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I would like to help you to make your dream come true ASAP. Please apply for a tourist visa or student visa or work/professional visa to come to Taiwan to enjoy culture and civilization of the East-Meeting-West and of Austronesian people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austronesian_people), and World Games2009 held by City Government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp). Taiwan was the homeland of Austronesian people 6000 years ago ! According to modern Neuroscience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience), participating in all kinds of learning & educational activities, sports activities and cultural activities can improve and release human potential quite a lot !
The government of The Republic 0f Taiwan offers full scholarship (free tuition and fees and monthly salary to many international students to come to Taiwan to study in the university. Please contact one of the following offices (Appendixes) for more detailed information.
***Abstract of the previous long message:
With the help of or through Total Quality Management(TQM)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Quality_Management) and Organizational Learning(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_learning) of modern management science, please join one of the global network of "Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning Organization for Global Village Community" project : "Everyday is Earth Day!" project provides every family and community with creative learning and entertaining ways of happy daily life. It can be done (1) just to organize a study-circle studying books, films, arts, etc. at home and in the community; (2) through national or international exchange programs by schools, colleges, government/non-government/non-profit organizations. Please tell all of your friends to come to Taiwan to learn all of them ASAP on tourist visa or student visa or working visa or professional visa. Please start these programs right now in association with the International Year of the Reef 2008 held by Reef Check Foundation (http://www.reefcheck.org/ ), and World Games2009 held by City Government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp), and other conservation activities held by conservation organizations all over the world. Everyone can organize a non-government/non-profit organization in one's home town to do "Everyday is Earth Day Project!", and national or international exchange programs.
***Global network project: Everyday is Earth Day Project! Please start "Everyday is Earth Day!" Project anytime as early as possible!
Everyone can organize and register with the government a non-government/non-profit/profit organization in one's home town, or ask all levels of friends' schools/universities/new or old students' societies (e. g. AIESEC(http://www.aiesec.org/AI)) to do “Everyday Is Earth Day Project” through: (a) inviting community members to organize different types of study-circles(studying books, films, arts, etc.) in the neighborhood's/school's/university's/city's/county's/state’s/provincial/national community . (b)Living out-of-state/province or out-of-country through: (1) national/international exchange programs by government(e.g. sister cities/counties/states)/non-government organizations/non-profit/ all levels of schools’ or university’s organizations(e.g. Rotary Club, Lion's Clubs, AIESEC etc.. or your own-newly-registered organizations)/ and profit organizations, any religious organization, etc.. After the citizens of any school/university/city/county/state, complete petition to the school/university/city/county/state for being the one’s national or any foreign sister school/university/city/county/state.. Citizens or government officials can do the National or International Exchange Programs.
Everyone’s daily life in the whole family or in the community is full of entertaining opportunities in learning everything from empathy/sympathy/affectionate love/charity/beneficence to fine arts, performing arts, literatures, liberal arts, mathematical science, natural science, social sciences and management science, all kinds of technology, etc., and all or some of these subjects can be integrated together with creative learning using “association techniques”, followed up with Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL). The best ways of quality life and quality learning can be got through Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) in the family and in the community, at least through the fixed scheduled “free and democratic family’s or community’s meeting” and team-brain-storming(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-storming) . Every family and every community can do them very quickly, just organizing a study-circle to study books, films, arts, etc.. More details about Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) and team-brain-storming can be found on any good website and library. This is the main frame of "Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning Organization for Global Village Community" project (abbreviated as "IC3LO" project). This can be done at the family level, local community level, national community level and Global Village Community level through internet or national or international exchange programs. Enhancement and Advancement of human potentials and civilizations require such "IC3LO project”.
a neighborhood/local/county/city community organization a national or international exchange programs to do "Everyday is Earth Day Project!", and to visit (on tourist via), to study (on student visa) or to work (on work/professional visa) in Taiwan.
