Through various international cooperation and exchange courses and activities, teachers at NCUE have led students to promote the following transnational sustainable development goals and policies.

1. The Teacher Training Centre of NCUE took students to Muar Chung Hwa High School in Malaysia for educational services.

In July 2019, Director Chien-lung Lin and Professor Chih-yuan Chang of the Teacher Training Centre of NCUE took 12 students to Muar Chung Hwa High School in Malaysia to carry out educational services and related curriculum activities. The idea behind the visit was that studying different cultural environments and educational fields would provide the teachers and students with transnational educational experience, arouse more enthusiasm and beliefs, and develop their ability to accept different cultural environments to understand teaching and learning internationally. The relevant planning and training started six months before departure and the course content was completed through practical teaching training drills. During the local teaching process, the tutors of the high school also encouraged our students to discuss the curriculum design together. Through these exchanges and interactions, they could learn and grow in a diverse cross-border educational environment. Please refer to Annex 17.2.4A for supporting information.

2. International Affairs Director Ling-yu Wen of the International Affairs Office of NCUE set up the ASEAN and South Asia Programme Promotion Group.

A plan to strengthen national cooperation and exchange with Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, and other countries was formulated, emphasizing the ‘people-oriented development of the two-way exchanges and sharing of teaching and research resources between NCUE and ASEAN and South Asian countries’. The comparative advantages of teaching and research resources of NCUE were used to promote cross-border exchanges to develop talent for the benefit of both parties and encourage regional economic development. The sub-programmes included holding holiday clubs at local schools to provide their teachers and students with experiences in the fields of science and engineering as well as cultural courses; promoting language and culture learning programmes in Southeast Asia; developing the knowledge of academic, cultural, and economic Taiwanese talent on ASEAN and South Asia; enhancing complementary talent and resource sharing between the two parties; organizing international symposiums to exchange experience and encourage academic dialogue among participants including Southeast Asian scholars; and creating a new pattern of research in related fields. Please refer to Annex 17.2.4B for supporting information.

3. In 2020, Dr. David R. Strauser from the United States was invited by Professor Min- hsing Wang of the Rehabilitation Counselling Institute of NCUE as the lecture professor.

This programme helps promote the curriculum and research of the Rehabilitation Counselling Institute, focusing on the theory and practice of motivational interviewing and its application in career counselling for people with disabilities. In class, Dr. Strauser shared the case management system of the US career rebuilding system as well as commonly used interview strategies and rich counselling methods based on both theory and practice. Please refer to Appendix 17.2.4 for supporting information.

Plan of Professor Min-hsing Wang of the Rehabilitation Counselling Institute to invite Dr. David R. Strauser from the United States as the lecture professor in 2020

4. Professor Shan-mao Chang of the Department of English introduced the young winners of the English Teaching Assistant Awards from the United States to Taiwan.

The Department of English has been engaged in on-site teaching and tour services in schools in remote areas in Changhua County. Long-term cooperation with these schools has created English learning environments suitable for local students. Students now have the opportunity to study closely with Americans and are no longer afraid of engaging with foreigners, thus enhancing the fun of learning English, broadening the horizon of learning language and culture, and reducing the gap between urban and rural areas. In addition to collaborative teaching in schools, English teaching assistants can deepen their understanding and recognition of local culture by participating in family and community activities guided by the host family.

Please refer to the websites of the relevant reports for supporting information:

• https://epage.ncue.edu.tw/files/14-1000-17122,r9-1.php (Campus headline)
• https://www.ner.gov.tw/news/5e0d41dd1c66c500063a8892 (Media report)

5. Professor Chia-chang Chang of the Graduate Institute of Sports and Health implemented the ‘Asian and Australasian Sports Policy School Sports Exchange and Guidance Programme’ of the Sports Administration, Ministry of Education.

NCUE cooperates with the Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education to develop Asian and Australasian talent through the ‘Asian and Australasian Sports Policy School Sports Exchange and Guidance Programme’. This programme helps school sports teams at all levels visit Asian and Australasian countries as well as invites those countries to visit Taiwan for sports events. In addition, students and teachers with sports expertise at all levels are encouraged to participate in international sports events and develop their international mobility. It is hoped that through this programme Taiwan and Asian/Australasian countries will conduct exchanges and cooperate in physical education courses and teaching as well as sports training and develop and exchange physical education teachers and talent. The results of NCUE’s implementation of this sports policy in 2019–2020 are as follows:

5.1 Approved categories:

5.1.1 Two-way exchanges between school sports teams: assistance in 257 activities.

5.1.2 Two-way sports exchange visits between schools: assistance in 64 activities.

5.1.3 Exchange of sports events: assistance in nine activities.

5.2 Countries visited: The number of schools that visited Malaysia was the highest, followed by Thailand and Singapore.

5.3 Exchange items: Basketball accounted for the highest proportion, followed by football, badminton, and volleyball.

5.4 Discussing and signing an MOU: 13 cases had signed an MOU.

Table 1: Number of implemented activities in 2019–2020

5.5 Results of overseas expansion and implementation of the programme by NCUE

NCUE actively conducts sports exchanges with Asian and Australasian countries (including Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand). The exchange programmes include table tennis, volleyball, water sports, Taekwondo, and badminton. Details of the exchanges in 2019 and 2020 are shown in Table 3.

Table 3: List of sports exchanges between the National Changhua University of Education and Asian and Australasian countries

Please refer to Annex 17.2.4D and Annex 17.2.4E for supporting information.

• Annex 17.2.4A- Report on the achievements of the International Albert Schweitzer Programme in Malaysia
• Annex 17.2.4B- 2020 Closing Report of the Asian and Australasian Plan
• Annex 17.2.4C- Letter of the appointment of the Strauser.log of teacher Min-hsing Wang
• Annex 17.2.4D- Report on the Asian and Australasian Sports Policy Plan (2019)
• Annex 17.2.4E- Report on the Asian and Australasian Sports Policy Plan (2020)

   SDG17.2.3 International collaboration data gathering for SDG

SDG17.2.5 Collaboration with NGOs for SDGs