Learning and Materials Design University of Taipei

Overview

Key facts

Teaching and learning materials used in schools are included in the term 'materials design', as well as everyday-life learning materials (including printing and multi-media) for children and adolescents. These students will become cross-disciplinary experts who are taught in the three fields - education, science and art - across which DLMD curriculum is distributed. 

The educational courses in the Learning and Materials Design program at University of Taipei focus on the topics of curriculum and instruction (hereafter CI), as well as the necessary expertise for students in the cultural and creative design. In addition, the objectives of science courses place more attention on the applications of information technology, and the targets of art courses focus on the development of aesthetic design.

In the other words, the CI courses equip students with primary contents to engage in the cultural and creative design, while the science and art courses equip students with main tools to engage in the cultural and creative design. In short, the foundation of DLMD is a crossing over of learning materials design and CI. The solid theoretical basis of CI associating with information technology and aesthetic design indicates the development orientation of DLMD.

Postgraduate Program

• Cultivating outstanding researchers of CI to raise academic standards.
• Nurturing curriculum leaders to improve school practice in the Taipei Metropolitan area.
• Promoting and spreading new knowledge of CI for education innovation.
• Participating in international exchanges of CI to promote mutual development.