about ctces
The founding of the Chinese Taipei Comparative Education Society (hereafter CTCES) was initiated by a group of scholars, including Professor Bang-Cheng Sun (孫邦正), Professor Guo-Ding Lei (雷國鼎), Professor Wei-Fan Kuo (郭為藩), Professor Ching-Chiang Lin (林清江), Professor Kuen-Huei Huang (黃昆輝), Professor Guo-Shih Yang (楊國賜) and so on. The Preparatory Committee of the CTCES was set up on October 27th , 1973. During the first meeting chaired by Professor Guo Ding Lei (雷國鼎), seven scholars were elected as members of the Preparatory Committee and Professor Kuen-Huei Huang(黃昆輝) as the Coordinator of the Committee. In the following year, the CTCES Constitution was drafted and discussed in the second preparatory meeting. On May 18th, 1974, the CTCES was formally established at the College of Education, National Taiwan Normal University.
The establishment of the CTCES was underpinned by the recognition of the importance of comparative education. The rationale underlying the importance of comparative education studies is that the understanding of other countries’ education would contribute to the educational reforms and innovations in Taiwan. Based on the rationale, the CTCES was set up to achieve the following purposes:
1. to collect educational data in developed countries;
2. to introduce the recent educational trends of the developed countries;
3. to facilitate comparative educational scholarship and to improve instruction of comparative education;
4. to enhance international understanding and academic cooperation in the field of comparative education;
5. to provide the policy makers with the research-based evidences as the references for educational innovations in Taiwan.
The establishment of the CTCES was underpinned by the recognition of the importance of comparative education. The rationale underlying the importance of comparative education studies is that the understanding of other countries’ education would contribute to the educational reforms and innovations in Taiwan. Based on the rationale, the CTCES was set up to achieve the following purposes:
1. to collect educational data in developed countries;
2. to introduce the recent educational trends of the developed countries;
3. to facilitate comparative educational scholarship and to improve instruction of comparative education;
4. to enhance international understanding and academic cooperation in the field of comparative education;
5. to provide the policy makers with the research-based evidences as the references for educational innovations in Taiwan.