Peoponews in Taoyuan: New Yangping Community College Teacher Pan Chung-cheng

Even though classes don’t start until 7 o’clock, however Yanping Community College teacher Pan Chung-cheng, who is nicknamed Dk-river, always promptly arrives at 6:30 sharp. He begins the class by first instructing students how to operate the computer editing software, and solves any troublesome issues. The class then begins discussing the day’s material, which has been emailed to the students the previous week. Pan Chung-cheng’s Citizen Journalism class, which is comprised of students from all walks of life who happily share their diverse life experience, is continually full of animated discussions and the hearty sound of laughter. Teacher Pan’s direction and facilitation skills inject energy into topical issues, helping generate more debate.

 
‘I don’t mind if it’s other people’s kids, as long as it’s not mine!’ – With most of the students having kids of their own, teacher Pan decided to ask the class their thoughts on the topic of homosexuality, with the question, “Would you approve of your child being homosexual?”, which aroused lots of serious discussion. Teacher Pan then wrote down another question: “Is it appropriate to decide the gender issue by voting?” – this really got the students thinking! Teacher Pan believes that this kind of stimulation is the starting point for us to really look deeply at the world, and helps to assist citizen journalism students deepen their awareness and scope of vision regarding society – the classroom style is built on the principle of, ‘lots of  discussions, no conclusions’.

Before Pan Chung-cheng began teaching at Yanping Community College he spent a period of time covering many important environmental issues as a citizen journalist, known as Dk-river. On one occasion after a citizen journalist meeting, Teacher Pan received a letter from college director, Chun Jung-chu, inviting him to give a speech at the college, beginning his career as a community college lecturer.

Teacher Pan humbly remarked, “I was terrified at the beginning”, stressing that he still needed a lot of more training and development in the field. He hopes that through access to a wide range of related teaching and reference materials, students can gain substantial media knowledge as well as an understanding of common sense principles of citizen journalism. In this flourishing garden of citizen journalism, Pan Chung-cheng is an assiduous gardener.

Peoponews in Taoyuan: New Yangping Community College Teacher Pan Chung-cheng

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公民新聞in桃園：新楊平社大講師潘忠政

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晚上七點鐘才開始的課程，新楊平社大講師潘忠政(暱稱大堀溪小兵)總是六點半就會準 時到達，先指導在場的學員使用電腦剪接軟體，解決一些疑難雜症，然後跟學員開始討論已經事先寄給大家的當周上課大綱，潘忠政的公民新聞課堂中總是充滿討論 聲與笑聲，來自四面八方的學員不吝分享自己的生活經驗，再經由老師的追問，讓公共議題獲得更充分的討論。
 
「別人的小孩沒關係，就是不能是 我的孩子！」這一堂課討論的是同性戀議題，因為學員大部份都有小孩，潘老師大膽直問，「你贊成你的孩子是同性戀嗎」，引發了一連串的討論。潘老師在白板上 寫著「性別議題可以適用多數決嗎」，讓學員也低頭深思。思想的激盪就是對世界摸索的起點，如此的引導讓公民新聞的觸角更深更廣，也是潘老師希望的上課方 式：「多作討論、不作結論」。
 
其實，潘忠政老師一開始是以「大堀溪小兵」的身分成為公民記者，報導許多環境生態的重要議題。在經營公民新聞一段時日之後，一次聚會後受新楊平社大唐春榮主任之邀，到課堂上演講，才開啟了成為社大公民新聞講師的因緣。
 
「我其實一開始很惶恐，」潘老師謙虛地說，還需要不斷的充實與磨練，也希望能有相關的教材範本，提供給他作為參考，讓學員學到更多元更充實的媒體知識與公民素養常識，在推廣公民新聞這塊園地裡，潘老師真是一位勤奮努力的園丁！