An unlikely pioneer of Taiwan's public Waldorf education.
Chaocuo Elementary began as a branch of Longyan Elementary School, becoming independent in 1975. In 2011, it made a bold transformation, becoming Taiwan's first publicly-run, publicly-funded experimental Waldorf school. The school uses no standard textbooks and divides its school year into four seasonal terms marked by festivals — an alternative pedagogy unusual to find in rural Yunlin, let alone in a small farming township like Baozhong.
潮厝國小前身為龍巖國小的分校，1975年（民國64年）獨立設校。2011年，學校做出大膽轉型，成為台灣第一所公立公辦實驗華德福小學。學校不使用制式教科書，並依循四季節氣將學年劃分為四個學期，各有相應節慶活動——這種另類教育模式，在雲林農村、乃至褒忠這樣的小型農業鄉鎮中相當罕見。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌱 Taiwan's First Public Waldorf School
全台首創公立華德福
In 2011, Chaocuo became Taiwan's first publicly-run, publicly-funded experimental Waldorf school — a milestone in the island's alternative education movement.
📖 No Standard Textbooks
不用制式教科書
The school forgoes conventional textbooks in favor of Waldorf pedagogy, emphasizing hands-on, seasonally structured, and arts-integrated learning.
🍂 A School Year Shaped by the Seasons
四季節氣的學年制
Rather than a standard semester system, the school divides its year into four seasonal terms, each marked by its own festivals and rhythms.
🛕 Named for a Local Temple
得名自潮陽宮
The school takes its name from the local Chaoyang Temple, which historically supported the school — a tie between its innovative present and traditional roots.
Baozhong, home of Yunlin's pickled mustard greens.
Named for the local Chaoyang Temple that historically supported the school, Chaocuo Waldorf sits in Baozhong's rice- and garlic-farming countryside while offering an alternative pedagogy unusual for rural Yunlin. Baozhong Township is also widely known across Taiwan for suan cai (pickled mustard greens). See the Yunlin county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 96, Chaocuo Village, Baozhong Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan
雲林縣褒忠鄉潮厝村96號
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