Future development

The educational objectives and core competencies of the undergraduate program in the Department of Early Childhood Care and Education are highly aligned with the college-level educational goals of the College of Human Ecology, namely “ethical practice, service innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.”

 

The undergraduate program emphasizes “excellence in early childhood care and education,” “caring practice,” and the cultivation of professionals who possess reflection, care, and innovation. These elements concretely translate the college’s abstract educational philosophy into professional training directions within the field of early childhood education.

 

Its core competencies—such as understanding child development, planning and implementing childcare and teaching, establishing partnerships with families and communities, and pursuing continuous professional development—correspond respectively to the college’s competencies in ethical practice, service management, communication and coordination, interdisciplinary innovation, and professional practice.

 

In other words, the undergraduate program primarily undertakes the mission of cultivating frontline practitioners in early childhood care and service, serving as a concrete realization of the College of Human Ecology’s educational philosophy within the professional field of early childhood education.