Introduction
l History:
Master of Arts in Chinese Teaching Program was founded in December 1998, by both Chinese Literature Department and Education Department (was originally part of the College of Liberal Arts), that was advocated by the chair of Chinese Literature Department at the period, Professor Chin-Yu Tung. It was established in order to respond to the Ministry of Education’s idea of “Education Inversion” and “Life-long Learning”, meanwhile, cultivates more proficient secondary school teachers by providing a suitable venue to enhance their Chinese teaching skills and research abilities. In the mid of 1999, the program first opened up admission in collaboration with “Master of Education in School Administration Program” and 25 candidates enrolled as first batch students. A total of 122 candidates ( for first five batches) was qualified to enroll in the Program until Academic Year 92nd (2003-2004).
Since Academic Year 91st (2002-2003), Education Department was reallocated under the College of Education (newly founded) in order to differentiate the obligation and duty between the departments and to fulfill the development expectations. Therefore, the Program was reassigned to Department of Chinese Literature under the College of Liberal Arts since then, and was renamed as “Master of Arts in Chinese Teaching Program” from Academic Year 96th (2007-2008). For those who interested and work in the related industry in Chinese Teaching are encouraged to apply for admission. (Please refer to Admission Rules & Regulations of Academic Year 96th (2007-2008) for further details.)
l Qualified Professor
Courses offered by Full-time Professors and Full-time Associate Professors from both Chinese Literature Department and Education Department. Besides, part-time Professors and part-time Associate Professor are those who graduated from prestigious universities from different parts of the world.
l Current Student Performance:
The undergraduates are praised by their positive attitude towards studies and outstanding performance. The graduates not only take the responsibility of Teaching in Chinese subject in schools, but also play an important role in such Administration & Instructor position. Another thing to be mentioned, many of them are being awarded an “Excellent Teacher Award”(ShiDuoJiang) by the Ministry of Education which is highly acknowledged by this industry.
Besides, an instructor is assigned to each year studies to assist graduates from academic performances, thesis writing to daily life issues.
Our Program first opened up admission since Academic Year 88th（1999-2000）, a total of 16 batches student has already enrolled in our Program till now.
