Degrees for Education

The National University of Tainan has a long history of teacher training programs in special education. Way back in 1966, the Taiwan Provincial Program of Itinerant Teachers for the Visually Handicapped was set up on campus. The trainees were in-service teachers from regular schools and special schools for the children with visually impairment. After graduation, they functioned as itinerant teachers serving students with visual impairment and engaged in tasks related to Special Education in cities and counties all over Taiwan . Next, in order to extend special education to the areas of Tainan , Kaohsiung , and Penghu , another Special Education Center was established.

Based on recognition of the above-mentioned, the Department of Special Education at NUTN was founded in 1987. As well as the basic bachelor program, it added a summer program in 1988, a master program in special education in 1989, a master program in special education for in-service teachers in 2001, and two master programs, Assistive Technology, and Severe & profund disabilities, in 2006. A doctoral program of special education was approved in the year of 2008.

. Department Mission

It is the mission of the Department of Special Education to train students to
1• recognize children with disabilities and their needs
2• provide knowledge and skills for special education
3• cultivate the professional spirit needed for special education
4• promote research interests and abilities in the area of special education

. Courses

Students in the undergraduate program require successful completion of 128 credits including 72 credits in special education. In addition to the department requirement courses, there are five cluster courses for students to choose from, namely gifted education, mental retardation, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, and visual impairment. Students in the master program require completion of 32 credits and a thesis.

Current or prospective doctoral students may have research interests that cut across existing specializations or units within Educational Studies. Rather than requiring them to choose between fulfilling one or another existing set of specialization requirements, none of which may be the best preparation for the work they wish to do, we offer a cross-specialization option. Under this option, students complete an individualized set of requirements (in addition to the Educational Studies degree requirements applicable to all students) agreed upon with a faculty committee of three members.

This option is consistent with the traditions of inter-disciplinary scholarship and permeability of academic boundaries in the School of Education and at the University of Michigan. Indeed, Rackham offers such an option for students whose interests cut across departments or school

The Crane School of Music boasts one of the world’s oldest and largest music teacher preparation programs. In fact, music education is Crane’s proudest legacy. For many years, Crane students and faculty have held leadership positions in local school districts and in state and national organizations that shape our nation’s musical future. We actively seek those who wish to perpetuate our rich heritage and participate in the community of ideas regarding music and music teaching.

At The Crane School of Music, you will encounter a faculty and staff who care deeply about our students. Your teachers will possess years of classroom teaching experience, advanced degrees from America’s most prestigious universities, active research interests, and a commitment to your success. Your activities here will include opportunities to teach school-aged students under the supervision of our faculty. You will be taught to reflect on each teaching experience and to apply these discoveries to future teaching assignments. Success in our degree program will prepare you to begin your career as a professional music educator.

The Crane School of Music boasts one of the world’s oldest and largest music teacher preparation programs. In fact, music education is Crane’s proudest legacy. For many years, Crane students and faculty have held leadership positions in local school districts and in state and national organizations that shape our nation’s musical future. We actively seek those who wish to perpetuate our rich heritage and participate in the community of ideas regarding music and music teaching.

At The Crane School of Music, you will encounter a faculty and staff who care deeply about our students. Your teachers will possess years of classroom teaching experience, advanced degrees from America’s most prestigious universities, active research interests, and a commitment to your success. Your activities here will include opportunities to teach school-aged students under the supervision of our faculty. You will be taught to reflect on each teaching experience and to apply these discoveries to future teaching assignments. Success in our degree program will prepare you to begin your career as a professional music educator.

The Higher Education Administration program prepares scholar-practitioners for leadership in colleges and universities as administrators, educators, and scholars. Through an examination of higher education theory and practice, the program seeks to help students understand the diverse nature of higher education institutions and their participants. With this understanding, graduates are expected to develop individualized styles of leadership that encompass educational excellence, respect for others, and contextualized practices.

Higher Education Faculty

Roland Mitchell

Roland Mitchell, Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Administration program, joined the ELRC faculty in 2005 upon completion of his PhD from The University of Alabama in Educational Research. His dissertation is entitled Pedagogy, history, and culture: How professors think about race in their classrooms. His primary research interests include the impact of historical and communal knowledge on pedagogy, an exploration of the understandings that allow educators to provide service to students from different cultural, ethnic and social backgrounds, and the theorization of racial identity as it generally relates to collegiate experiences.

Research Environment
Teaching is informed by the research interests of Education Deanery staff at Liverpool Hope University, including Professors Peter Clough, Jon Nixon, Rosemary Kilpatrick and Bart McGettrick. A particular area of research strength is professional learning, pedagogy and education. Members of the team also support interdisciplinary research projects in Learning & Teaching and Learning Technologies, and the Centre for Higher Education Research & Development.

Career Opportunities
The award of MA in Education will enhance your career opportunities and your potential for promotion to senior management. It will enable you to evaluate children’s learning through research and postgrauate study.

It will also enhance opportunities to become an ‘excellent teacher’ as you will have demonstrated excellent and innovative pedagogical practice through investigation of your educational establishment. You will also have experience of using local and national statistical data as a basis for improving teaching and learning.

Teaching is informed by the research interests of Education Deanery staff at Liverpool Hope University, including Professors Peter Clough, Jon Nixon (Dean of Education), Janice Wearmouth, Rosemary Kilpatrick and Bart McGettrick. A particular area of research strength is professional learning, pedagogy and education. Members of the team also support interdisciplinary research projects in Learning & Teaching and Learning Technologies, and the Centre for Higher Education Research & Development.

Career Opportunities
For all practitioners the course will provide consolidation of research skills so that they feel cofident in carrying out and publishing small-scale studies, and in supervising those of other students. For some the course may serve as creditable preparation for doctoral studies and careers in higher education and research.

The following programmes of study are already accepting students, but you should be aware that the programmes have been restructured in order to conform with the new bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Motivation letter of max. 1000 words in which the applicant describes her/his reasons for wishing to attend the MES programme. This should also contain a (brief) explanation of the applicant’s research interests.