Master Program of Professional Teacher, National Taichung University of Education

1. Introduction

The NCTU Master Program of Professional Teacher was established on September 28^th, 2012, at 9:28 a.m. in order to pay tribute to the renowned Chinese philosopher, Confucius, who made a great impact on Chinese education. Our program is Taiwan’s first and only master’s program to provide students with government-sponsored scholarships, aiming to cultivate the country’s great talents into excellent teachers. Starting from academic year 2015, we also began to cultivate indigenous teachers with language teaching abilities. Moreover, we have established a specialized class for indigenous peoples since academic year 2020, which focuses on cultivating teachers from 9 tribes, including the Amis, Atayal, Brunun, Paiwan, Taroko, Sediq, Saisiyat, Tsou, and Thao.

2. Our vision and goals

Our program is established under the demand for setting the principles for being a teacher, building teacher’s devotion, strengthening teaching practices and leading educational reform. We aim to train our students to become excellent teachers with ...