Biography of Dr. Wu-Tien Wu（吳武典）
September 1, 2007
Dr. Wu-Tien Wu is anemeritus professor of Special Education at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). He was born in Taiwan and completed his undergraduate and master degree in Taiwan and Ph.D. (in school psychology) from the University of Kentucky, USA in 1975. He has been the leader for numerous professional organizations both in Taiwan and abroad. For example, in Taiwan, he served as presidents for such associations as Special Education, Psychological Testing, Guidance, Gifted Education, and Teacher Education. Internationally, he served as thepresident of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (1993-97).
Over the past 30 years of services at the University, he has held many administrative posts, for example, as director of Special Education Center, founding chair of Special Education Department, director of Research Center in Educational/Psychological Measurement, founding director of Graduate Institute of Educational Policy and Administration, and Dean of College of Education.Besides, he served as chair of Education Committee at the National Science Council (NSC), R.O.C.
Because of his research and organization achievement, professor Wu has been the frequent keynote speakers in many international associations/organizations. In addition, he sits on the editorial board of six international journals and is the associate editor of Emotional & Behavioral Difficulties. He has received numerous recognitions and awards for his outstanding achievement, including the distinguished educator of the year in Taiwan, the NSC’s distinguished research award, the visiting research fellow of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Marden visiting fellow of the University of Hong Kong, the advisory professor of East China Normal University, the fellow of the International Academy of Intercultural Research (IAIR), the diploma of professionalcounseling from the International Academy of Behavior Medicine, Counseling, and Psychotherapy (IABMCP), the outstanding leadership plaque and distinguished service award from the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC),and the distinguished alumnus of Taiwan Normal University.
Professor Wu has published over 30 books and 300 papers and many were in international journals. His research and service interests centered on the discovery and development of human potentials, in the areas of special/gifted education and guidance/counseling, in particular. His recent works focus on special education policies. For example, he led a group of education scholars, medical doctors, administrators, and teachers, entrusted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), to complete a large scale of national prevalence study of children with disabilities in 1992 and resulted in a 6-year promotion plan of special education for the disabled;He led a research team, under the sponsorship of NSC, to carry out a 5-year research project (1994-1999) oncomprehensive strategies of gifted and talented education and a 4-year research project (1999-2003) onthe development of multiple talents.Most recently, he led aresearch group, entrusted by MOE, initiating a national policy study on teacher education. The final report has been served as a basic guideline for teacher education reform in Taiwan since it was released in early 2005.