1. Founding purpose

The Graduate School provides instruction and research in academic theory and its applications, enhances professionalism in elementary education and cultivates leaders with strong character and creative abilities to contribute to national and human cultural development.

2. Educational purpose

The Graduate School of Education conducts teaching and research in academic theories and their applications, raises the professionalism of elementary education and nurtures individuals with leadership qualities and creative abilities to contribute to national and human cultural advancement.

3. Educational goals

• 1 To promote self-development of in-service teachers and enhance their abilities as subject-education specialists.
• 2 To construct practical knowledge based on critical thinking and empirical experience in elementary education.
• 3 To improve research capabilities grounded in theories and practice in elementary education.
• 4 To cultivate the ability to actively manage curricula based on a proper understanding of education and subject education.
• 5 To contribute to community development through a structural understanding of the relationship between schools and local communities.

4. Key tasks

• 1 Seek ways to revitalise the seasonal-term graduate school and establish a variety of majors.
• 2 Establish new majors that can be taken by individuals without elementary-teacher certification.
• 3 Enhance educational professionalism by securing excellent faculty members, operating specialised curricula and building an innovative teaching-learning system.
• 4 Build an educational system to foster a global mindset among graduate students.
• 5 Acquire new techniques needed for subject teaching and student guidance in educational settings.
• 6 Adjust the learning culture of graduate students and strengthen educational welfare services.
• 7 Expand educational informatization and cyber-education.
• 8 Build cutting-edge educational-facility infrastructure.
• 9 Activate academic and research exchanges.