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“與世界連結，做自己學習的主人” –我的傅爾布萊特豐收旅程

Minsyuan Tsai 蔡旻諠 May 17, 2016

“If you want something in this life, reach out and grab it.” – Christopher McCandless        網路上曾經有一位中學教師霸氣的十字箴言辭職信令我印象深刻，她說:世界那麼大，我想去看看。是的，她道出許多人的心聲，但鮮少人有她的瀟灑與勇氣。受到這十個字的啟發，2014年暑假歐洲背包行回國後，我也暗自下定決心告訴自己—因為世界很大，所以我也要追夢去。然而，教書是我的興趣，沒有辭職的想法，因此只能告假尋夢。感謝台灣傅爾布萊特基金會提供我出國學習的機會，2015年8月我正式代表台灣至美國參與傅爾布萊特卓越教學獎助學金計畫，與其他16位國際教師一起進行教育訪查與文化交流學習之旅。

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美國麻州小學就讀記

Hui-Ing Ma 馬慧英 May 14, 2016

很幸運的得到Fulbright的獎助，可以在拿到博士學位十五年後，再回到當初唸書的地方—波士頓。能再回到波士頓一直是我畢業後在台灣教書時的夢想，夢想中的一部份是和小孩一起再經歷波士頓的春夏秋冬，再看看查爾斯河(Charles River)，再走一次自由之路(Freedom Trail)，再坐一次波士頓地鐵……。但就像我之前所認知到的，在人生中，時間就是一分一秒過的，快樂的事情會過去，痛苦的事情也會過去……。當我覺得像夢想正要實現一般，接到Fulbright通知獲得獎助，卻也同時開始準備出國的壓力。而此刻的我正處在開始要整裝回台的階段，搬家打包出清也都是壓力。但回想起這一年的經歷，凡走過的必留下痕跡，我想這些記憶將像黑夜中的天燈，漸行漸遠漸亮……。

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A Visit to a Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Hui-Ing Ma 馬慧英 May 13, 2016

Something about Myself       I studied in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Boston University for my Master’s and Doctor of Science degrees from 1996 to 2000. In my dissertation research, I examined how to manipulate experimental conditions to enhance movement of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). To

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An Exploratory Study on Tourist Personality and Travel Preferences

Li-Yu Lee 李梨瑜 May 13, 2016

Introduction       Although the classic marketing idiom says that marketing is “the battle for your mind” (Ries and Trout, 1981), research on tourist personality in relation to travel preferences is quite limited. According to Leung & Law (2010), there are 169 research articles on personality covering a broad

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Fulbright 經驗流水談

Hui-Ting Tina Wang 王慧婷 April 22, 2016

Fulbright 最主要給我三州的回憶: Enrichment Seminar的Tulsa, Oklahoma、Outreach Lecture Fund的Boston, Massachusetts，以及學習駐足基地的Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas。 一、Enrichment Seminar (四月1~4，2015@Tulsa, Oklahoma)     我選擇的主題是「Old to New West: The Role of Land in Shaping the American Story」，最後公布在我的故鄉高雄的姊妹市Tulsa舉辦。其實隱約猜得到會是個在美國中部有原住民文化的地方。我很榮幸可以以一位不同文化背景的訪問學者，來認識美國境內曾是主流的文化，並同時和其他不同文化背景的訪問學者學習。這個活動非常符合Fulbright設立的「增進互相瞭解」的宗旨。以下五點為我對此活動歸納的心得收穫。

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Me and Howard Go to See the Puppets and Almost All of Them Die

Joshua Stenberg 石峻山 April 22, 2016

        I am a little late because Connor has taken me to UNIQLO to buy some kind of padded jacket–call it turquoise–I am bad with colors. Taipei winter is exacting vengeance on me for mocking it (“it’s like spring back home!”) by inflicting a lingering sore throat. The winter

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Distribution of Ecosystem Service Benefits: An Initial Look

Nathaniel Maynard 馬耐德 April 22, 2016

    Natural resource economics remains a powerful tool in both effective marine policy design and public advocacy. While total economic valuations now have a strong legal, policy, and cultural history in the United States, globally much work remains in understanding benefit allocation (NOAA 2013; Edgar et al. 2014). Where

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What the Taotao Means to Me

Mary Hamilton 何美笑 April 22, 2016

        On Orchid Island, the Taotao is a ubiquitous symbol.  It can be found inside churches, outside of 7-11, adorning many a tourist trinket, and most importantly, on every Tao boat.  Known as (人型 renxing the person symbol), the Taotao is often depicted as a small person with swirled arms and

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