Appendixes :
(1) Taiwan’s Embassy and Consulate Office all over the world:
駐外單位網站連結
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•
• 北美地區
• 歐洲地區
• 亞西地區
• 中南美地區
• 非洲地區
North America
Taiwan’s Embassy in U. S. A http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US
Consulate Office in Atlanta http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/ATL
Consulate Office in Boston http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/BOS
Consulate Office in Chicago http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/CHI
Consulate Office in Gum http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/GUM
Consulate Office in Houston http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/HOU
Consulate Office in Honolulu http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/HNL
Consulate Office in Kansas http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/MKC
Consulate Office in Los Angeles http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/LAX
Consulate Office in Miami http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/MIA
Consulate Office in New York http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/NYC
Consulate Office in San Francisco http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/SFO
Consulate Office in Seattle http://www.taiwanembassy.org/US/SEA
Consulate Office http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CA/YYZ
Consulate Office http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CA/YVR
Taiwan’s Embassy in Canada http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CA
TOP
Europe
Taiwan’s Embassy in Germany http://www.taiwanembassy.org/DE
Consulate Office http://www.taiwanembassy.org/DE/HAM
Consulate Office http://www.taiwanembassy.org/DE/MUC
Taiwan’s Embassy in E. U. http://www.taiwanembassy.org/BE
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/FR
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/NL
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/UK
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/ES
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/DK
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CZ
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/VA
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CH
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/AT
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/FI
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/HU
Taiwan’s Embassy in WTO http://www.taiwanembassy.org/WTO
TOP
Asia
Taiwan’s Embassy in Japan http://www.taiwanembassy.org/JP
Consulate Office http://www.taiwanembassy.org/JP/FUK
Taiwan’s Embassy in Korea http://www.taiwanembassy.org/KR
Taiwan’s Embassy in Australia http://www.taiwanembassy.org/AU
Taiwan’s Embassy in New Zealand http://www.taiwanembassy.org/NZ
Taiwan’s Embassy in Vietnam http://www.taiwanembassy.org/VN
Taiwan’s Embassy in Thailand http://www.taiwanembassy.org/TH
Taiwan’s Embassy in Russia http://www.taiwanembassy.org/RU
Taiwan’s Embassy in Saudi Arabia http://www.taiwanembassy.org/SA
Taiwan’s Embassy in The Philippines http://www.taiwanembassy.org/PH
Taiwan’s Embassy in Singapore http://www.taiwanembassy.org/SG
TOP
Central &South America
Taiwan’s Embassy in Panama http://www.taiwanembassy.org/PA
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/PY
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/GT
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/SV
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/HT
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/NI
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/BR
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/AR
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CL
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/PE
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/LC
TOP
Africa
Taiwan’s Embassy http://www.taiwanembassy.org/ZA
(2)Introduction to the Scholarship Program of The Republic of Taiwan
August 28, 2007
Provided by the Scholarship Program of The Republic of Taiwan Steering Committee
December 2006
I. Purpose
Since 2004, four government agencies of the Republic of Taiwan --- Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), and National Science Council of the Executive Yuan (NSC) ---have jointly established the Scholarship Program of Taiwan to encourage outstanding international students to undertake degree programs in Taiwan . While providing study opportunities for a wide range of disciplines, at Taiwan 's universities and colleges, this program also aims to:
a. Promote knowledge, understanding and friendship between Taiwan and countries around the world.
b. Explore opportunities to increase academic and educational links with international institutions of higher learning.
c. Develop outstanding professionals and experts to meet the needs from Taiwan 's business and industry sectors.
II. Types of Scholarships
In terms of recipients' nationalities and study programs, there are four participating agencies funding this program, each with a different focus:
a. MOFA Scholarship :
• Recipients from countries with diplomatic relations with Taiwan , or from those specified as diplomatically favorable by MOFA.
• Undergraduate or postgraduate programs. Pre-degree Mandarin Language Enrichment Program (LEP) is to be included as recipients' choice for improving their language abilities.
b. MOE Scholarship :
• Recipients from countries other than those specified in the MOFA Scholarship.
• Undergraduate or postgraduate programs. LEP is to be included as recipients' choice for improving their language abilities.
c. NSC Scholarship :
• Recipients from countries other than those specified in the MOFA Scholarship.
• Postgraduate programs.
d. MOEA Scholarship :
• Recipients from countries other than those specified in the MOFA Scholarship.
