{"id":1118,"date":"2026-07-22T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T06:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iweb20wp-b205b.url.tku.edu.tw\/edcollege\/?page_id=1118"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:13:29","slug":"center-for-teacher-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/edcollege\/?page_id=1118","title":{"rendered":"Center for Teacher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><strong>History<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The Center for Teacher Education was established in 1995 as a result of Taiwan\u2019s democratization and trends of diversification in teacher education. It recruits college and graduate students at Tamkang University who are committed to teaching and prepares them to become professionals at the secondary-school level. The Center is one of the leading teacher education institutes in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Goals and Feature<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The core mission of the Center of Teacher Education is to help prospective teachers develop\uff081\uff09a strong knowledge base in educational professional knowledge,\uff082\uff09reflective ability and habit based on their understanding in humanities, educational professional knowledge\uff083\uff09, and ability to practice their beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-service teachers are required to complete at least 28-credit courses in general educational knowledge, curriculum and instruction, subject matter-specific methods, counselling, classroom management, evaluation and assessment, and elective courses that aim to broaden pre-service teachers\u2019 knowledge in humanities and diverse subjects. A 54-hour non-credit service learning opportunity is built into the program to encourage social participation and put theory into practice. A six-month internship is required to complete the program. To be certified, teachers must pass a National Teachers\u2019 Certification Examination following their internship.<\/p>\n<p>The Center regularly holds activities to facilitate students\u2019 participation and stimulate students\u2019 talents through award-winning competitions. Opportunities for visiting schools and institutions are arranged each semester to strengthen the links between theory and practice. We anticipate training prospective teachers who not only are capable of teaching topics related to their subject matter, but also are caring individuals who are committed to teaching students with diverse backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cte.tku.edu.tw\/\">http:\/\/cte.tku.edu.tw\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History The Center for Teacher Education was established in 1995 as a result of Taiwan\u2019s democratization and trends of diversification in teacher education. It recruits college and graduate students at Tamkang University who are committed to teaching and prepares them to become professionals at the secondary-school level. The Center is one of the leading teacher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-detail-4-page-en","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"\u6797\u4f9d\u9675","author_link":"\/edcollege\/?author=5"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"History The Center for Teacher Education was established in 1995 as a result of Taiwan\u2019s democratization and trends of diversification in teacher education. It recruits college and graduate students at Tamkang University who are committed to teaching and prepares them to become professionals at the secondary-school level. The Center is one of the leading teacher&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1118"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1118\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/edcollege\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}