Abstract
This paper characterizes the development of general education (GE) in Taiwan in terms of the interaction of the following three factors: internal structure of GE, universities and Ministry of Education. The development comes into five phrases: 1995 Amendment to the Higher Education Law in accord with the academic autonomy principle; problem identification phrase, 1995-2002; planning, exploration and stage setting phrase, 2003-2006; GE centered university reforming phrase, 2007-2010; post General Education Grand Project phrase, 2011-2014. It shows that a germane understanding of the significance of the GE development in Taiwan should locate the development in the following contexts: the trend of interdisciplinary education, GE oriented trend of universities and collegesre-identification, the turn from the knowledge centered to the learning centered pedagogy in higher education, the turn from the teaching of theoretical knowledge to the cultivation of core competence, the re-identification of teaching achievement as a significant academic achievement, and the development of social engagement oriented learning.
Translated title of the contribution | A Belief History of Taiwan General Education |
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Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
Pages (from-to) | 191-253 |
Number of pages | 63 |
Journal | 長庚人文社會學報 = Chang Gung Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 Oct |