2016年社会科学与环境科学国际会议

Keynote Speakers

Prof.Hee-Je Kim, Pusan National University, Korea

Speech Title: Recent green energy researches of Super-capacitor/MAFC(Metal Air Fuel Cell) hybrid eco-friendly power supply for various applications

Abstract: Around the world, many governments have strived to increase the share of renewable green energy in their power productions. The main interest has mainly been energy security, increasing prices of carbon based energy sources and minimizing global warming. Concerning the second, global shipping is a major contributor to GHG (global greenhouse gas) emissions, bring responsible for approximately 3% of global CO2 emissions.

The IMO (international maritime organization) is now working to start GHG regulations for global shipping, and is under pressure, e.g. from EU and UNFCCC (United Nations framework convention on climate change), to apply regulations that will have a substantial impact on emissions.

In addition, we introduce the second application of stand-alone PV system. The solar power generation and ESS will be very important in the isolated island and distant place without electrical power supply. So we demonstrate a cold storehouse for fresh fruits with a proto-type stand-alone PV system with ESS as the next generation solar power application.

Furthermore, we have been developed the eco-friendly power supply for various applications based on our own developing super-capacitor/Metal air fuel cells.

Prof.Shun-Wing NG, Hong Kong Institute of Education, HK, China

Speech Title: The micro-politics of parent involvement in children's education: Ethnocentrism, pragmatism or policy rhetoric?

Abstract: Parent involvement in children's education has become one of the key focuses in current education reform movement in the Asian region. Its impact on school effectiveness has been recognized by many teaching professionals and policy makers. Particularly, in Hong Kong, specific guidelines and policies for including parents at various levels of school education. This presentation reports on an ethnographic case study employing interpretive approach that explores the micro-politics of parent involvement in school education. By analyzing the interviews with parents, teachers and principals together with the field-notes of participant and non-participant observations in two primary schools, three propositions of power relations between parents and teaching professionals in two case study schools emerge. The finding indicates that in the process of encouraging parents' participation in school education, teaching professionals demonstrated ethnocentric attitudes towards parents; the notion of "parents-as-resources" was for utilitarian purposes; and the conception of "parents-as-governors" was of policy rhetoric in the reform movement. It informs us that "parents-as-governors" is an ideal for excellence in education but it emerges complicated micro-politics among stakeholders. It is suggested that educational professionals need to achieve a greater understanding of the barriers to parent involvement in order to develop a more effective policy or practice for including parents in children's education.

Prof.Jon-Chao Hong, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Speech Title: Embedded green technology in hands-on creation related to STEAM contest

Abstract: In recent years, the idea of learning from hands-on creation contests has become popular in schools. GreenMech contest was established in 2006, and it is open to elementary, junior high and high school students. The contest challenges students to apply scientiﬁc knowledge and green technology to realize scientific imagination. In order to win GreenMech, the participants design a contraption with different stages that involve chain reactions to smoothly trigger the next stage. To prevent interference from parents or teachers, the contest requires the teams to bring unassembled GreenMech components. The participants must assemble their contraption in the morning and evaluation takes place in the afternoon. In this sense, the learning outcome is fully executed by the participants and this can build their self-confidence. GreenMech incorporates President Obama’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), as well as “Art” in the assessment criteria. The participants use GreenMech components and building blocks as tools to display STEM application, green technology application, engineering reliability and scientific thinking.

Furthermore, to gain an in-depth understanding of the process of creative problem solving in GreenMech, we applied an Ancient Chinese philosophy, “BaGua”, as a method to construct a model that could enhance problem-solving effectiveness across different domains. The “BaGua” model in the creative problem solving process involves ﬁve stages: sensitivity to problem occurrence, mental activation, idea generation, idea transformation, and idea consensus. The results of this study showed that the ﬁve stages were directionally and sequentially correlated. The results of this study showed that the “BaGua” model for creative problem solving was applicable to individuals involved in a high-pressure STEAM contest.