The Main Features and the Key Challenges of the Education System in Taiwan

Chien, Chiu-Kuei Chang; Lin, Lung-Chi; Chen, Chun-Fu

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“…In fact, the intention to provide 12-Year basic education had long existed in the political consciousness; as early as 1989, then Minister of Education Lee Huan proposed extending basic education from nine to twelve years, inspiring the later Senior High School Education Act (Yen & Vun, 2016). In 2003, just two years after the implementation of the 9-Year reform, the National Educational Development Conference initiated the design process for the 12-Year reform, in which the MOE and the Executive Yuan (Taiwan's executive branch) reached a consensus to prepare the 12-Year basic education curriculum (Chien et al, 2013;MOE, 2014). In that same year, the OECD published the DeSeCo framework, delineating nine core competencies that promoted twenty-first century success through lifelong learning.…”

Section: Transition From the 9-to 12-year Curriculum Reformmentioning

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On the Path Toward Lifelong Learning: An Early Analysis of Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education Reform

Coudenys

Strohbach²,

Tang³

et al. 2022

Education to Build Back Better

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Over the past two decades, Taiwan has sought to adopt a holistic approach to education. Reform has been directed towards guiding students to realize their individual potential and to contribute to increasing national competitiveness. In recent years, the extension of basic education from nine to twelve years serves to advance an increasingly equitable, high-performing education system, one which encourages students’ lifelong learning and their contributions to a dynamic and diverse society. This chapter assesses the preliminary implementation of Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education reform, which consists of the 2014 Senior High School Education Act, and the 12-Year Curriculum Guidelines implemented in 2019. We analyze government data sourced through the Ministry of Education and the National Statistics Bureau; interviews with teachers, school administrators, professors, and national education researchers; and an online survey disseminated among teachers around the country. Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education reform works to reimagine society’s definition of educational success and broaden opportunities for all students—by expanding and diversifying enrollment opportunities for senior high school, revising comprehensive curricular guidelines, supporting innovative pedagogies, and increasing school autonomy. Taiwan’s transition to twenty-first century learning within a traditionally high-stakes, exam-centric educational culture serves as an important case study for discussion within the global pursuit to redefine teaching and learning for the students of today and citizens of tomorrow.

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Section: Transition From the 9-to 12-year Curriculum Reformmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Path Toward Lifelong Learning: An Early Analysis of Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education Reform

Coudenys

Strohbach²,

Tang³

et al. 2022

Education to Build Back Better

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“…The rapid rise of cram schools, discussed in detail below, attests to this phenomenon. Meanwhile, entrance examinations have still remained a near universal requirement for Taiwanese students, with the enrolment rate for the College Entrance Examination exceeding 90% among 18-21-year-olds not in junior colleges or graduate schools, an increase from 82.02% in 2006 and 40.90% in 1996 (Chang Chien, Lin, & Chen, 2013). While there is regular public discussion and even research on adjusting admissions criteria, such as the development of comprehensive creativity indicators for university admissions (Chan, Lin, & Hsieh, 2008), exam performance in traditional academic subjects is still a primary criterion.…”

Section: Evolution Of Gate In Taiwan Education Reform and Persistent mentioning

confidence: 99%

Bricolage and the Evolution of Giftedness and Talent in Taiwan

紀博善¹,

Albanese²,

Yu³

et al. 2019

Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific

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Discourse in Taiwan regarding talent development reflects anxiety, both from a government seeking to increase economic competitiveness and a populous striving for individual success amidst uncertainty. Identification and development of giftedness and talent within the mainstream education system has predominantly focussed on academic and intellectual giftedness and talent in select areas of the arts and sports, overlooking other potential. At the same time, efforts to reform Taiwan's education, which nominally aspire to move away from examinationbased education and towards a more inclusive appreciation of diverse abilities, have been met with controversy and resulted, paradoxically, in increased pressure for students. To help understand this paradox and further illuminate processes for social change, a sociocultural understanding of how Taiwanese society defines success and identifies and develops giftedness and talent is developed in this chapter. We argue that education in Taiwan is influenced by both meritocracy and a preference for harmonising rather than strictly revolutionary creativity and further posit such harmonising creative work a bricolage. We then discuss how these characteristics have shaped the evolution of GATE in Taiwan, both in mainstream education reform and GATE development, and in informal bricolage work on the margins, focussing in part on the role of competitions and contests in GATE and research. Finally, we close with a discussion of the implications of these findings and conceptual approach for understanding the evolution of GATE in Taiwan and other Confucian-influenced societies, along with methodological implications. Responding to calls to employ diverse methods of inquiry and simultaneously think methodologically and philosophically in education research, this chapter is itself a bricolage and thus affords a novel perspective on processes relevant to the evolution of giftedness and talent in Taiwan, as well as on the work of educational research in general.

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“…In Singapore, the process is continual. In Korea, major revisions typically follow highlevel government reviews of national human resources policy and economic development strategy needs; and minor amendments are continual (Chang Chien, Lin, and Chen 2013;OECD 2010;.…”

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Growing Smarter: Learning and Equitable Development in East Asia and Pacific

Crawford¹,

Hasan²,

Kattan³

2018

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This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The fi ndings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily refl ect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or waiver of the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifi cally reserved.

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The Main Features and the Key Challenges of the Education System in Taiwan

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

On the Path Toward Lifelong Learning: An Early Analysis of Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education Reform

On the Path Toward Lifelong Learning: An Early Analysis of Taiwan’s 12-Year Basic Education Reform

Bricolage and the Evolution of Giftedness and Talent in Taiwan

Growing Smarter: Learning and Equitable Development in East Asia and Pacific

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