• Postgraduate programs, only for the areas involving scientific technology (such as physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, medicine and agriculture to name a few)
III. Value
Scholarship offerings vary from agency to agency as outlined below:
a. MOFA Scholarship:
• International airfare for economy-class, direct-route and roundtrip flights, plus a monthly stipend of NT$30,000 (approximately US$950).
b. MOE Scholarship:
• A monthly stipend of NT$25,000 (approximately US$790) for undergraduate or LEP study, and NT$30,000 for a postgraduate program.
c. NSC Scholarship:
• A monthly stipend of NT$30, 000.
d. MOEA Scholarship:
• A monthly stipend of NT$30, 000.
IV. Duration
The award period for each study program varies as follows:
a. Undergraduate program: maximum 4 years.
b. Master's program: maximum 2 years.
c. Doctoral program: maximum 3 years.
d. LEP program: maximum 1 year.
For any combination of these study programs, the length of the total award for each recipient is a maximum of five years . LEP study must be undertaken in the first year, if it is to be included in the total award period of the recipient's choosing.
Annual award periods are from September 1 st through August 31 st . If recipients fail to arrive in Taiwan to study during this period, their award status will be cancelled and cannot be extended for another year. If recipients begin studies after the semester/term/quarter starts, their award period will become effective from the month they arrive in Taiwan to matriculate at their individual universities/colleges/Mandarin training centers. Whether beginning in September or later, the LEP award period ends in August although its length may be less than the specified maximum of one year.
In terms of the actual award period for one study program, it will begin from the month that recipients arrive in Taiwan to matriculate at their intended educational institutions. All awards will end the month their specified award period is completed. However, if recipients graduate, drop out, are expelled from their institutions, or their scholarships are revoked, whichever comes first, the award will be terminated.
V. Eligibility
An applicant must meet all of the following criteria:
a. Possess prior excellent academic performance and be of good moral character.
b. Does not hold Taiwan nationality.
c. Does not have the status of an overseas Taiwanese student.
d. Is not currently enrolled at an educational institution in Taiwan , for the same study program that he/she intends to take for a SPOT scholarship.
e. Is not an exchange student in accordance with a cooperation agreement between an international university/college and an educational institute in Taiwan , at the time of receiving a SPOT scholarship.
f. Is not applying for a study program leading to the same-level degree as previously undertaken under the SPOT Program.
g. Has not received SPOT scholarships for a total of 5 or more years.
h. Has not previously had an award revoked either under the SPOT program or the program "Ministry of Education Huayu Enrichment Scholarship."
i. Is not a current recipient of a scholarship or subsidy being offered by any one of government or educational institutions in Taiwan .
Those who are undertaking degree programs at international universities/colleges may be eligible to apply for SPOT awards, if those degree programs are comparative with the same level of degree programs in Taiwan .
VI. Application and Selection Process
For application receipt, review and selection, applicants must send their completed documents to the Taiwan representative office, closest to their home countries' permanent residence . In principle, the application period is from February 1 st through March 31 st of each year, unless individual Taiwan 's representative offices specify otherwise. For application guidelines and forms, scholarship types and quotas, as well as information about the selection process and outcome announcement, applicants may directly contact the relevant representative offices at the end of January.
A complete application includes the following materials:
a. A completed application form.
b. Photocopy of passport or other nationality certificates.
c. Photocopy of the highest-level diploma and a complete grade transcript.
< N.B . These documents must be authenticated by a Taiwan 's overseas representative office, if issued by international educational institutions. >
d. Supporting admission application material (e.g. photocopy of application form).
< N.B. LEP applicants must submit documents for admission, not only to a Mandarin training centre, but also to the next-stage university/college. The exact academic years that applicants would be enrolled full-time at these two institutions must be clearly specified on these documents. The study period for these two programs must not be discontinued. >
e. Photocopy of a certificate of the acceptable levels of English or Chinese language proficiency, depending on whichever language will be used for instruction in class.
< N.B . Only applicants for degree programs must submit this document. >
f. Additional documents, if any, to be specified by individual representative offices.
In principle, selection priority will be given to those who intend to undertake a degree program and have successfully secured admission to a university/college.
