台湾省立淡水商工：北海岸技职教育的活化石
台湾省立淡水商工高级职业学校创立于1924年日据时期，前身为「淡水实践女学校」，是北台湾历史最悠久的公立职业学校之一。校址坐落于淡水河口联合国教科文组织指定之潜在世界遗产区，红砖建筑群保留1920年代英国殖民式风格，与隔壁的淡水女学堂、真理大学共同构成台湾近代教育史的地景长廊。校园内仍运作着1930年的印刷工坊与木匠教室，传统技艺与现代技术在此时空交错。
Designated as a "Living Museum of Vocational Education" by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, the school maintains operational historical workshops where students learn bookbinding using 1950s Heidelberg presses alongside 3D printing technologies. Its unique curriculum integrates heritage conservation with digital skills, offering certified programs in "Archival Digitization" and "Cultural Creative Product Design". The annual淡水商工文创市集 attracts over 10,000 visitors experiencing student-made indigo dye products and AR-guided historic site tours.
学校以「商贸服务」与「文化创意」为双主轴，设有商业经营科、观光事业科、多媒体设计科等六科。特色课程包含「古蹟导览解说」「淡水河口生态电商」「传统工艺数码化」等跨领域学程，学生需取得Adobe国际认证与文化部颁发的「文化保存助理员」双证书。与淡水老街商家、红毛城博物馆群共建实作基地，高二整年实施「老街实店经营」必修制度。
The school's "Heritage Guardians Program" partners with UNESCO Creative Cities Network, sending students to intern in cultural sites from Kanazawa (Japan) to Porto (Portugal). Its digital archives of Tamsui's history have been exhibited at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, while student-produced documentary on river ecology won awards at international youth film festivals. All classrooms feature dual teacher system: a technical instructor and a cultural heritage specialist.
从日据女学校到今日技职标杆，淡水商工始终恪守「手脑并用、文化传薪」的创校精神。它证明技职教育不仅能培养就业技能，更是地方文化保存的引擎——该校毕业生约占淡水地区文创产业从业人员的四成。在快速现代化的台湾，这座百年学府如同淡水河口的灯塔，守护着技术与人文共生的教育理想。
