以勇氣面對挑戰、用智慧解決問題：楊國賜教授學思歷程

Facing Challenges and Solving Problems with Wisdom: Professor Yang Kuo-Tzu’s Academic Journey

楊國賜教授現為國立臺灣師範大學社會教育系名譽教授、國立暨南國際大學教育學院諮商心理與人力資源發展系榮譽講座教授、亞洲大學講座教授。曾任國立臺灣師範大學社會教育系教授兼所長，以及教育部社會教育司長、教育部政務次長、國立嘉義大學校長等諸多教育行政職務。此外，在學術團體方面亦曾擔任中國教育學會、中華民國比較教育學會、中華民國技職教育學會、中華民國成人及終身教育學會、臺灣高等教育學會等諸多學術團體的領導者。
楊教授的主要研究領域為社會教育、成人及終身教育、比較教育、教育哲學、高齡教育、高等教育等。曾發表中英文期刊200餘篇、專書10餘本、專書論文及會議論文50餘篇。楊教授在教育領域的貢獻可說是全方位的，實用主義教育哲學是其教育理論的基礎，使其在教育理論與實務上，對臺灣教育和社會的發展，具有深遠的影響和貢獻。

Professor Yang Kuo-Tzu is an honorary professor in the Department of Social Education at National Taiwan Normal University, an honorary chair professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Resource Development at the College of Education, National Chi Nan University, and an honored Professor at Asia University. Professor Yang has served as Professor and Director of the Department of Social Education at National Taiwan Normal University, Director of Social Education at the Ministry of Education, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Education, and President of National Chiayi University. Professor Yang is also dedicated to service in the academic community. He has served as a leader of many academic groups, such as the Chinese Education Society, the Comparative Education Society of the Republic of China, the Technical and Vocational Education Society of the Republic of China, the Adult and Lifelong Education Society of the Republic of China, and the Taiwan Higher Education Society. Professor Yang's research fields mainly include social education, adult and lifelong education, comparative education, philosophy of education, senior education, higher education, etc. He has published over 200 articles in Chinese and English journals, more than 10 books, and more than 50 book and conference papers. His contribution to the field of education is comprehensive. In particular, he adopted the pragmatist philosophy of education as the basic theory for exploring academic education research. Therefore, his influence to Taiwan's educational and social development has ideal and practical contributions.