VII. Re-Applying
Upon completion of a degree program , recipients may re-apply for a SPOT Scholarship to undertake another degree program , by following the rules of the application process as specified above . Each recipient's total award period cannot exceed 5 years.
only a LEP scholarship may be granted the next-stage award period for a degree program , through the universities/colleges they will be attending , upon completion of their LEP study. For this processing, the required documents are a photocopy of admission to a university/college and that of an acceptable English or Chinese language certificate attesting to proficiency for their degree studies. >
VIII. Renewal
To review recipients' award qualifications for the next academic year, individual universities/colleges will conduct an evaluation process for the SPOT scholarship renewal by February 28 th ofeach year.
Each educational institution may set grading criteria for the minimum academic average for a semester, or may take the common criteria--- 60 out of 100 for undergraduates and 70 for postgraduates. For recipients in grade 3 of their doctoral programs, this evaluation should be done by the way as specified by individual institutions, since systems vary from discipline to discipline, in terms of requirements for session credits and scheduling of dissertation writing.
Recipients will be permanently disqualified from receiving any SPOT awards, effective September of the new academic year, if they fail to achieve a specified minimum academic average for two single consecutive semesters of study.
VIIII. Suspension and Revocation
(I) Suspension
A. Degree Programs:
If a recipient fails to achieve a specified minimum academic average for a semester, stipends for one month will be suspended in the following semester.
B. LEP Program:
a. Attendance Records:
With the exception of a serious illness or accident, if a recipient is absent from his/her required Language sessions for 12 or more hours within a single month, stipends for the following month will be suspended.
b. Academic Performance:
Beginning from the second study term/quarter in Taiwan , if a recipient's academic average for a study term/quarter is less than 80 out of 100, stipends for one month will be suspended in the following term/quarter.
c. TOP Mandarin Proficiency Rating ( http://www.sc-top.org.tw/ ) :
(a) A one-month-stipend suspension will be imposed if a recipient fails to submit to his/her individual Mandarin training center, a photocopy of a TOP (Test of Proficiency---Huayu) certificate with results rated at the basic level or above, by July 31 st , one month before his/her LEP award period is due. Registration fees for this TOP test are the full responsibility of the recipient.
(b) However, if the recipient succeeds in this TOP test during his/her next-stage award period for a degree program, the suspended one-month stipends as stated above will be reimbursed, by his/her application with the university/college that he/she will be attending.
(II) Revocation:
A recipient may be permanently disqualified from receiving a SPOT scholarship and the remaining stipends will be cancelled, if one of the following situations arises:
A. Degree Programs :
a. Failure to submit at the time of matriculation for each semester, an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) with the reason "Study," on the deadlines as specified by his/her university/college.
b. Failure at the evaluation for annual renewal of his/her SPOT scholarship.
c. Failure to submit a photocopy of an acceptable English /Chinese language proficiency certificate, if he/she transfers to a new program of study, for which the other language is to be used for instruction.
d. Dropping out or being expelled from school.
e. In receipt of another scholarship or subsidy, offered by one of Taiwan 's government or educational institutions.
B. LEP Program:
a. Failure to submit at the time of matriculation for each study term/quarter, an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) with the reason "Study," on the deadlines as specified by his/her Mandarin training center.
b. Failure to achieve an academic average of 80 or above out of 100 for two single consecutive terms/quarters of study, beginning from the second term/quarter after studying in Taiwan .
c. Absence from exams as a result of missing a score for a study term/quarter, with the exception of a serious illness or accident.
d. Dropping out or being expelled from school.
e. In receipt of another scholarship or subsidy, offered by one of Taiwan 's government or educational institutions.
X. Transfer
After studying for a semester/term/quarter at a university/college/Mandarin training center, a recipient may be allowed to transfer once during the course of a degree/LEP program, only if the pertinent educational institutions approve this request.
A recipient, who undertakes degree study, must submit the new institution a photocopy of an acceptable English/Chinese language proficiency certificate, if he/she transfers to a new program of study, for which the other language is to be used for instruction.
XI. Scholarship Granting
In principle, stipends are granted before the 5 th day of each month, through the universities/colleges/Mandarin training centers which the recipients attend, and by a method as specified by the individual institutions.
It is mandatory that recipients participate in the National Health Insurance Plan and purchase the policies of the Student Accident Insurance during the period of their residence and study in Taiwan . The recipients' educational institutions will deduct fees for these insurance plans from the recipients' stipends, before the processing of the fund granting to them.
