Conference:
ECER 2008
Format:
Paper
Session Information
PRE_G3, Preconference; Paper Session G3
Paper Session
Time:
2008-09-09
10:00-11:30
Room:
C E38
Chair:
Solveig Hagglund
Contribution
In the previous decade, Taiwan rapidly expanded its higher education institutions, but the educational resources were not sufficient for growth; therefore, the quality issue was raised and questioned. We are influenced by the knowledge based economy, facing competitive global pressure, and human quality is the key element for survival. Therefore, Taiwan is faced with the challenge of raising the caliber of its higher education.
Through the democratization process and decentralization of management, as well as the trends of mercerization and globalization, Taiwan is attempting to elevate its higher education to global standards. In this paper, we will consider the historical context of Taiwan’s higher education and discuss issues of quality and how to confront these forthcoming challenges.
The Ministry of Education proposed educational strategies and action programs for 2005–2009. According to the policy implementation plan, the Ministry of Education examined the effectiveness and resource allocation in 2005–2008; in order to illustrate the results of the programs, they list all the related projects, budget, and contents of the implementation for the public.
Following a period of reform in the 1990s, at the end of 2004, the Ministry of Education announced a new policy framework aimed at handling future challenges. The framework is based on four major points: citizenship, cultural diversity, global vision, and social concerns. Other concerns include the need for lifelong learning and digital technology to ensure Taiwan’s competitiveness on the world stage, the relationship between the population structure and education spending, and the role of the government in the emerging deregulation of education.
We will focus on the issues of developing a global vision, which is a concern about the improvement of higher education. First, we will discuss the environmental impact of education and outline the national and international dimensions of each, for example, international surroundings, which include the knowledge economy requirement, lifelong learning, digital learning, and globalization trend; and national surroundings, including population structure changes, the quality of students, and modification of the education. Second, we will analyze the effectiveness of the excellent higher education projects and resource allocation. Third, we will consider the accountability purposes and indicators of the excellent higher education projects, including promoting excellence in higher education, internationalization and the cooperation between universities and businesses, strategies that include internationalizing institutions of higher education, establishing teaching resource centers, higher education evaluation centers, etc. Forth, we will explore diversity projects and the budget for the implementation of excellent higher education projects. Finally, we will reflect and propose a vision for the future of higher education in Taiwan.
Method
offical documents, papers from the department of education.
Expected Outcomes
reflections about the future of Taiwan higher education development.
References
Department of Education(2008). Education policy. Taipei: the author.
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