Taiwan's "White Paper on Teacher Education": Vision and Strategies

Shih, Yi-Huang; Chen, Shen-Fei; Ye, Yan-Hong

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“…It is an important cornerstone of national competition. Education seeks to cultivate moral individuals who live lives of value and meaning and who have spiritual values (Shih, 2020a; Shih et al, 2020). Each child has a human right to a spiritual voice (because he/she matters), so the whole child (and person) and spiritual practices are important (Lee, 2021).…”

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“…Teaching using picture books stimulates compassion in young children for other people. When young children try to understand the feelings of the characters in a picture book, they develop empathy, and when an unfortunate encounter occurs in the story, the character’s suffering can foster sympathy and caring in a young audience (Shih, 2020a; Shih et al, 2020). Cultivating compassion is the purpose of moral education for young children, and preschool teachers can teach moral values using picture books.…”

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Moral education in Taiwanese preschools: Importance, concepts and methods

Shih

2021

Policy Futures in Education

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Early childhood is a period of rapid development and growth, and regardless of physical, psychological, and social abilities, young children at this stage have great plasticity and strong imitation ability. Childhood is a critical period for individual learning; so preschool teachers must provide young children with appropriate moral education at this time. This paper is to discuss the importance of moral education for young children in Taiwan, analyze the relevant literature, and review the teaching concepts and methods of moral education. Moral education of young children is important because the ultimate goal of early childhood education is to shape the character of young children; so its content must focus on moral education, which cultivates moral values in young children. Moral education also develops an understanding of empathy and social responsibility for young children. This paper argues that preschool teachers must (1) respect young children’s moral subjectivity; (2) understand that early childhood is a critical period in which moral behavior is shaped, and (3) organize young children’s moral teaching from the concrete to the abstract. In terms of the optimal teaching methods, this paper proposes that preschool teachers use: (1) moral storytelling, (2) instructional media, (3) picture books, (4) discussion of moral issues, (5) peer learning, (6) moral narratives, (7) modeling moral behavior, (8) incorporate young children’s life experience, and (9) invite young children’s parents to participate in moral education. This study contributes to the literature on early childhood moral education and provides an insight into the praxis of moral education for young children in Taiwan.

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Moral education in Taiwanese preschools: Importance, concepts and methods

Shih

2021

Policy Futures in Education

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“…Teacher education must also allow teachers to realize that the ever-changing flow of information in today's society profoundly shapes the evolution of education. It must also encourage teachers to educate themselves and to engage in professional development (Shih, 2019;Shih, Chen, & Ye, 2020).…”

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“…The quality of teachers is the foundation of student achievement and the key to successful educational innovation. In 2012, the Taiwanese Ministry of Education published a White Paper on Teacher Education, which promotes the cultivation of core values of responsibility, conscientiousness and sustainability in teachers to instill a love for education and professionalism and to encourage effective curriculum implementation (Shih, Chen, & Ye, 2020).…”

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Strategies for Improving Professional Development of Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Taiwan after the Implementation of 12-Year Basic Education Curriculum

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2020

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“…The development of the theoretical basis of high-quality teacher education requires extensive research on teacher education. Studies on teacher education can contribute to the development of the theoretical basis of teacher education (e.g., preservice programs), promote best teaching practices in the workplace, and enhance the quality of teacher education (Shor and Freire, 1987;Darling-Hammond, 2006;Allen, 2008;Waks, 2008;Shih et al, 2020).…”

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Improving the quality of teacher education for sustainable development of Taiwan's education system: A systematic review on the research issues of teacher education after the implementation of 12-year national basic education

Wang

Shih

2022

Front. Psychol.

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In this study, the researchers analyzed the issues in teacher education research after the implementation of the 12-Year Basic Education policy and developed suggestions to improve the quality of teacher education in Taiwan. The researchers used Taiwan's Database of Journal Citations in Science Education to collect studies on teacher education published from 2015 to 2019 and analyzed the issues described therein. Fifteen categories of issues described therein. Regarding our suggestions for future research on teacher education, this study recommends strengthening the body of literature on the following themes: (1) the professional development of preservice teachers, (2) teacher education for special education, (3) quality assurance for teacher education, (4) the career development of preservice teachers, (5) teacher education for experimental education and rural schools, (6) the sociology of teacher education, and (7) the operation of teacher education centers. Our findings may serve as a reference in efforts to improve the quality of teacher education, and promoting the sustainable development of Taiwan's education system.Systematic review registrationhttp://w1.dorise.info/JCSE/.

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Taiwan's "White Paper on Teacher Education": Vision and Strategies

Cited by 10 publications

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Moral education in Taiwanese preschools: Importance, concepts and methods

Moral education in Taiwanese preschools: Importance, concepts and methods

Strategies for Improving Professional Development of Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools in Taiwan after the Implementation of 12-Year Basic Education Curriculum

Improving the quality of teacher education for sustainable development of Taiwan's education system: A systematic review on the research issues of teacher education after the implementation of 12-year national basic education

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