Please add me as your friend from you, because I already requested over 100 people in less than one day without having time to be approved by them and was rejected by the computerized default system!!
My name is Frank Joe Chou(http://network.earthday.net/profile/FrankJoeChou) from Taiwan.
My academic backgrounds: B. S. in Earth Science from National Taiwan University; M. S. in Earth Science from Louisiana State University; M. S. in Management Science from University of Texas, specialized in Application of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) to government, non-government and profit organizations. Operations of successful modern entrepreneurs, small-medium-multinational corporations are all based on modern management science, especially on Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning focusing on quality, team-brain-storming, systematic thinking and action, creativity/innovation/invention,etc.. Encouraged by academicians in university management schools and successful business practitioners, many government and non-government organizations all over the world follow these practices with successful results, too.(References: (1)Many books written by Peter Drucker; (2)Reinventing Government: How Entrepreneurial Spirits Change Public Sectors, by David Osborne & Ted Gaebler; (3)Many others, including "Butterfly Effect" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect)).
***Abstract of the following long message:
With the help of or through Total Quality Management(TQM)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Quality_Management) and Organizational Learning(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_learning) of modern management science, please join one of the global network of "Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning Organization for Global Village Community" project : "Everyday is Earth Day!" project provides every family and community with creative learning and entertaining ways of happy daily life. It can be done (1) just to organize a study-circle studying books, films, arts, etc. at home and in the community; (2) through national or international exchange programs by schools, colleges, government/non-government/non-profit organizations. Please tell all of your friends to come to Taiwan to learn all of them ASAP on tourist visa or student visa or working visa or professional visa. Please start these programs right now in association with the International Year of the Reef 2008 held by Reef Check Foundation (http://www.reefcheck.org/ ), and World Games2009 held by City Government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp), and other conservation activities held by conservation organizations all over the world. Everyone can organize a non-government/non-profit organization in one's home town to do "Everyday is Earth Day Project!", and national or international exchange programs.
***Global network project: Everyday is Earth Day Project! Please start "Everyday is Earth Day!" Project anytime as early as possible! It can be done through: (A)everyone's social network in the internet;(B)but with the best results (efficiency, effectiveness, creativity, etc.) through:(a) inviting community members to organize different types of study-circles(studying books, films, arts, etc.) in the neighborhood's/school's/university's/city's/county's/provincial/national community .
(b)Living out-of-province or out-of-country through national/international exchange programs by government/non-government organizations/non-profit organizations(e.g. Rotary Club, Lion's Clubs, etc.. or your own organizations)/ and profit organizations, any religious organization, any school, universities, etc.. National/International Exchange Programs(for Students or The General Public) can be done through the government (e.g. sister cities/counties/states)/non-government organizations/non-profit organizations(e.g. Rotary Clubs, Lion's Clubs, etc.. or your own organizations)/school/university/profit organizations. After the citizens of any school/university/city/county/state, complete petition to the school/university/city/county/state for being a foreign sister school/university/city/county/state of any foreign school/university/city/county/state.
Citizens or government officials can do the International Exchange Programs.
Everyone’s daily life in the whole family or in the community is full of entertaining opportunities in learning everything from empathy/sympathy/affectionate love/charity/beneficence to fine arts, performing arts, literatures, liberal arts, mathematical science, natural science, social sciences and management science, all kinds of technology, etc., and all or some of them can be integrated together with creative learning with “association techniques”, followed up with Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL). The best ways of quality life and quality learning can be got through Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) in the family and in the community, at least through the fixed scheduled “free and democratic family’s or community’s meeting” and team-brain-storming . Every family and every community can do them very quickly, just organizing a study-circle to study books, films, arts, etc.. More details about Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) and team-brain-storming can be found on any good website and library. This is the main frame of "Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning Organization for Global Village Community" project (abbreviated as "IC3LO" project). This can be done at the family level, local community level, national community level and Global Village Community level through internet or national or international exchange programs. Enhancement and Advancement of human potentials and civilizations require such "IC3LO project”.
