2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Diversification of Education and its Consolidation in Taiwan: A Critical Reflection of Ongoing Education Reform
| Project/Area Number |
23730802
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology of education
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| Research Institution | Akita International University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAZAKI NAOYA 国際教養大学, 国際教養学部, 准教授 (10404857)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 台湾 / 多様化 / カリキュラム / 教科書 / 教育改革 / 高等教育 / 教養教育 / ナショナル・アイデンティティ |
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| Research Abstract |
This research aimed to conduct a critical analysis on education reform in democratized Taiwan, paying special attention to diversification of education. The issues discussed here were (1)the never-ending dispute over national curriculum guidelines and school textbooks, rivalry between 'uniformity' of Chinese national identity and 'diversity' of Taiwanese national identity; (2) possibilities and limitations of education of ethnic minorities (the indigenous peoples); (3) differentiation among universities and colleges competing with each other for decreasing students. Generally, transition from uniformity to diversity is undoubtedly a trend of Taiwan's education reform since the 1990s. However, detailed observation tells us that the multidimensional phenomenon of diversification of education faces difficulty of consolidation in some cases.
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