A Study on the future development of Taiwan’s educational policy of normal colleges in a foresighted view

• Main Authors: Yung-Chu Shieh, 謝詠筑
• Other Authors: Juin-Cherng Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05743968832875007308

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 教育政策與管理研究所 === 97 === The purpose of this study is to investigate how the normal colleges in Taiwan confront the challenges of social transformation and demographic changes under the globalization and draw up the educational policy in a foresighted view for the future to foster their advantages for the competition and struggle to survive permanently. The research methods adopted are questionnaire surveys and interviews with experts .The questionnaire titled “on the future development of Taiwan’s educational policy of normal colleges in a foresighted view.” is designed by the author as the research tool. The objects of this survey are mainly experts, personnel of educational administration, administrative personnel of schools and personnel in the industry. According to the replies of the questionnaire, on one hand the research executing the statistic analysis of frequency, the comparative analysis based on the radar diagram of accumulation, and the analysis of regression. On the other hand, the author also interviewed the experts and the scholars in the relevant area to make the investigation more precise and profound. Combining the results of the questionnaire survey and the contents of the interviews，the findings of this research are as follows. 1）In terms of short-term trend，the government should encourage the colleges to develop their own characteristics and to maintain the managing performance and the quality by means of regular evaluation so that the colleges can obtain the greatest benefits. In addition, the courses must combine industry's practices and encourage students to obtain specialized certificates in order to strengthen student's ability of employment. 2）In terms of middle-term trend，the government should lift the limit allowing the students from mainland China to study in Taiwan and the foreign universities to set up independent branches to urge the local general universities to improve the quality due to the market-based competition. Moreover, the government should set up funds to help distinguish the colleges in the educational market and conduct the regional alliance or integration in plural ways for the schools to have the most appropriate scale in operation. 3）In terms of long-term trend，the normal colleges should adopt the legal person management and create an innovative method combining the plural development of life-long education in order to pursue the permanent operation. On the base of the conclusions this research draws, the purpose is to provide the normal colleges and educational administrations with some suggestions and also for the researchers who want to investigate this subject in a foresighted view as well.