Life Education Survey
Have Taiwan's Students 'Lost Their Direction'?
What does the new generation of Taiwanese expect out of life, and what difficulties do they encounter? Lacking role models to inspire them, the island's young urgently need to find their way in the world.
Education Innovator
How 800,000 Students Have Learned to Share
The Bliss and Wisdom Educational Foundation has taken the pressure off teachers for the past 12 years by feeding them innovative life education strategies.
Service Learning
Students Reap Far More than They Sow
Beginning with required public service courses, a new wave of service-oriented learning is rising on Taiwan's college campuses, waking youngsters to the notion that this world is worth changing after all.
Song Shan High School
More to Life than Getting to the Top
At Taipei Municipal Song Shan Senior High School, weekly class meetings and school celebrations are different. Instead of empty rituals, students contemplate the meaning of life.
Life Education
Teachers Need to Learn about Life Too
Starting next year, life education will be a required subject at Taiwan's 330 senior high schools. In preparation for the new subject, a fresh crop of teachers has been taking courses themselves. Often, it has proven to be a life-altering experience.
The Most Important Lesson for Physicians:
When Should Patients Be Allowed to Die?
Now that technology can prolong life beyond its natural limits, the biggest question physicians face is not how to keep terminally ill patients alive, but how to help them die a dignified death.
Life Education:
A Competition that Has No Losers
More students are losing their way than ever in Taiwan's test-driven education environment. How can the system be changed to help each one of them win at life?