Introduction
The department originated from the former counseling section of the Department of Elementary Education. The Department of Counseling was established in 2000. In order to train counselors for schools or public/private education institutions and social welfare organizations, the department and its graduate program not only maintain the original function of the Department of Elementary Education—teacher education—but also puts emphasis on the instruction of the professional knowledge in the field of guidance and counseling and on the combination of theories and practical experiences.
The Graduate Institute of Family Education and Counseling has been officially integrated into the Department of Counseling since 2010. The new department offers undergraduate program, master’s program, evening undergraduate program, and in-service master’s program.
Integrating family education and
counseling, the department endeavors to provide professional training that
covers family education, family and community counseling, school counseling,
and corporate counseling from the perspective of human service. In addition to
providing complete access to human service education, the department expects to
meet the needs of the general public and families and become the first
department in Taiwan specializing in the fields of family education, community
education, and school education.
Prospect
- To establish PhD Program in the Department of Counseling.
- To issue Family Education and Counseling Periodical to share research results in family education and counseling.
- To collaborate with Family Education Research Center, Family and Community Counseling Center, and Assessment & Survey Center to advance family education, counseling practice and academic research.
- To hold academic conferences on family education, elementary and secondary school counseling, and family and community counseling.
- To build academic relationship with China in the terms of family education and counseling to share research results and promote cooperation.
- To build up partnership with neighboring universities and schools, and promote various family education activities, Elementary and Secondary school Cooperating Plan, Composite Counseling Project, and Service Learning Project.