Department of Adapted Physical Education

The concept of adapted physical education is one of the main issues in current education of our national policy. However, adapted physical education for people with disabilities has been neglected, and the learning resources for those disadvantaged students are relatively limited. Consequently the first department of Adapted Physical Education in our nation was established in 2002 to meet the needs. Forty-five students are admitted to the Department every academic year.

Main Goals：

The Department has developed the goals as follows:

1. To enhance our students the teaching abilities of adapted physical education.

2. To exploit adapted physical education service form nearly community.

Education Objectives:

The educational objectives of the Department are as follows:

1. To educate school teachers for adapted physical education.

2. To educate coaches and trainers for people with disabilities.

Core Courses：

The core courses include general courses, general education courses, special education courses, and adapted physical education courses. In order to serve the needs of nearly one million people with disabilities in Taiwan, the Department is preparing our students to become adapted physical education teachers, coaches for adapted sports competitions, managers for adapted sports, and elite athletes with disabilities.