Graduate Institute of Mathematics and Science Education

🔍【Educational objectives】

Our institute offers both master’s program and master’s in-service program. The master’s program and master’s in-service program include separate tracks in mathematics education and science education, primarily focusing on cultivating professional mathematics and science teachers and academic researchers from elementary to high school levels. The development goals of our institute are oriented towards leadership, excellence, elitism, and internationalization. To achieve the goals of our institute, the curriculum structure includes research methodology in mathematics and science education, as well as general courses in mathematics and science education. These courses cover theory, teaching and research practices, educational products, and teacher professional development. The institute’s short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals for the cultivation of professional mathematics and science teachers are as follows: In the short term, the goal is to enable institute students to successfully pass teacher qualification exams. In the medium term, the goal is to train institute students to become mathematics and science counselors in various counties and cities. In the long term, the goal is to cultivate institute students to become conveners or leaders in the fields of mathematics and science in various counties and cities. The institute’s short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals for cultivating talents in mathematics and science education research all focus on enhancing students’ research capabilities. In the short term, the goal is to establish and implement subsidy measures for students to participate in international conferences and submit papers to journals, encouraging students to go abroad to participate in and present papers at international conferences or publish papers in journals. In the medium term, the goal is to increase the quantity and quality of students' publication of excellent journal papers, and to encourage students to engage in short-term academic exchanges abroad to broaden their international perspectives. In the long term, the goal is to nurture our institute's teachers to become leaders in Taiwan's mathematics and science education research, with the goal of establishing a doctoral program.

🔍【Future direction】

In response to the advent of the AI era and to seize the opportunities presented by AI development, our institute will focus on integrating AI into the development of STEM education, bilingual science/mathematics teaching, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR), neuroscience, applications of science/mathematics teaching, and multicultural science/mathematics teaching. We hope to enable students to understand and utilize AI effectively, becoming the talent needed in the AI era and enhancing their competitiveness in this AI generation.