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Empowering Diversity:
The joint seminar “Empowering Diversity” hosted by the Department of Early Childhood Education at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), was jointly initiated by Dr. Yung-Ting Tsou (Early Childhood Education, NTHU) and Prof. Carolien Rieffe (Developmental Psychology, Leiden University; University of Twente, Netherlands). Bringing together scholars and professionals from Taiwan and the Netherlands, this seminar engages perspectives from education, psychology, technology, and culture to collectively reflect on a central question: How should we understand diversity, support diversity, and truly empower diversity?
From schools, workplaces, to museums; from educational practice and cultural work to technology and spatial design; and from academic researchers and cultural professionals to practitioners from diverse communities. This seminar seeks to create dialogue across multiple perspectives and areas of expertise. It highlights that diversity is a societal issue that requires responses across levels and contexts. Through international and cross-sector exchange, this seminar aims to spark innovative ideas, foster concrete collaborations and actions, and in the meantime, put into practice the long-standing commitment of NTHU and the Department of Early Childhood Education to promoting diversity and inclusion as part of their social responsibility.
🟣Pre-Seminar Event: Forum on Rethinking Welcoming Learning Environment
Date/Time: 20 March 2026, 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: Room B109, College of Education Building Floor B1, National Tsing Hua University Main Campus
🟠Taiwan-Netherlands Joint Seminar
Date/Time: 21 March 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Venue: Pien-Chien Lecture Hall (Room 117), College of Life Science Building II Floor 1, National Tsing Hua University Main Campus
March 20 - Pre-Seminar Event: Forum on Rethinking Welcoming Learning Environments
March 20 - Pre-Seminar Event: Forum on Rethinking Welcoming Learning Environments
Dialogue in Action: Rethinking Welcoming Learning Environments Together
Empowerment is not about offering help; it is about ensuring that students with diverse needs have choices, a voice, access to resources, and the ability to participate with dignity and respect. Inclusion is not an act of goodwill, but a form of design that can be meaningfully implemented in practice.
What challenges emerge when building welcoming learning environments that truly empower diversity? What do we still need?
This panel discussion adopts a Fishbowl format, bringing together students, frontline teachers, and experts in research and policy in a shared space for dialogue. Through exchanging experiences, mapping current conditions, and focusing on critical issues, participants will collectively reflect on the next steps toward building genuinely welcoming learning environments.
March 21 - Taiwan-Netherlands Joint Seminar: Speakers & Topics
Directions to the Venue
2026-03-20 Pre-Seminar Event
Room B109, Floor B1, College of Education Building, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2026-03-21 Seminar
Room 117, Floor 1, College of Life Science Building II, National Tsing Hua University, No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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