1st Edition

Teacher Education in Taiwan State control vs marketization

Edited By Shen-Keng Yang, Jia-Li Huang Copyright 2016
200 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Since the Teacher Education Act was in place in 1994, student teachers were educated through diverse educational institutions instead of the traditional normal schools (Taiwan’s equivalent of teachers’ colleges). But such market-based teacher education has been altered by politics, society and culture in the direction of government-controlled teacher education, particularly in the quality... Read more

Introduction: The Formation of Two Approaches to Teacher Education/ Chun-Ping Wang  I. Historical Background Chapter 1 Development of Teacher Education Policies in Taiwan during the Dutch and Spanish Occupation, the Zheng and Qing Period, and the Japanese Colonial Period /Chung-Ming Liang Chapter 2 Teacher Education Policy and the Policy Direction in Taiwan / Yung-Ming Shu Chapter 3 Ideologies and Theories Influencing the Development of Teacher Education in Taiwan / Shen-Keng Yang Chapter 4 The Ideology, Implications, and Application of Teacher Profession Standards / Jia-Li Huang  II. Developing Teacher Education Chapter 5 The Development of Pre-service Teacher Education Courses / Yu-Fei Liu Chapter 6 The Education Practicum from the Development of Teacher Education in Taiwan /Wei-Ling Tang Chapter 7 Teacher Professional Development in Taiwan / Bo-Ruey Huang  III. Improving Teachers’ Professional Performance Chapter 8 Development of Teacher Education Institutions in Taiwan / Chou-Sung Yang Chapter 9 The Evaluation for Professional Development of School Teachers /Feng-Jihu Lee Chapter 10 The Teacher Education Strategic Alliances in Taiwan / Sheng-Yao Cheng Chapter 11 The Evaluation Teacher Education for Quality Assurance in Taiwan / Jia-Li Huang  Chapter 12 Conclusion: State Control vs. Market Mechanism --Taiwan’s Experience with Teacher Education / Jia-Li Huang

 

Biography

Shen-Keng Yang is a National Chair Professor of R.O.C. and a Professor at the National Taiwan Normal University 

Jia-Li Huang is a Professor, Office of Teacher Education and Careers Service at the National Taiwan Normal University and Deputy Secretary-General, Teacher Education Society of R.O.C.