有鑑於近四十餘年來臺灣地區的教育發展為國家建設培育了充沛的人力、促進了政治的民主發展與經濟的輝煌成就，因此，在面臨二十一世紀即將來臨的前夕，本文乃有意藉著對我國歷年來教育發展的檢視，提出跨世紀教育改革的建言。整體而言，本文共分五小節，首先，本文先簡扼歸納我國教育發展的成就；其次接著說明當前我國重要的教育問題，以及近年來我國在教育改革方面的努力與具體措施；另外在本文提出我國未來教育改革的願景後，本文即對我國跨世紀教育改革應走的方向提出建言。簡言之，本文對我國跨世紀教育改革的建議主要可歸納如下：在學前教育方面應力求普及化，讓兒童能快樂的學習；在國民教育方面應推動小班教學，延長義務教育年限及提昇教師素質；在中等教育方面，應開闢多元化入學管道，促成普通與技職教育體系之互通與交流；在高等教育方面應激發各大學發展其特色，追求公平、效率與卓越；在社會教育方面，應實現全民教育及終身教育之理想，強化社會教化功能，提供多元化學習機會與回流教育之管道；在家庭教育方面應儘速確立家庭教育法制，建立完整的家庭教育服務網絡；最後，在終身教育方面，應致力規劃終身教育的體制，實現學習社會的理想。

　　　　　In the past decades, Taiwan has achieved a remarkable economic success. The reasons for having such a great economic achievement has been many, but the educational development has been regarded as a crucial one. This paper, by reviewing the educational development in Taiwan in the past, mainly aims to give suggestions concerning the directions of education reform in Taiwan while moving into the 21st century. The paper can be briefly divided into five sections. At first, this paper starts with a summary of educational achievement in Taiwan in the past four decades. Second, this paper pinpoint several crucial educational problems in the current Taiwan society. Next, after exploring the major education reforms in Taiwan in the recent decades, this paper gives suggestions related to the directions of education reform in Taiwan at the time of across the century, in accordance with the expectations for the future educational development.