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The formation of Taiwanese teacher training system And its changes in Japanese colonial period

  • 중앙사론
  • 2012, (35), pp.425-457
  • Publisher : Institute for Historical Studies at Chung-Ang University
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to research the actual state of Taiwanese teacher training system through analyzing the formation and changes of education course in Japanese colonial period. The Taiwanese teacher training system which started in 1898 was officially aimed to cultivate component public school teachers, but in the concrete principal object was nurturing assistant teachers who could manage business affair all about education. Therefore there was a considerable difference between the teacher training system for Japanese and Taiwanese such as the entrance qualification, training period and in terms of education quality. However, these differences were gradually improved in consequence of a number of education revisions in 1922, 1923 and 1943. Through this process Taiwanese teacher training system were developed on the almost same level of position and status as Japans. In this way, Taiwanese teacher training education has established equal conditions as Japans system and yet Taiwanese teacher were still treated discriminately. One of the biggest causes of situation was that Taiwanese were intentionally excluded from the approach possibility of teacher training system by Japan. After all, teacher training system in Japanese colonial period was not a in the true sense of the word education, it was no more than temporary cost cutting measures to solve the economic problems and teacher recruitment strategy of the Japanese government general of Taiwan. Nevertheless the fact that teacher training system in Taiwan which built by Japan has made the foundation of current primary teaching system is undeniable.

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