【Department features】

The courses of this department are based on the rich cross-field academic research of teachers. Teachers have invested in research projects of the National Science Council and the Ministry of Education and published papers in top domestic and foreign journals. The department also exerts social influence by organizing parent-child centers, supervising childcare centers in Hsinchu County and City, tutoring elementary school classes in indigenous areas, assisting teachers in learning kindergarten curriculum, and advocating on important early childhood policies.

Based on a solid research foundation and shouldering social responsibility, the department offers courses with teacher training as the core to enable students to master important early childhood education principles and knowledge. It covers four distinctive areas, including multilingualism and culture (aboriginal languages, Hakka Chinese, Hokkien, English), early childhood STEAM, early childhood art, developmental science, and also focuses on infant care, preschool special education, early childhood administration, etc. The department has established a number of professional classrooms to provide practical resources and fields for teaching and research, and also offers the first bilingual early childhood teacher specialty course in Taiwan. Historically, students have achieved a pass rate of over 90% in the teacher qualification examination, and many are admitted to highly competitive public kindergarten teachers.

Students' imaginations about the future are not limited to kindergarten teachers. The department provides a wealth of industrial, transnational and cross-field resources to enhance students' abilities in leadership, research, innovation and social care. In the future, students can use the acquired professional knowledge and abilities domestically in addition to early childhood/children's education, children's industry and other professional fields, we create unlimited cross-domain possibilities. Important resources include:

•  Industry links: Provide children's industry-related courses, lectures, visits, and internship opportunities.
•  International exchange: Fulbright Senior Scholar are appointed to teach and give lectures; you can choose to take bilingual teacher specialty courses; you can apply for overseas exchange students and interns.
•  Inter-disciplinary learning: Optional credit courses, double majors, minors, double majors, and courses from other universities are available.
•  Social responsibility: Provide opportunities for service learning, rural and international service, and ECE camps.

【Core courses】

Graduates of this department must complete at least 128 credits, including 32 credits of "Educational Protection Professional Knowledge Course", 22 credits of "Kindergarten Teacher Pre-service Education Course" and other professional elective courses. This department is an early childhood education teacher training department approved by the Ministry of Education. All undergraduate students are qualified as teacher trainees (excluding additional students). After completing the above 54-credit core courses, they can participate in the kindergarten teacher qualification test. Upon successful completion of the test, individuals are eligible to proceed to the exam. Successfully completing the educational internship qualifies you to receive a kindergarten teacher certificate.

【Career path】

Graduates of this department can choose and create various career possibilities, such as serving as teachers and supervisors in kindergartens at home and abroad; engaging in and operating children's industries, including STEAM, education, art, physical fitness, (new) media, publishing, etc., such as kindergartens, Daycare centers, early childhood STEAM classrooms, parent-child centers, teaching/toy companies, teaching materials/picture book publishing houses, early childhood physical fitness classrooms, children's theater troupes, etc. Others include public sector jobs, early childhood education, child welfare, and various cross-domain innovation possibilities. Students who are interested in academic research can choose to pursue further studies at the department’s research institute or other domestic and foreign cross-field research institutes.