I am writing a series of books on”IC3LO project”, one of them is "Everyday is Earth Day!" with the creative themes(as described below), looking for teams to make cartoon books, computer-animated movies, film series, TV-teleplay series, through or by application of practice and art in Total Quality Management (TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) to government, non-government and profit organizations. These projects can be done through internet, but with the best results (efficiency, effectiveness, creativity, etc.) through neighborhood/city/county community's study-circles, living out-of-state or out-of-country through national/international exchange programs by government, non-government and profit organizations, churches, schools, universities, etc.. to create a global net work of "Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning Organization for Global Village Community". You are quite welcome to Taiwan to be an English teacher or an expert to teach something important in our life, including "Everyday is Earth Day!" , and to be VIP of “IC3LO project” .
The creative themes are as follows: (A)Think and Act Both Globally and Locally: At Home and In the local neighborhood/city/county/state/nation/world communities ; (B)Think and Act Both Governmentally and Non-Governmentally(including government, non-government and profit organizations);(C)Think and Act Both Academically and Practically;(D)Think and Act Both Systematically and Organizationally;(E)Think and Act Both demurely/earnestly/gravely/no-nonsensely/sedately/seriously/severely and
encouragingly/incentively/Incitingly/invigoratively/stimulantly/stimulatively/amusingly/amusively/arrestingly/deliciously/divertingly/divertively/entertainingly/funly/funnily/interestingly;(F)Others :Think and Act in other creative ways. Because of Ecological System(Air/Land/Water/Lives and Non-Lives), "Butterfly Effect", we must call for world cooperation among government, non-government and profit organizations in doing all of those described above "Think and Act Both ... And ...": Planning, Doing, checking, Action by law enforcement(Cycling of Planning, Doing, Checking, Action is the main theme of TQM). Multi-national corporations are required by ISO14000 Regulations/Rules, but local businesses and
governments are only for purposes of profit-making and economic development at the sacrifice of environments, especially in China, Taiwan, Brazil, and other developing and under-developed countries. In many countries or cultures(e.g. Chinese culture), knowing or saying is one thing, but doing is just another!
National/International Exchange Programs(for Students or The General Public) can be done through the government (e.g. sister cities/counties/states)/non-government/non-profit/school/university/profit
organizations. After the citizens of any school/university/city/county/state, complete petition to the school/university/city/county/state for being a foreign sister school/university/city/county/state of any foreign school/university/city/county/state.
Citizens or government officials can do the International Exchange Programs.
Taiwan was the homeland of Austronesian people back 6000 years ago . She is full of very beautiful natural resources, culture and civilization of East-Meeting-West and of Austronesian people. She will hold “World Games 2009 In Kaohsiung”, my hometown. City of Kaohsiung(World Games2009) (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp) got several sister cities/counties in U. S. and in other countries(http://w4.kcg.gov.tw/~protocol/sister.htm). According to modern modern Neuroscience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience), participating in all kinds of learning & educational activities, sports activities and cultural activities can improve and release human potential. So it’s for everyone's goodness to create a new link to creative learning & educational activities of many interesting things all over the world other than scientific viewpoints or purposes, at least with "Association Techniques”, e. g. starting programs right now in association with the International Year of the Reef 2008 held by Reefcheck Foundation (http://www.reefcheck.org/ ), and World Games2009 held by City Government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp), and other conservation activities held by conservation organizations all over the world.
Many Taiwanese schools/universities/cities/counties got several foreign sister schools/universities/cities/counties and introduce many foreign native language speakers to be language teachers in private and public schools/universities, because every Taiwanese knows that everyone requires proficiency in many foreign languages, and wisdom of and real experience with foreign cultures and civilizations in this huge tide of globalization and global competition, and knowledge-based economy. All of foreigners are well-treated like one's own family members because of several hundred years of Taiwanese hospitality tradition, and can get full development in career and academic potentials. All are all welcome to Taiwan to be teachers to teach something important or experts/professionals to do something important in our life, including "Everyday is Earth Day!" ,and work together to become a global network for everyone's goodness and God's purposes to save the whole world (at least to terminate all of the massacre tragedies happened on high-school and university campuses all over the world)and upgrade quality of life, human culture and civilization, etc..
Please forward this article to friends, relatives and people caring about our Mother Earth all over the world ASAP!!
