Curriculum
Master’s Program
Courses are divided into four categories:
1. Special courses of the university
D0456 Education and Future Studies(2/0): This course explores educational issues from a futures perspective that includes futures studies, education and learning trends, basic research tools and techniques, future education in knowledge economic societies, the learning revolution, curriculum and instruction innovations, and information technology.
D0455 International and Comparative Education(2/0): This course examines key topics in international education. Particular attention will be paid to current issues and debates in the field regarding the nature of development and international education.
A2217 Information Technology in Education (0/2): This course introduces various ways of applying information technology to education. Some related issues are addressed as well. Furthermore, diffusion of information technology in elementary and secondary schools is discussed, and finally some real cases are analyzed.
A2218 Total Quality Management in Education (0/2): This course provides a comprehensive coverage of quality control concepts. Topics covered include quality-improvement techniques, control charts for variables, control charts for attributes, lot-by-lot acceptance sampling by attributes, acceptance sampling plan systems, quality costs, and total quality management.
2. Foundation Courses: Courses covers two separate areas: educational research methods, and foundation courses in educational studies.
(1) Courses in Educational Research Methods
A. Required courses
A2129 Research Methods in Education (0/3)T0081 Research Methodology (3/0): This course focuses on the theoretical introduction and practice of major methods in educational researches.
D0210 Statistic Methods and Application (3/0): This introductory statistics course provides students with basic concepts of statistics methods, including the probabilistic model, statistical inferences, hypothesis testing, linear regression model, and analysis of variance.
B. Elective courses
Method of Qualitative Studies (0/3): This course equips students with basic concepts in qualitative research. Students will develop the ability to evaluate research quality and receive hands-on experience in conducting research. Three major topics are covered in this course: basic concepts, research design and research techniques.
Method of Multivariate Statistical Analysis(0/2)
D0261 Literature Review of Research on Educational Policy and Leadership (2/0): This course involves the preparation of detailed written literature review on any subject related to students’ proposed master theses in educational policy and leadership. Students will identify a suitable topic for a written review, conduct a thorough search of the literature in a topical area, and write a thorough, insightful, and meticulously referenced review on the topic.
(2) Foundation Courses (Elective courses)
A2222 Economics of Education (3/0): This course introduces students to the various aspects of the economics of education. It applies the tools of economic analysis to important educational policy issues. Topics include human capital theory and the returns to education, how schools are funded, trends in college and university pricing, market failure and the governmental provision of student loans, and individual and social choice in education.
A2127 Sociology of Education (3/0): This course explores educational issues from sociological perspective which includes the different theories in the sociology of education, the critical issues in sociological studies of education, such as equality of educational opportunities, education and social mobility or stratification, the management of the classroom, relationship between teachers and students, process of socialization and education, the organizational climate and subculture in schools, professionalalization of teachers, and the relations of schools with families and communities, etc.
Finance of Education (0/2): This course provides an overview of educational finance, including financial policies, planning, budgeting, allocation, patterns of expenditure, and sources of income. This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications.
3. Professional Courses
(1) Required Courses
D0291 Theories and Practices of Educational Policy (0/3): This course helps students understand theories related to educational policy and their practical implementation. The main focus of this course includes human capital theory, institutional theory, neoliberal theory, equity and excellence theory, etc.
D0150 Leadership and Management in Education (3/0): A comprehensive guide to understanding and developing leadership theory and practice in education, including the trait theory, contingency theory, situational theory, transformational theory, knowledge management and instructional leadership, etc.
D0333 Field Practices in Education(2/0) : This course, which involves field practice, provides an opportunity for students to improve their practical competence in educational administration by arranging for an internship for 14 working days in governmental offices in educational administration both at central and local levels.(This courses is exempted for students current working in educational institutions).
(2) Elective Courses
Courses are divided into two categories:
A. Field of Educational Policy
D0165 Educational Policy and the Legislation (0/3): This course focuses on the relationship of educational policy and legislation. Main topics include: educational policy formation through the legal process; required knowledge for students in the case by case practice of legislation; and the legal system in other countries.
Planning and Implementation of Educational Policy (0/3): This course provides students an understanding of educational policy planning, decision-making, and change. Different models of planning and policy will be covered, and the complexities of implementation will be examined.
Analysis of Educational Policies (0/3): This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of policy analysis methods and related policy issues in education. By way of literature review and case study, the course encourages students to conduct minor research projects for further study in the field.
D0399 Program Evaluation of Educational Policies (3/0): This course aims to assist students to develop basic concepts of evaluation, and furthermore, to have a good grasp of evaluation models, evaluation design and implementation, and the newly developed approaches of program evaluation. In addition to emphasizing basic knowledge of evaluation, hands-on experience is emphasized.
