Taiwan
01. - 14. September 2008
Geographers have to go out and see their research objects in order to develop appropriate research objectives. Therefore, field trips represent an integral constituent of studying Geography. These outdoor experiences are the heart of any study of geography and are just as important as learning about analytical methods and gathering background information, facts and data on the earth’s places and spaces. The German geography curriculum includes field trips to foreign countries as an approach of deconstructing “the self” and “the others”. It is a didactical concept which goes beyond factual learning and even beyond the discipline itself. The two weeks field trip in Taiwan was a cooperation of the Institute of Environmental Studies of the Taiwan Normal University, the Institute of Geography of the Taiwan National University and the Institute of Geography of the University of Hamburg and comprised the following topics:
- Visit to National Museum, Taipei
- Discovering city centre of Taipei through a City Rally
- Visit to Hsinchu Science Park
- Intercultural Learning and students culture exchanges at National Hsinchu Education University
- Visit to a tea plantation
- Rural development and terraced rice fields
- Earthquake sites and Earthquake Memorial Museum
- Discovering religion in Taiwan through a City Rally
- Colonial Economy and agriculture development (esp. sugarcane and sugar industry)
- Harbor City (Kaoshung City) and Industrial development
- High Speed Rail system (Kaoshung to Taipei)
- Urban transportation in Taipei
- Urban development in Taipei
- Suburbia and urban sprawl (Taipei)
- Natural wonders, environmental movements and Aboriginal culture in Tarokko National Park
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