA was named Pia Lin. She also happened to be the co-founder of The World In Your Classroom (TWIYC), a non-profit organization that provides foreigners living in or visiting Taiwan the opportunity to share information about their home country with Taiwanese students by guest lecturing at local middle and high schools.      Around March, Pia contacted me to ask if I would be interested in volunteering as a guest lecturer for TWIYC. After reading about TWIYC and their work, I figured this would be a great opportunity to share a piece of my home, the great Commonwealth of Kentucky—a place most Taiwanese people know very little about, compared to U.S. cities like New York and Los Angeles—with students.      On April 28th, I attended the second of two training days held

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From Pennsylvania to Taiwan: Reflections on Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar

Professional Development      My participation in the Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminar in Taiwan in March 2017 broadened my professional experience in East Asia, which was previously limited to organizing site visits to Japan (2007) and China (2016). The Fulbright experience helped me contextualize a deepening engagement with partnerships in Taiwan and explore new opportunities for both student exchange and faculty collaboration.      The Fulbright Taiwan IEA seminar provided me with an in-depth professional and intercultural learning experience quite different from the experiences I have had leading site visits or student groups. I was able to focus on my own learning and experience for a substantial period of time rather than being responsible for the organization and logistics for a group. As an academic administrator, the daily demands of my position’s responsibilities and the constraints of the academic calendar do not allow for intensive and extended experiences abroad.      From lectures and cultural visits to direct access to officials in the American Institute in Taiwan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and even the President of Taiwan, the overall structure of the Fulbright Taiwan IEA seminar provided invaluable information about the politics, economics, and culture

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紐約文化藝術進修之旅

        獲得富爾布萊特﹙Fulbright﹚學術交流基會的獎學金,給予我一次非常難得赴紐約文化交流及進修的機會。2016/12/28起程赴美,到達紐約後接受了中國戲劇工作坊藝術總監馮光宇老師和夫婿史蒂芬,凱派林的接待,開始為期四個月的交流進修計畫。

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