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Frank Joe Chou
P. S.: E-mail posted on EOL’s feedback/forum
(http://forum.eol.org/viewtopic.php?p=1511#1511).
Dear Madam/Sir:
EOL Subjects and Suggestions In Discussion: Create a New Link to Creative Learning and Education at least With Association Techniques
(A)EOL Project is great. But from viewpoints of the Modern Neuroscience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience) and of the Learning & Educational & Developmental Psychology and of the Entrepreneurial Mindset/Spirit(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneurial_mindset) of Total Quality
Management (TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL)of Modern Management
Science, which emphasize efficiency, effectiveness, creativity, innovation , invention, self-motivated-learning & education, etc.. EOL Project is lack of many interesting things for everyone's goodness all over the world other than scientific viewpoints or purposes.
(B)From viewpoints of Modern Neuroscience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience), participating in all kinds of learning & educational activities, sports activities and cultural activities can improve and release human potential. So it’s for everyone's goodness to create a new link to creative learning & educational activities of many interesting things all over the world other than scientific viewpoints or purposes, at least with "Association Techniques”, e. g. starting programs right now in association with the International Year of the Reef 2008 held by Reefcheck Foundation (http://www.reefcheck.org/ ), and World Games2009 held by City Government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan (http://www.worldgames2009.tw/english/index.asp), and other conservation activities held by conservation organizations all over the world.
We can invite people all over the whole world for EOL to create new romantic imaginative names for everything: lives and non-lives, at least for efficiency, effectiveness, creativity, innovation, invention, self-motivated-learning & education, etc.. For examples Mermaid’s purse has been a common term for the normally empty egg cases of dogfish, skates, sharks and rays. They are among the objects which are washed in by the sea, and can be found at the strandline, which is the furthest point of the highest tide. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Mermaid%E2%80%99s+purse+&fulltext=Search)
(C)Examples of “Association Techniques” with literatures, myths：
(1)Many biologists already know that Acetabularia is called the “mermaid's wineglass”, because it resembles such a cup and raise biologists’ romantic imagination (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabularia). We can invite people all over the whole world to create new romantic imaginative names for everything: lives and non-lives.
(2)Maurice Maeterlinck(1862-1949, a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature in 1911) mentioned many flowers in his essay "The Intelligence of Flowers” (1906), associating flowers with world-wide literatures, myths, etc.., such as, Lilium candidus, Nymphaea lotus, Nymphaea alba, etc.. We can invite people of the whole world to post such existing association with the world-wide literatures, myths, etc. and also to create new association with world-wide new literatures, myths, etc. about everything: lives and non-lives. This is what we can contribute more to http://www.eol.org/ in different ways to awaken people’s interest and motives in self-motivated learning in everything, including EOL, world-wide conservation, etc.. I find that daily life are full of opportunities in learning everything from empathy/sympathy/affectionate love /charity/beneficence to fine arts, performing arts, literatures, liberal arts, mathematical science, natural science, social sciences and management science, all kinds of technology, etc., and all or some of them can be integrated together with creative learning with “Association Techniques”, followed up with Total Quality Management (TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL). The best ways of quality life and quality learning can be got through Total Quality Management(TQM) and Organizational Learning(OL) in the family and in the community. This is the main frame of "IC3LO" project. This can be done at the family level, local community level, national community level and Global Village Community level through internet or national or international exchange programs living in the community planned by non-profit organizations, e.g. EOL Foundation, Rotary Clubs, Lions’ Club, etc.. We can do them right away for the high school students with diploma-requirement of community service, college students, graduate students and general families or tourists. Enhancement and Advancement of human potentials and civilizations require such Integrated Creative Life-Long-Learning in this wave of Globalization, especially all of Taiwanese being eager for it with foreign culture, and this can be a gold-mine or even a diamond-mine for interesting individuals, families, communities, profit or non-profit organizations. Taiwan was the homeland of Austronesian people back 6000 years ago . She is full of very beautiful natural resources, culture and civilization of East-Meeting-West, and of Austronesian people, and holds “World Games 2009 In Kaohsiung City, Taiwan”. We can start such programs right now in association with EOL’s creation of new link to Creative Learning and Education at least With Association Techniques.
Sincerely Yours,
Frank Chou 2008/4/11