For the purpose of improving students’ ability to deal with real life issues, Fen Chia University has adopted a “problem-based learning” orientation, hoping that “Standard 7: integrated learning experiences” will enhance students’ social and humanistic solicitude. To demonstrate the efforts, this paper will introduce a series of courses which are conducted in association with Taiwan Fund for Children and Family (a NPO) and aim at solving the issues regarding underprivileged families on an offshore island – Peng Hu. In these courses, students from different backgrounds would work in teams to make contributions to solutions; an interdisciplinary group of teachers would adopt “teaching and learning based on active experiential learning methods” under CDIO concept, helping students gradually build up their “ability to act and solve problems” and acquire the basic knowledge of “service ethics.” Conjointly, the full participation of mentors and a thorough field investigation would ensure feasible projects that can solve the issues of underprivileged families in Peng Hu.
