A study of nonself universal of worldview in bunun senior high school students:the conceptualization of nature

• Main Author: 李江德
• Other Authors: 鄭湧涇
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20629577586199383537

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 生物研究所 === 91 === The worldview of a people is their way of looking at reality. “Nature” belongs to nonself universal which is one of seven universals in worldview analysis. The purposes of this study were to explore: (1) how worldviews hold by Bunun senior high school students affect their conceptualization of Nature? (2) would Bunun senior high school students relate to science when they mentioned about nature? To what degree did Bunun senior high school students understand the nature of science? (3) what differences exist between students’ epistemological beliefs and scientific epistemological beliefs? The participants were students from a multiracial senior high school in Hua-Lien County. The students of that school are composed of Amis, Bunun and non-indigenous populations. The subjects of the study were Bunun and non-indigenous students. Research instruments included semi-structural interview, worldview survey and Understanding of the Nature of Science Scale (UNOS). The participants of the study were divided into high and low groups based on their UNOS scores. A total of eight students were chosen as the subjects for interview study from both high and low-groups. Among them, four were Bunun students and the other four were non-indigenous students. The results of the study revealed that the effects of Bunun culture such as hunting, myths, taboo and beliefs were appeared on their conceptualization of Nature. The views of environment in Bunun students tended to conservation-oriented and the concept of “science” was deficient in their conceptualization of Nature. When they mentioned about Nature, they often related to “Biologists” or “Ecology”. Regardless of Bunun or non-indigenous students, most of them could not differentiate between science and technology. The epistemological beliefs about Nature were significantly influenced by Bunun hunting in Bunun students. Their epistemological beliefs about Nature differed greatly from scientific epistemological beliefs.