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*To establish distinct goals and directions and to enhance organizational functions for all member institutes: All departments and graduate institutes at the College are to set up definite goals and directions for future development, to adapt their curricular structures to the social challenges, and to expand their educational programs to develop human powers and interaction with other communities. As a result, continuing adaptation and development for the University can be achieved. |
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*To upgrade quality of human resources and to make effective use of facilities: All departments and graduate institutes are to set up new recruiting system, on a basis of their developmental directions, to employ professionals with multidisciplinary competences, who are applicable to different departments and graduate institutes, so as to promote instruction and extension programs. All faculty members are strongly encouraged to be engaged in their professional growth by pursuit of a higher teaching position, so that they can make contributions to the promotion of effectiveness in instruction and administration. |
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*To stimulate academic researches and to raise academic prestige: All faculty members are encouraged to develop their research projects so as to raise academic accountability. Focus is also placed upon current issues in relation to curricular reform at primary and secondary level and international exchange programs. The University can be thus known as an educational research center and achieve higher academic prestige. |
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*To improve teaching environment and to initiate a new instructional system. New instructional technology, including softwares and hardwares,is to be applied; compact multi-media classrooms and teaching laboratories are to be founded; new teaching methods and evaluation measurements are to be initiated so as to help successfully carry out effective teaching. |
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　　As a Normal University, it plays important dual roles in a period of transition toward a new system of teacher's education. The University has to maintain its traditional heritages and to initiate a new future, as well. In order to meet the increasing demands of globalization and keen competition, it is important that the university incorporate readjustment of its developmental directions and steps with rapid changes in educational reform in the society. |
　　As a Normal University, it plays important dual roles in a period of transition toward a new system of teacher's education. The University has to maintain its traditional heritages and to initiate a new future, as well. In order to meet the increasing demands of globalization and keen competition, it is important that the university incorporate readjustment of its developmental directions and steps with rapid changes in educational reform in the society. |
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Revision as of 06:14, 29 March 2005
History
The College was established while the University, formerly a teachers' college, was redesignated as National Kaohsiung Normal University on August 1, 1989. Dr. Mi-Tao Chen is currently the fourth dean, whose predecessors were Dr. Kuang-Fu Chang, the first dean(1989-1995), Dr. Pei-Chuen Chai, the second dean(1995-2001), and Dr. Shen-Chuan Lin, the third dean(2001-2004).
All the deans have made their dedications and efforts to expand the College by setting up new departments and graduate institutes. In addition, they have actively engaged themselves in working out new research directions and developmental characteristics for member institutes at the College so as to cope with challenges emerging from an ever changing society. Currently, the college places emphases upon the following for the member institutes: to draw up long-term projects for future development, to set up new directions for reorganization and readjustment, to regulate subsidiary guidelines for academic activities, and to encourage faculty members to do research works. The College has been devoted to helping transform the University, noted before as an normal one, to a comprehensive university by promoting research studies and cultivating manpowers needed by the society in addition to educating competent teachers.
College Profile
There are 3 departments and 7 graduate institutes at the College in the 2004-2005 academic year.
- Department of Education
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of Special Education
- Graduate Institute of Adult Education
- Graduate Institute of Communication Disorders
- Graduate Institute of Guidance and Counseling
- Graduate Institute of Gender Education
- Graduate Institute of Human Resources and Knowledge Management
- Graduate Institute of Information Computer and Education
- Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling
Vision
- To establish distinct goals and directions and to enhance organizational functions for all member institutes: All departments and graduate institutes at the College are to set up definite goals and directions for future development, to adapt their curricular structures to the social challenges, and to expand their educational programs to develop human powers and interaction with other communities. As a result, continuing adaptation and development for the University can be achieved.
- To upgrade quality of human resources and to make effective use of facilities: All departments and graduate institutes are to set up new recruiting system, on a basis of their developmental directions, to employ professionals with multidisciplinary competences, who are applicable to different departments and graduate institutes, so as to promote instruction and extension programs. All faculty members are strongly encouraged to be engaged in their professional growth by pursuit of a higher teaching position, so that they can make contributions to the promotion of effectiveness in instruction and administration.
- To stimulate academic researches and to raise academic prestige: All faculty members are encouraged to develop their research projects so as to raise academic accountability. Focus is also placed upon current issues in relation to curricular reform at primary and secondary level and international exchange programs. The University can be thus known as an educational research center and achieve higher academic prestige.
- To improve teaching environment and to initiate a new instructional system. New instructional technology, including softwares and hardwares,is to be applied; compact multi-media classrooms and teaching laboratories are to be founded; new teaching methods and evaluation measurements are to be initiated so as to help successfully carry out effective teaching.
As a Normal University, it plays important dual roles in a period of transition toward a new system of teacher's education. The University has to maintain its traditional heritages and to initiate a new future, as well. In order to meet the increasing demands of globalization and keen competition, it is important that the university incorporate readjustment of its developmental directions and steps with rapid changes in educational reform in the society.