Curriculum Articulation in 3rd and 4th Grades Social Studies: An Action Research of Grade 1-9 Curriculum Reform

• Main Authors: CHANG, HSIANG - LI, 張香莉
• Other Authors: 曾慧佳
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48540215594083727468

碩士 === 國立台北師範學院 === 社會科教育學系碩士班 === 92 === This is an action research of an elementary school teacher regarding the impact of social studies curriculum reform in Taiwan. The National Curriculum usually has one or two year preparation time before it acts. It usually enacts on first grade students and the students enter school after them will follow the new curriculum. However, under the pressure of the Legislative Yuan the grade 1-9 curriculum reform has to be held within 4 years which means 4 years later, the 1-9 school system in Taiwan will be all covered under the grade 1-9 curriculum. In the circumstance, there were more than 643,789students who would have very similar social studies curriculum when they were in 3rd and 4th grades. The author is a 3rd grade teacher who had realized that her students were going to encounter such problem. She took an action research to study what she could do and the impact she and her students had encountered. She used content analysis to make sure the curriculum did overlap. She videotaped her teaching and transcribed the tapes and analyzed them. Other data includes journals, interviews with her colleagues, students. In addition to traditional assessment, she had portfolio assessment and performance assessment. She did a questionnaire survey in June of the study to find out what the other 4th grade teachers had done to respond to the overlap of the social studies curriculum. The major findings of this study are: the social studies textbooks her school used did repeat itself. Nevertheless, the theory of spiral curriculum did prove to be very useful. Under the concept of spiral curriculum, teacher shall enrich the concepts that students had learned. Deepen and widen materials with familiarity can make learning much more easier. Various instruction and assessment methods are welcome by students. Teacher is the key play regarding the curriculum reform. Teachers who realize the overlapping will widen and deepen to enrich their teaching. Therefore, knowing teachers’ prior teaching experience and background are as important as knowing students’ prior knowledge. Teacher who conducts action research of her own teaching proves to have great impact on her empowering and professional growth. Keywords: social studies, curriculum articulation, teacher professional growth, action research