A2125 Study on Educational Policies –National Basic Education (3/0): The main objectives of this course are: (1) helping students understand major current compulsory education policies; (2) analyzing the merits and differences of each educational policy; (3) criticizing and participating in the process of forming key educational policy.
Study on Educational Policies –Teacher Education (0/2):
Study on Educational Policies –Higher Education(2/0):
Study on Educational Policies –Lifelong Education(2/0):
D0154 Theories and Practice of Educational Reforms (0/2): This course prepares graduate students to be masters in the theory and practice of educational change. Course content includes concepts, principles, models, and theories of educational change, as well as the status-quo and trend of educational reform of developed countries all over the world.
D0202 Comparative Studies on Educational Policies in different countries (0/2): This course aims to compare educational policies in different countries by exploring their development, important reforms, problems faced, and possible future development.
Studies on Educational Policies in Mainland China (0/2, or summer courses): This course mainly aims to explore the different educational policies in Mainland China. A field visit to Mainland China may be arranged and included, in order to provide students with a chance to understand intensively the field practice of education in Mainland China.
Studies on Emerging Issues of Educational Policy (0/2): This course starts with an introduction of the theories and practices of educational policies. It then analyzes emerging issues in educational policies.
B. Field of Educational Leadership and Management
D0163 Studies on Organization Behavior in Education (0/3): This course introduces foundations of individual behavior, values, personality and emotions, perception and individual decision making, motivation, communication, power and politics, conflict and negotiation, human resource policies and practices, organizational cultures, change and stress management, etc.
D0308 Studies on Curriculum and Instructional Leadership (0/3): This course intends to explore main theories and practices for curriculum and instructional leadership as applied to schools. Related literature and case studies will be analyzed and discussions will focus on methods, strategies, and efforts for managing curriculum and instruction practices.
D0156 Theories and Practices of Educational Evaluation (0/3): This course aims to clarify the concepts, theories, types or patterns of evaluation, and then to explore the existing educational evaluation schemes and their implementation.
D0307 Studies on School Administration (0/3): This course explores the theories and practice of school administration, and enhances student’s professional thinking and practical competence in school administration. General principles as well as current issues and projects of school administration will be intensively discussed.
Management in Cultural and Educational Industries (3/0):This course is devoted to the exploration of the management practices in cultural and educational industries. This course is intended to provide students with understanding of concepts, techniques, issues, policy, and practices in cultural and educational industries, from both of theoretical and practical perspectives.
Studies on Decision-making in Educational Administration (0/2) : This course introduces the meanings, characteristics and influential elements of decision-making of educational administration. It researches for the reasonality, processes and methods of decision-making of educational administration, and analyzes the logical positivism of decision-making of educational administration.
D0097 Negotiation and Communication in Educational Administration (0/2): This course introduces theories on communication and negotiation, and equips students with the skills, methods and principles required to partake in administration work. It analyzes cases and proposes feasible strategies to cultivate students’ communication and negotiation abilities.
Studies on School Effectiveness and Improvement (0/2): Basic concepts of school effectiveness and improvement are introduced. Factors significantly contributing to school effectiveness and improvement are analyzed, such as principal leadership, teacher empowerment, school-based management, organizational learning and school development planning. Case studies are used to facilitate students’ learning.
D0080 Ethics of Educational Administration (0/2): This course is organized into five parts. The first part explains the essence and context of ethics in educational administration. The second part discusses the principles and approaches of ethics in educational administration. The third part familiarizes students with the ethic codes of professional educators. The fourth part explores developmental trends of ethics in the education administration of UK and America. The fifth part discusses the development of professional ethics in the education administration of Taiwan.
Studies on Knowledge Management in Education (0/2): The aim of this courses is to discuss the nature and types of knowledge, to examine strategies for managing knowledge-creating processes, and to provide an overview of technologies for knowledge sharing, and knowledge organization.
Studies on Change and Development of Educational Organizations(0/2): In this course, students learn how organizational development and change occur and why carefully planned change can also have unintended consequences. Students analyze theories and practices of organizational development and change, evaluate causes of failure and factors of success in organizational development projects, and design optimal change interventions.
Studies on Management of Higher Education(2/0): This course is devoted to the examination of concepts and management practices in higher education. The course is intended to provide students with both theoretical and working knowledge of techniques, issues, policy, and practices as they are related to management and administration of higher education institutions.
Emerging Issues in educational leadership (2/0): This course aims to explore and analyze the important and emerging issues on education.
