地圖，是地理的語言，也是現代社會重要的資訊媒體。在一片教育改革聲中，地圖教育的提昇和教改理念有契合的層面。近年來，資訊科技的發展更拓展地圖的應用層面，地圖教育的研究發展因而更值得重視。本文經由文獻整理，就教育目標、課程標準、課本、評量、師資和地圖製作等相關層面，探討我國地圖教育發展的問題，並且進一步介紹美英等國三套課程標準，作為我國課程設計和教學改進之參考。文末針對未來地圖教育改革的推動層面和作法提出建議，希望藉此能喚起相關研究和教育工作者的重視，致力於地圖教育之研究發展。

Map, a language of geography, is becoming an important media in modern society, Education reform is among the top list in government agenda. The attempt of increasing map literacy fits well with the concept of education reform. Besides, recent advancement of information technology widens the applications of maps. The development of cartographic education deserves attention from relevant subjects of K-12. This article examines the development of cartographic education from aspects including goals of education, curriculum development, entrance examination, and map production. Curriculum standards developed in the USA and England are introduced and compared. The ending paragraph highlights suggestion to future development of cartographic education. It is anticipated that more research endeavor will be encouraged by this paper.