This study aims to understand the historical development of teacher certification from the Teacher Education Act of 1994, when teachers were licensed in three stages, until the revised Teacher Education Act of 2002, which required only two stages. Research methods include analysis of the theories and documents to understand the theories of certification, the discourses and the dynamic relationship between the included and the excluded in the history and trends of teacher certification. The findings of the study are summarized as follows: 1. The concept of teacher certification changed from credential to certification. 2. Shortages and oversupplies of qualified teacher were the main factors in fluencies the development of teacher certification. 3. The government is the subject that excludes disqualification. 4. Those without a teaching credential or a teacher position are the excluded. 5. The property of a teacher’s professional status is the teaching position. 6. The principal form of exclusion is bureaucratic authority and the form of usurpation is the exclusionary usurpation. 7. The use of teacher certification to differentiate the excluded is going to loosen. Recommendations are proposed based on the above-mentioned findings.