* Courses for Master’s Professional training program
Courses are divided into three categories:
1. Special Courses of the University
A2122 Education and Future Studies (2/0): This course explores educational issues from a futures perspective that includes futures studies, education and learning trends, basic research tools and techniques, future education in knowledge economic societies, the learning revolution, curriculum and instruction innovations, and information technology.
A2219 International and Comparative Education (2/0): This course examines key topics in international education. Particular attention will be paid to current issues and debates in the field regarding the nature of development and international education.
A2217 Information Technology in Education (0/2): This course introduces various ways of applying information technology to education. Some related issues are addressed as well. Furthermore, diffusion of information technology in elementary and secondary schools is discussed, and finally some real cases are analyzed.
A2218 Total Quality Management in Education (0/2): This course provides a comprehensive coverage of quality control concepts. Topics covered include quality-improvement techniques, control charts for variables, control charts for attributes, lot-by-lot acceptance sampling by attributes, acceptance sampling plan systems, quality costs, and total quality management.
2. Foundation Courses: Courses covers two separate areas: educational research methods, and foundation courses in educational studies.
(1) Courses in Educational Research Methods
A. Required courses
T0081 Educational Research Methods (2/0): This course focuses on the theoretical introduction and practice of major methods in educational researches.
D0210 Educational Statistics (2/0): This introductory statistics course provides students with basic concepts of statistics methods in educational researches, including the probabilistic model, statistical inferences, hypothesis testing, linear regression model, and analysis of variance.
B. Elective courses
Method of Qualitative Studies (0/3): This course equips students with basic concepts in qualitative research. Students will develop the ability to evaluate research quality and receive hands-on experience in conducting research. Three major topics are covered in this course: basic concepts, research design and research techniques.
Method of Multivariate Statistical Analysis(0/2)
D0261 Literature Review of Research on Educational Policy and Leadership (2/0): This course involves the preparation of detailed written literature review on any subject related to students’ proposed master theses in educational policy and leadership. Students will identify a suitable topic for a written review, conduct a thorough search of the literature in a topical area, and write a thorough, insightful, and meticulously referenced review on the topic.
(2) Foundation Courses (Elective courses)
A2222 Economic of Education (3/0): The purpose of this course is to provide students with concepts in various academic disciplines. Chapter 1 offers a brief introduction followed by a short discussion. In chapter 2, the role of human capital and the economics of education in early writings are discussed. Chapter 3 & 4 introduces production and cost functions in education and explores the internal efficiency of education systems. Educational finance follows in chapter 5-6; topics include the role of government in education and the voucher plan. An overall summary, major conclusions, and some suggestions for research make up the contents of chapter 7.
A2127 Sociology of Education (3/0): This course explores educational issues from sociological perspective which includes the different theories in the sociology of education, the critical issues in sociological studies of education, such as equality of educational opportunities, education and social mobility or stratification, the management of the classroom, relationship between teachers and students, process of socialization and education, the organizational climate and subculture in schools, professionalalization of teachers, and the relations of schools with families and communities, etc.
Finance of Education (0/2): This course provides an overview of educational finance, including financial policies, planning, budgeting, allocation, patterns of expenditure, and sources of income. This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications.
3. Professional Courses
(1) Required Courses
D0291 Theories and Practices of Educational Policy (0/3): This course helps students understand theories related to educational policy and their practical implementation. The main focus of this course includes human capital theory, institutional theory, neoliberal theory, equity and excellence theory, etc.
D0150 Leadership and Management in Education (3/0): A comprehensive guide to understanding and developing leadership theory and practice in education, including the trait theory, contingency theory, situational theory, transformational theory, knowledge management and instructional leadership, etc.
D0333 Theories and Practice of Educational Evaluation(0/3) : This course, which involves field practice, provides an opportunity for students to improve their practical competence in educational administration by arranging for an internship for 14 working days in governmental offices in educational administration both at central and local levels.(This courses is exempted for students current working in educational institutions).
(2) Elective courses
Courses are divided into two categories:
A. Field of Educational Policy
D0165 Educational Policy and the Legislation (3/0): This course focuses on the relationship of educational policy and legislation. Main topics include: educational policy formation through the legal process; required knowledge for students in the case by case practice of legislation; and the legal system in other countries.
Planning and Implementation of Educational Policy (0/3): This course provides students an understanding of educational policy planning, decision-making, and change. Different models of planning and policy will be covered, and the complexities of implementation will be examined.
Analysis of Educational Policies (0/3): This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of policy analysis methods and related policy issues in education. By way of literature review and case study, the course encourages students to conduct minor research projects for further study in the field.
