Speaker:

Hui-Chen ChiangPrincipal of Paul Hsu Senior High School, Taiwan

Ms. Chiang has actively put school education in an international dimension. Since 2005, Japan / Korea education trips have been held annually for the students in their school to enhance international horizons.

She was also engaged in education surveys on teachers/educational administrators and gave out a large number of policy reference reports: She was a member of MOE delegation to visit European high schools (Holland/German/Austria) in 2005; MOE delegation of Australian education trip in 2006; MOE delegation to research the creative teaching of Finland in 2008. Moreover, in 2008, Paul Hsu Senior High (PHSH) was selected as the leader school for outbound projects by Ministry of Education (MOE), assisting to promote the SSEI program.

2009, Ms. Jiang was commended by former Minister Mr. Zheng and received a medal for her great commitment to promote international education as well as for her sharing much experience in the conference on “the practice of international education in primary and secondary schools.”

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The Overseas Skills Internship Program

Paul Hsu Senior High School

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1.1. The reason for the ProgramThe reason for the Program

(1) The needs for school and curriculum characteristics In recent years, there are a large number of

students in our school taking courses in the Program of Hotel and Restaurant Management.

Different from other programs, the elements of exotic culture and global views are most needed to integrate into the curriculum of Program of Hotel and Restaurant Management.

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To establish the characteristics of the program in our school, we arrange overseas practical training for our students to develop their global views, broadening their learning experience and widening their level of skills.

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(2) The needs for student development 1) The program are composed of students’ practical training by visits to schools and industries, learning Japanese food and hotel management practice in Japan. Through the activity of school visits, students can experience the conditions of learning in Japanese vocational schools and learn technical terms and culture in the career field.

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2) Through the activity of industry visits,

students can experience the working

conditions in practice, which will serve as

the opportunity for devoting themselves to

the field of hospitality.

3) Through the exchange of exotic learning,

students can broaden their global visions

and build international relationships.

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2. Organizers2. Organizers (1) Host: Paul Hsu Senior High School (2) Sponsors: Nagano Education Committee Nagano Trade College of Confection and International Cuisines Iiyama High School Iiyama City Government Nagano Tourist Association Iiyama Tourist Association Karuizawa Tourist Association Japan Travel Bureau Foundation

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1. Culture and history resources

2. School characteristics and reputation

3. Connect to the curriculum of our school

Determinant Factors for Determinant Factors for International PartnershipInternational Partnership ：：

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1. Number of people: 33 people (including 30 students and 3 teachers) 2. Eligibility of applicants: (1) The second and third graders in the Program of Hotel and Restaurant Management. (2) Highly interested in Japanese food culture and in learning cooking skills. (3) Be optimistic, open-minded, hardworking, and willing to learn new things.

3. Participants3. Participants ：：

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4. Execution of the Plan4. Execution of the Plan

(1) Manage organizational structure and division

of work

(2) Examine basic information of the exchange school: course content, schedule, geographical environment, transportation and the related resources for culture, history or industry

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(3) Set up the window for exchange

(4) Talk with the exchange school about the details of experiencing activities

(5) Offer the learning background and needs of our students to overseas school

(6) Hold working group meetings regularly

(7) Hold teaching and research meetings, regulating the assessments and requirements of our students

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(8) Involve our teachers of related filed, studying how to integrate the issues of international culture into teaching as well as making the learning sheet of the learning experience activity

(9)Developing global learning material: A. Global citizen issue a) International citizen awareness b) The crisis of our nature

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B. The relationship between culture and sightseeing

C. Background knowledge of Japan country 1) Japanese History 2) Japanese Geography 3) Society and Culture in Japan 4) Brief conditions of sightseeing in Japan

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D. The cooking of Japanese dishes 1) Bamboo sushi 2) Soba noodles 3) Tempura 4) Salmon 5) Pickled vegetables

(10) Provide our students with Japanese conversation and Japanese culture courses

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(11) Arrange the orientation for the program(12) When the activities are going on, our teachers

will lead students to discuss and share with what they have learned in the courses of the day.

(13) Set up the blog of overseas practical training, sharing with students’ learning experience and findings

(14) Negotiate the visiting plan next year, to establish long-term relationship with exchange school

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5. The Activity5. The Activity ContentContent

(1) Promotion and recruitment 1) Promote the activity.

2) Incorporate the related issue of Japanese

hospitality into the introduction to

hospitality course, activating students’

interest in learning the hospitality skills

and the career field culture in Japan.

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3) Guide students to share with their ideas or

thoughts by watching Japanese food and

tour programs, enhancing students’ interest

to discuss about the custom and people in

Japan.

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(2)The training courses before the trip 1) Enable students to understand common

etiquette and culture in Japan daily life

2) Teach students simple Japanese conversation and expressions

3) Incorporate the related issue of Japanese hospitality into the introduction to hospitality course, enhancing students’ development in the hospitality field.

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(3) Overseas activities 【 14 days 】 1. Learning professional skills (1) Professional skills learning in Nagano Trade College of Confection and International Cuisines & Iiyama High School 1) visit the faculty of school and engage in the course learning 2) Iiyama High School arranges Japanese teachers to instruct the related Japanese expressions and words in life and the hospitality field

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3) The teachers in Nagano Trade College of

Confection and International Cuisines

demonstrate the Japanese dishes

◎Soba noodles

◎Sushi ◎Pickled vegetables

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(2) Practical Training in Karuizawa Hotel 1) Learn the brief conditions of hotel management, and the operational procedures of each section 2) Practical training by groups: counter, department of housekeeping, department of food and beverage

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3) Learn the tasks in the counter 4) Learn how to clean western and Japanese guest room 5) Learn the service skills in hotel and restaurant

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2.Cultural Engagement(1) Involve in cultural festivals

1) Involve in festivals

2) Understand the link of cultural festivals and the local sightseeing

(2) Involve in public service activity in the community

1) Experience the charity activity

2 ） Understand the importance of building community experience and public service engagement

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(3) After the Activity

1. After the plan is finished, students have to write in reports and participate in the seminar to share with their experience.

2. Build the website of the blog on overseas practical training of professional skills, sharing the participants’ responses and feedbacks.

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In addition to experiencing different

culture, we know more about hotel and restaurant management, and

broaden our global visions.

Through the activity, we can

experience Japanese food culture

and develop our confidence in the career field.

6. Expected Benefits6. Expected Benefits

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7. Our Exchange Projects in 20097. Our Exchange Projects in 2009The Titles of Projects:1. International On-line conversation Exchange2. Appointment with Paul Hsu senior high school. Visit

in Taiwan.3. International students English Language Camp4. Date in Texas-Paul Hsu Senior High School

“Students Learning Activities Experience In Oversea” implementation plan in 2010.

5. Experiencing the outstanding Japanese new animation technology

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Thank you for your attention.