科普活動：2013年高中與國中小地理競賽

Geography as a subject in various school levels has unique status to enable students with the fundamental knowledge and skills for their future career. Despite of continuous education reformation in Taiwan, paper-and-pen test with the question type of the multiple choices is still dominant in the school. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a platform of multiple assessments. It is under such circumstances, two national geography competitions have been organized for various age group students and have received very positive feedback from school teachers and parents. The 13th Taiwan Geography Olympiad (2013 tGeo), for students of age 16-19, include a project-based and an individual-based competition. The 9th Taiwan National Geographic Championship (2013 TNGC), for students under age 16, consists of three-stage tests, which focus on open-ended questions and hands-on activities. In terms of international interaction, these two national competitions will stimulate the practice of the fieldwork, issue discussion and scientific education, i.e., higher level abilities, into geography teaching, and in turn to help students to catch up the international level of geographical literacy.