college of education＞about＞about us
│College of Education: Past and Present
Facts at a Glance
Overview
The College of Education was founded on June 5, 1955, when Taiwan Provincial College was reconstituted to Taiwan Provincial Normal University, with five founding departments in the fields of Education, Social Education, Physical and Hygiene Education, Home Economics Education, and Industrial Education. Currently, there is a total of seven departments, one professional college, three graduate institutes, one in-service master degree program, and one bachelor degree program in the College of Education (including the Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Administration and the Graduate Institute of Curriculum and Instruction), the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, the Department of Adult & Continuing Education, the Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, the Department of Civic Education and Leadership, the Department of Special Education (including the Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling), the School of Learning Informatics (including the Program of Learning Sciences, the Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, and the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies), the In-service Master program of Creativity Development, and the Inter-Disciplinary Undergraduate Program. Also, there are 3 Research Centers at the university level, 2 at the college level, and 7 at the department level.
As one of the oldest educational institutions in Taiwan, the College of Education at NTNU is peerless in the size of its departments, the quality of its teaching faculty, and the performance of its students. As of today, the College of Education has nurtured innumerable talents. Our alumni have made outstanding achievements in many fields: as commissioners and key personnel in governmental and public administrative institutions; as university leaders or first-rate researchers in education-related fields; as educators in secondary schools in Taiwan; and in civilian careers in cultural industries. Our alumni have contributed their best to improve education in Taiwan. Furthermore, the College has been devoted to scholarly research for a long time. Among the five TSSCI journals the College has been running, four are proudly included in the Scopus database with honorable academic prestige at home and worldwide. According to the 2023 US News and World Report on world university rankings, NTNU was ranked 9th in the field of education discipline in the world, not only ranked first in Taiwan but also leaping to the top of Asia’s normal universities.
The College’s primary missions include, but are not limited to, disseminating visionary educational reform concepts and administrative knowledge, advocating civic and character education, promoting health, family, and early childhood development education, developing e-learning environments and distance learning platforms and integrating lifelong learning content and special education literacy. Equally important, the College simultaneously promotes the multi-elemental development of interdisciplinary learning among students. The College continues to lead in the field of education, actively influencing national educational policy and nurturing educational administrators, academic research talents, and secondary school teachers to serve as role models.
│Vision
In the face of the challenges of ever-changing technology and the economy in the 21st century, we are witnessing constant transformations in the educational systems and learning methods. There is an urgent need for in-service educators to redefine the role and function of education in the new era. Therefore, it is the College of Education’s mission to develop forward-looking educational research, cultivate high-quality educators as well as researchers, and improve the quality of education in Taiwan. We are devoted to achieving the following visions:
A. Add Values to Students’ Learning Effectiveness and Sharpen Their Leadership Skills
To prepare our students for the roles of active members of civil society and competitive candidates for the job market, we expect our students to have integrity, a sense of responsibility, teamwork skills, and a willingness to help others improve, in addition to the development of professional knowledge. In the future, our integrated curriculum will provide students with more opportunities for practical work and teamwork, sharpen their leadership skills, and strengthen work ethics for employment and lifelong learning.
B. Translational results enhancing social participation and impact
Educational research must benefit society to manifest its service function. In this vein, the College of Education leads the scholarship on seminal educational issues and policies, provides solutions, and elevates our influence on and service to society. In addition, we encourage students to be aware of social agendas, develop their critical thinking and analytical skills, and learn to solve complex problems.
C. Upgrading the Teaching Model to Cope with Technological Changes
The creation and flow of knowledge are no longer exclusively managed by a few groups of people or institutions as the learning platform/media has become more innovative. Through inter-departmental dialogue platforms, the College will establish a learning community, improve the faculty’s instructional and assessment methods, and work with the Center of Teaching and Learning Development to establish teaching assistant training for graduate students to create a supportive learning environment and enhance learning effectiveness.
D. Breaking Academic Boundaries and Barriers, and Promoting Mobility and Competitiveness
As social issues become increasingly sophisticated, an interdisciplinary and international approach will be useful in providing multicultural perspectives and methods to solve complex social problems that help to widen the horizon. The College will continue to develop more interdepartmental programs and joint courses to promote interdisciplinary cooperation that offers more exchange opportunities to teachers and students. By collaborating with world-renowned educational institutions, we hope to enhance our students’ mobility and global competitiveness.
│2020-2025 College Level Development Goals
1)The Pioneer of Global Educational Research
Strategy 1：Deepen the international leadership in furthering research in the field of education.
Action Plan 1－Establish bilateral academic collaboration with world-renowned universities by publishing co-authored papers and increasing citations of the papers.
Action Plan 2－Assist the College’s various academic journals in applying for inclusion to the TSSCI or SCOPUS list.
Strategy 2：Enhance the international academic prestige of the College
Action Plan 3－Establish the Taiwan Education Alliance and the Asia-Pacific Association for Teacher Education and set up cross-border cooperation with internationally-renowned universities.
Action Plan 4－Develop an International Academic Alliance, host international academic activities, or serve as the organization’s executive and supervisory leader and so forth.
2)The Promoter of forward-looking education practice in Taiwan
Strategy 1：Propose policy recommendations on local education issues
Action Plan 1－Encourage faculty members to seek domestic and international education policy planning or services to expand their influence.
Action Plan 2－Strengthen the integration of teaching and research to promote evidence-based research on teaching practices.
Strategy 2：Care for society and fulfill the University's Social Responsibility
Action Plan 3－Care for the education of underprivileged groups, and improve educational justice.
Action Plan 4 － Participate in social and environmental innovation programs of action to fulfill social responsibilities.
3)The Educator of cross-domain international talents
Strategy 1：Cultivate forward-looking talents of cross-domain compatibility
Action Plan 1－Promote and deepen the Transdisciplinary Program in College of Education to help students explore for more capacities.
Action Plan 2 – Increase the completion rate of cross-domain courses program year on year so that every student can have cross-domain learning experiences.
Action Plan 3 – Promote e-learning courses to meet the needs of a personalized learning pace and enhance the quality of professional learning.
4)The Connecter of Industry and Alumni Network
Strategy 1：Knowledge-Action integration to enhance students' competitiveness in employment.
Action Plan 1 – Establish industry, domestic and international internship mechanisms and courses to build the best quality entrepreneurial environment and achieve the goal of finding employment upon graduation.
Action Plan 2 – Industry-academia cooperation to establish a multi-functional future classroom for interactive discussions and real-time video, providing a good learning environment for students to enhance their learning effectiveness.
Strategy 2：Deepening alumni’s network and giving back for the development of the Alma Mater
Action Plan 3–Establish the Alumni and Public Affairs Committee, strengthen the network of alumni at home and abroad, enhance their centripetal force towards their Alma Mater
Action Plan 4–Set up an alumni fundraising platform to plan for the Alumni Commemorative Classroom and the Corridor of Educational Fame, to solicit resources to assist the development of the University through the alumni network.