General education in Taiwan’s universities: Development, challenges, and role-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

General education in Taiwan’s universities: Development, challenges, and role

Published:2022-01-26 Issue:8 Volume:20 Page:847-863
ISSN:1478-2103
Container-title:Policy Futures in Education
language:en
Short-container-title:Policy Futures in Education

Author:

Ye Yan-Hong¹,Shih Yi-Huang²^ORCID,Wang Ru-Jer³

Affiliation:

1. Teacher Education Center, Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

2. Department of Early Childhood Education and Care, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Xinfeng Hsinchu, Taiwan

3. Department of Education, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung, Taiwan

Abstract

General education is closely tied to universities because the holistic and liberal elements of modern general education are key ideals of both traditional Chinese and Western universities. General education plays a key role in the sustainable development of universities and the realization of their educational ideals. This study discusses the development and challenges of general education in Taiwan’s universities, and the role of general education in the sustainable development of universities. According to a literature review, this study explores the following roles: (1) general education as the foundation of university professional education; (2) general education reform as the foundation of university education reform; (3) general education as the educational ideal of universities; (4) general education as a solution for the “knowledge-only” and “dehumanization” problems of universities; (5) general education as a buffer between technology and humanities in universities; (6) general education as a tool for the enrichment of university culture; and (7) general education as a means to achieve the goals of universities and promote their sustainable development.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Education

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14782103211067597

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