The Research of Elementary School Students’ Local Knowledge and Local Attitude---Taking Chian-jen District of Kaohsiung city as an example

• Main Authors: Zhang Zhi-Yuan, 張智遠
• Other Authors: 陳國彥
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73828024328501974002

碩士 === 國立屏東師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 90 === ABSTRACT The purpose of the research was to know the current status of the fifth grade students in Chian-jen district, Kaohsiung city, their local knowledge and local attitude, as well as compared these students from different backgrounds the difference of their local knowledge and local attitude. It was also to analyze the correlation of the students’ local knowledge and local attitude. It employed the questionnaire method to proceed this empirical research. The research subjects were the fifth grade students in Chian-jen District, Kaohsiung city. It acquired in total 678 people as effective samples. The research instruments which were compiled by the researcher, were the Chian-jen District’s “ local knowledge test” and “ local attitude scale.” The collective results of the questionnaires utilized SPSS For Windows compact software to do frequency distribution, descriptive statistics, factor analysis, students’ t-test, one-way ANOVA and product moment correlation. The conclusions were as follows: 1.The average score of the fifth grade students Chian-jen District local knowledge was 15.10 points. The percentage of the correct answers was 50.34%. The average score for the local attitude scale was 80.11 points. 2.The local knowledge test score for the female students was better than that of the male students. It went the same for the local attitude performance. 3.There’s no significant difference in local knowledge and local attitude for those students of aborigines, Taiwanese, Hakkanese and Mainlanders. 4.Those students whose parents with higher education obtained better local knowledge and their performance in local attitude was more positive. 5.Students who got the local information from schools, teachers, books, parents, seniors, classmates and library’s outside reading books, their local knowledge and local attitude were far better than those who got from TV, radio broadcasts and newspaper. 6.The fifth grade students who lived in the area longer performed much better both in local knowledge and local attitude. 7.Students who participated in community activities, knowing-the-place activities or local trip for an average of 3 times per month performed distinctively far better both in local knowledge and local attitude than those who participated for an average of 0~2 times per month. 8.Students who were good at listening and fluent in speaking their native language performed apparently better in local knowledge and local attitude than those who could listen, speak some native language and those who couldn’t comprehend their own mother tongue. 9.The fifth grade students whose local knowledge and local attitude revealed a distinctively positive correlation. Finally, according to the research results, proposals regarding the area local education in the respects of educational administration, teachers, teaching material and parents were made. And constructive proposals were also made for the follow-up research. Key words: Elementary school students, local knowledge, local attitude