The implementation of, achievements in and reflections on school-based education resource centers-examples of Chinese language and social science subjects

Abstract

The government of Taiwan has been taking the initiative to establish and build upon large-scale educational reform since 1998. To cope with technological and social challenges, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has undertaken several projects in an effort to integrate technology into the curriculum, especially at the primary and secondary school levels. Aside from purchasing computer hardware and establishing a networking environment, the MOE has spent more than three years setting up an on-line resource center, the National Education Resource Center (NERC), that comprises several school-based education resource centers (SERCs) classified on the basis of specific subject areas. This paper briefly introduces the implementation of the school-based resource centers in Taiwan, and analyzes the achievements that they have made thus far. To be more specific, Chinese language and social sciences are the subjects that we take to analyze here. Finally, some reflections based on personal participation in the project are proposed for further studies.