D0399 Program Evaluation of Educational Policies (3/0): This course aims to assist students to develop basic concepts of evaluation, and furthermore, to have a good grasp of evaluation models, evaluation design and implementation, and the newly developed approaches of program evaluation. In addition to emphasizing basic knowledge of evaluation, hands-on experience is emphasized.
A2125 Study on Educational Policies –National basic education(3/0): The main objectives of this course are: (1) helping students understand major current compulsory education policies; (2) analyzing the merits and differences of each educational policy; (3) criticizing and participating in the process of forming key educational policy.
Study on Educational Policies –Teacher Education(0/2):
Study on Educational Policies –Higher Education(2/0):
Study on Educational Policies –Lifelong Education(2/0):
D0154 Theories and Practice of Educational Reforms (0/2): This course prepares graduate students to be masters in the theory and practice of educational change. Course content includes concepts, principles, models, and theories of educational change, as well as the status-quo and trend of educational reform of developed countries all over the world.
D0202 Comparative Studies on Educational Policies in different countries (0/2): This course aims to compare educational policies in different countries by exploring their development, important reforms, problems faced, and possible future development.
Studies on Educational Policies in Mainland China (0/2, or summer courses): This course mainly aims to explore the different educational policies in Mainland China. A field visit to Mainland China may be arranged and included, in order to provide students with a chance to understand intensively the field practice of education in Mainland China.
Studies on Emerging Issues of Educational Policy (0/2): This course starts with an introduction of the theories and practices of educational policies. It then analyzes emerging issues in educational policies.
B. Field of Educational Leadership and Management
D0163 Studies on Organization Behavior in Education (0/3): This course introduces foundations of individual behavior, values, personality and emotions, perception and individual decision making, motivation, communication, power and politics, conflict and negotiation, human resource policies and practices, organizational cultures, change and stress management, etc.
D0308 Studies on Curriculum and Instructional Leadership (0/3): This course intends to explore main theories and practices for curriculum and instructional leadership as applied to schools. Related literature and case studies will be analyzed and discussions will focus on methods, strategies, and efforts for managing curriculum and instruction practices.
D0307 Studies on School Administration (0/3): This course explores the theories and practice of school administration, and enhances student’s professional thinking and practical competence in school administration. General principles as well as current issues and projects of school administration will be intensively discussed.
Management in Cultural and Educational Industries (3/0):This course is devoted to the exploration of the management practices in cultural and educational industries. This course is intended to provide students with understanding of concepts, techniques, issues, policy, and practices in cultural and educational industries, from both of theoretical and practical perspectives.
Studies on Decision-making in Educational Administration (0/2) : This course introduces the meanings, characteristics and influential elements of decision-making of educational administration. It researches for the reasonality, processes and methods of decision-making of educational administration, and analyzes the logical positivism of decision-making of educational administration.
D0097 Negotiation and Communication in Educational Administration (0/2): This course introduces theories on communication and negotiation, and equips students with the skills, methods and principles required to partake in administration work. It analyzes cases and proposes feasible strategies to cultivate students’ communication and negotiation abilities.
Studies on School Effectiveness and Improvement (0/2): Basic concepts of school effectiveness and improvement are introduced. Factors significantly contributing to school effectiveness and improvement are analyzed, such as principal leadership, teacher empowerment, school-based management, organizational learning and school development planning. Case studies are used to facilitate students’ learning.
D0080 Ethics of Educational Administration (0/2): This course is organized into five parts. The first part explains the essence and context of ethics in educational administration. The second part discusses the principles and approaches of ethics in educational administration. The third part familiarizes students with the ethic codes of professional educators. The fourth part explores developmental trends of ethics in the education administration of UK and America. The fifth part discusses the development of professional ethics in the education administration of Taiwan.
Studies on Knowledge Management in Education (0/2): The aim of this courses is to discuss the nature and types of knowledge, to examine strategies for managing knowledge-creating processes, and to provide an overview of technologies for knowledge sharing, and knowledge organization.
Studies on Change and Development of Educational Organizations(0/2): In this course, students learn how organizational development and change occur and why carefully planned change can also have unintended consequences. Students analyze theories and practices of organizational development and change, evaluate causes of failure and factors of success in organizational development projects, and design optimal change interventions.
D0293 Theories and Practice of Strategic Planning (0/2): This is an introductory course in strategic planning that aims to enhance students’ competency in educational planning and management to prepare students for their future careers.
Emerging Issues in educational leadership (2/0): This course aims to explore and analyze the important and emerging issues on education.
