Applying micro-curriculum and university's social responsibility program to activate suburb farmsteads

Shiang-Shiang Chen, Tsung-Hsi Chen, Shao-Wen Su, Chien-Shiun Huang, Yi-Rou Chi and Wen-Pei Sung

International Journal of Green Economics, 2024, vol. 18, issue 2, 200-225

Abstract: The phenomenon of over-urbanisation in Taiwan has resulted in an over-concentration of the population in urban areas and a widening gap between urban and rural areas. In order to solve this problem, this study selects urban-rural border settlements and uses the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a basis to conduct cultural landscape, urban-rural disturbance, and cultural education. Through the university's social responsibility program, problem/project-based learning and local needs were developed into practical courses; this addresses urban-rural disparities by engaging faculty and students in the community, identifying problems, solving them, preserving heritage and cultural assets, and assisting in community development. The results found that: 1) systematically preserve tangible and intangible local cultural relics and histories in a digital way and in a timeline; 2) discover and preserve local popular music; 3) compile an audio-visual introduction manual of cultural relics for a wide circulation; 4) promote local linkages, community care, talent cultivation and cultural revitalisation among the university, the government and civic organisations in the region. The objectives of SDGs-11.4, 11.6, 11.7 and 11.a were effectively achieved.

Keywords: urban diseases; sustainable development goals; SDGs; problem/project-based learning; cultural relics preservation; teaching practice. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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