Design a flexible and diversified multi-disciplinary educational system
Sigala and Baum (2003) proposed that TH education should offer programmes for students
without location or time constraints in order to break from restrictive locations and time slots,
thus accommodating the needs and learning styles of its students. TH education in Taiwan is
flexible and allows individuals to continue to work in the private sector in order to pursue
higher education with greater ease.
Horng and Lee (2006) emphasised that TH educations assist students in the integration of
subjects in different fields, especially the study of aesthetics, arts, and cultures, the exposure
to which can be adopted in their careers. Additionally, Baum (1990) noted that the
environment of TH industry is a constantly changing one. Therefore, the TH education
system should cultivate students with professional skills, independent thinking and cultural
sensitivity.
Reinforce industry-university cooperation and technology transfer
Industrial-university cooperation integrates HVE and vocational training, playing an important
role in TH education. Industry should be involved in curriculum design and teaching should
be compatible with industrial requirements. In addition to strengthening the internship
practicum system, this partnership provides students with a proper and realistic expectation
about a real-world working environment. However, schools should establish a partnership
with industry so that the teachers’ knowledge and the industrial resources can be used with
each another, thus achieving technology transfer.