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The quantity and quality of talented individuals in STEM (science/S, technology/T, engineering/E and mathematics/M) fields contribute to a nation's overall competitiveness. Taiwan and many countries around the world are vigorously promoting the training of STEM professionals and the enhancement of STEM literacy for all as one of the key education objectives. Aiming to achieve the following two goals, this book is compiled and published: (1) to strengthen mutual understanding and connections between Taiwan and other highly competitive countries in the area of STEM education; and (2) to give highly competitive countries the opportunity to share their experiences in STEM education. Two editors-in-chief formulated manuscript guidelines including cross-country comparison components. Then, they invited STEM educators from 10 countries in the top 15 countries/economies in the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Ranking 2021 to follow the guidelines to write up country-specific chapters. After that, they conducted a peer review of all manuscripts and requested authors to make necessary revisions, and made a cross-country comparison which was presented as the 11th chapter. In addition to the 11th chapter, this book compiles country-specific articles about the STEM education background, the status of STEM education, and trends and issues in STEM education from 10 countries, namely Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ireland, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America. Twenty authors of the 11 chapters are listed in this book. [This book was published by Technological and Vocational Education Research Center (TVERC), National Taiwan Normal University, and K-12 Education Administration (K12EA), Ministry of Education, Taiwan.]

Taiwan and more than 20 other countries/political entities in the Indo-Pacific Region are located between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Regardless of economic development or strategic geography, they all play a pivotal role in the global deployment. How they develop talents by means of technical and vocational education (TVE) has drawn Taiwan's attention. Aiming to achieve the following three goals, this book is compiled and published: (1) to strengthen the mutual understanding and connection of TVE between Taiwan and the other countries in the Indo-Pacific region, (2) to expand more cross-country educational cooperation and flow of talent, and (3) to take advantage of the core competencies and achievements of TVE in neighboring countries as a Taiwan innovation reference for change. Two editors-in-chief formulated manuscript guidelines including cross-country comparison components, invited technical and vocational educators from 10 countries in the Indo-Pacific Region to follow the guidelines to write up country-specific chapters, conducted a peer review of all manuscripts and requested authors to make necessary revisions, and made a cross-country comparison which is presented as the 11th chapter. This book compiles country-specific articles about TVE profiles, the status of TVE, and trends and issues in TVE from 10 countries, namely Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, and Viet Nam. Book chapter authors are listed in this book. [This book was published by Technological and Vocational Research Center, National Taiwan Normal University, and K-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.]

In 1997, the Industrial Technology Education Association of Taiwan (ITEA-Taiwan) hosted the 1997 International Conference on Technology Education in the Asia-Pacific Region (ICTE) in Taipei. The ICTE constitution was signed and the Association to Association mode was formed at that conference. This mode has provided the technology educators in the Asia-Pacific region with a good platform for idea sharing and collaboration. In 2021, the ITEA-Taiwan hosted ICTE in Taipei for its third time. In order to enable technology educators and the ICTE participants in ICTE 2021 to better understand technology teacher education in the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Education's K-12 Education Administration in Taiwan subsidized the Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology to edit and publish this book in 2020. The editors-in-chief planned manuscript guidelines, then invited authors from ICTE's 7 members and 1 observer to write country-specific chapters. A cross-country comparison was made in the 9th chapter. That is, this book complies articles about the technology education and technology teacher education from eight countries/areas in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and the United States. Technology education in this book refers to the technological literacy education as a realm of general education in primary and secondary schools. It includes both Design and Technology (D&T)/Technology and Engineering (T&E) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Book chapter authors are listed in this book. [This book was published by Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology (CTUST) and K-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.]