COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
Degree Offered: M.A.
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Chair: Yu, Chia-cheng
The Institute
The Institute of Curriculum and Instruction was established in August 2007 to promote thoughtful research and understanding about local and global curricular and instructional issues. Our mission is to prepare global-minded leaders and professionals for better curriculum and instruction at all levels. We value scholarship, policy and practice in areas of curriculum development, implementation, innovation, and teacher development. Students will also be oriented toward concerns for multiculturalism, technological development, and critical perspectives in curriculum and instruction and deliberate change possibilities for a world that is increasingly interdependent.
Faculty
Professors
Yu, Chia-cheng; Chang, Ya-fung
Associate Professors
Hsu, Chia-ling; Ju, Huey-fang
Assistant Professors
Sung, Pei-fen ; Song, Mei-mei
Degree Requirements
Students need 32 credits, including 15 required and 17 elective credits to complete the study. They are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and pass an oral examination.
Course Descriptions
D0252 Curriculum Theories (3/0) Exploration of modern and postmodern theories related to foundations of curriculum research. Discussions will focus on analyzing their contributions or applications, limitations and debates pertaining to curriculum practices and issues.
D0253 Theories of Teaching and Learning (3/0) This course intends to explore various theories of teaching and learning. In addition, instructional applications based on these theories will be discussed, and their contributions as well as limitations will be analyzed. Furthermore, the results of some empirical studies in Taiwan will be examined for instructional effectiveness of contemporary teaching and learning theories.
D0254 Seminars on Globalization and Educational Development (3/0) This course explores theories and arguments surrounding globalization and recent educational restructuring. Class discussion particularly examines the impacts of globalization on education, as they relate to economic development, technology, identity, multiculturalism, language, educational policies, and school curriculum.
D0256 Seminars on Curriculum Development (3/0) Exploration of the principles and elements of curriculum development, major curriculum design models, curriculum implementation and evaluation. A critical analysis will focus on national curriculum standard or framework, school-based curriculum development, textbooks censorship and adoption, curriculum dilemmas and reform.
Seminars on Curriculum and Instruction in Globalization (0/3) This course deals with issues of curriculum and instruction in the era of globalization. Seminar topics could range from curricular and instructional changes in major countries, issues of policy and implementation in different contexts, to global education and the pursuit of global citizenship in various parts of the world.
Seminars on Leadership of Curriculum and Instruction (0/3) Exploration of the contemporary theories and major models of leadership applied to curriculum and instruction in formal educational settings. Cases from elementary and secondary schools will be analyzed, and discussion will emphasize on leaders' strategies and efforts towards curriculum and instruction.
Seminars on Classroom Teaching and Learning (0/3) Examination of current theories into practice on the issues of classroom management, assessment, community building, critical thinking, and decision making in the context of actual classroom experiences. Students will develop practical strategies, and investigate how to affect children’s learning in the classroom, and reflect their own thinking.
Seminars on Curriculum Evaluation (0/3) Analysis of evaluation approaches and models applied to curriculum or program in formal and informal educational settings. Discussion will include evaluation plan, methods of inquiry, standards and judgment, explanation and utilization, and meta-evaluation of curriculum evaluation.
Seminars on the Nature of Knowledge and School Subjects (0/3) This course explores the relationship between disciplinary knowledge and school subjects. The nature of knowledge and specific disciplinary knowledge domain--its main structures-will be discussed. School subjects will be set in the context of specific society’s socio-political, economic and cultural backgrounds.
