A Research on Diversified Applications of Technological Education in the Development of Rural District Community Development Associations

Due to the rapid innovative applications of technological education as a result of the swift development and popularity of telecommunication and wireless technologies, ever-more diversified methods of technological education play a critical role in various education and lecturing activities, without time and distance restrictions. Currently, in order to bridge the urban–rural development gap, the Taiwanese Government has introduced a lot of policies to encourage teenagers to return their hometowns; however, these policies have not achieved their goals, as the most of Taiwanese community development associations faced scarcities of professional knowledge without any educational support during the development of their various schemes, such as economic development, environmental protection, cultural heritage, public services, etc. As a result, local development depends on entire community development associations, especially in the most mountain regions of Taiwan. Moreover, community development associations have a lot of social responsibilities, such as age-related caring activities, driving local economies and industrial development, environmental protection and education, maintaining and developing traditional cultures and arts, etc. Due to the digital characteristics of technological education, most Taiwanese rural community development associations are able to obtain professional information and data about courses without space and time restrictions. Thus, after strengthening and satisfying professionals’ demands, local economies will achieve growth and, therefore, younger persons would be encouraged to stay their original area, thus stimulating the development of rural community development associations. Eventually, the positive development cycle is predicted to increased and, as a result, the urban–rural disparities will be directly diminished by the diversified application of technological education in Taiwan.