| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教育研究所 === 93 === The main purpose of this study is to investigate the process of the integrated curriculum design in the school-based curriculum development for the implementation of the current nine-year’s curriculum from the primary to the junior high schools. The case-study schools participate in the nine-year’s curriculum and cooperate with the university and primary schools in the in-depth teaching program. The case-study schools adopt different models to procced their school-based curriculum development in the context of “School-based curriculum development”, “curriculum integration” and “educational partnership”. What kind of their planning-design-implementation-evaluation cycle and what kind of their membership and impacts are covered. This study also tried to investigate the model and characteristics of the case-study primary schools in their curriculum design. Whether more delectated curriculum can be turned up is investigated. Finally, through the publication surrey regarding with the educational partnership, the study explored the way that the case study primary schools can interact with the teacher preparation program in their curriculum and institutional cooperation. What difficulties were experienced during the process and what is their responding strategy’ are discussed. By means of this case study, if is hoped that relevant research domains can be enriched and useful reference is provided to educational workers.
This study takes a large village type school as the case study object in accordance with a designated sampling process. The data collection method consists of participant as observer and literature survey in order to be thorough in under standing the case school and its development process. Through analysis and discussions, the results concluded from this study are summarized as follows：
1. In school-based curriculum development aspect
Cased-study primary school takes Skilbeck’s situational analysis model as the reference frame and further adopts Tsin-Tien Tsai’s model for detailing development strategy and procedure in order to develop the school-based curriculum in conformance with the nine-year’s curriculum.
Emphasizing teacher professional development with the teaching system as leading branch and the administration leadership and support as back-up branch.
The formation of school curriculum development committee as the curriculum research and development center to promote curriculum innovation inspiring better school organizational culture.
2. In curriculum integration aspect
2.1 The case-study primary school proceeds thematic teaching based on Beane’s curriculum integration model in line with the school development vision. Flexible curriculum and collaboration instruction are used to combine with study spheres and themes to achieve horizontal and vertical integration. Students are immersed in a theme to learn life experiences, knowledge and skills.
2.2 The case-study primary school developed the narrative curriculum based on Drake’s story model as their dominant curriculum, utilizing story to lead students into the situational learning state good for reading comprehension and judgment. Practical teaching activity is used to try hard for searching meaning and actively integrate situations.
3. In participating nine-year’s curriculum and in-depth teaching plan aspect
3.1 Currently, the case-study school and educational partners are on a reciprocal and equal respect relationship. But passing into the plan’s third year and as the curriculum design maturing, there is a trend that the case study school is increasingly playing the leading role.
3.2 The case study school and teacher preparation institution has developed good partnership to promote a feedback loop between curriculum theory and practice and apparently an action research field is formed. In the future, the case-study school may proceed in educational action research and school teachers may under take their curriculum reform.
Keyword：School-based Curriculum Development, Curriculum Integration, Educational Partnership.
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