教育部於2014年2月17日以臺教授國部字第1030007735號函發布《十二年國民基本教育課程發展指引》，以國民所需的核心素養做為十二年國民基本教育課程的核心。十二年國民基本教育之「國民核心素養」，係強調培養以人為本的「終身學習者」，包括「自主行動」、「溝通互動」及「社會參與」等三面向，以及「身心素質與自我精進」、「系統思考與解決問題」、「規劃執行與創新應變」、「符號運用與溝通表達」、「科技資訊與媒體素養」、「藝術涵養與美感素養」、「道德實踐與公民意識」、「人際關係與團隊合作」及「多元文化與國際理解」等九項目，這些「國民核心素養」是各教育階段的共同素養，更是國民生活所需的核心素養，可做為課程連貫與統整之核心。「國民核心素養」建立在國內外相關研究基礎之上，本文特別就國內第一代「國民核心素養」研究成果：「界定與選擇國民核心素養：概念參考架構與理論基礎研究」、第二代「國民核心素養」研究成果：「K-12中小學課程綱要的核心素養與各領域之連貫體系研究」，以及第三代核心素養研究發展：「K-12各教育階段核心素養與各領域課程統整研究」等，進一步論述國民核心素養做為《十二年國民基本教育課程發展指引》核心之重要性。

The author in this paper argued the importance of national core competencies as core Tof 1-12 Curriculum Development Guieline and the importance of national core competencies in elementary and secondary school curriculum in Taiwan. Firstly, the author outlined a three dimension structure of ‘act autonomously’, ‘communicate interactively’, ‘social participation’ as a reference framework of national core competencies, and outlined a nine theme domain of “body fitness and self improvement”, “system thinking and problem-solving”, “plan execution and creative change,” “symble application and communication expression”, “information technology and media literacy”, “art cultivation and life aesthetics”, “moral praxis and citizen consciousness”, “interpersonal relationship and teamwork collaboration”, “multi-culture and international understanding” as a reference content regarding national core competencies.
Then the author argued that the national core competence could be designed as the core of 1-12 Curriculum Development Guideline in Taiwan, the rationale of national core competencies came from both international study and Taiwan local research results. Finally The author articulated the development of three generations of national core competencies in Taiwan.