| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 94 === A Study on Gifted Program Evaluation and Its Characteristics of Outstanding Performance Schools’ Achievements in Taipei City
Ling-Chun Wu
National Taiwan Normal University
Abstract
This study presents findings of the outcome of Gifted Program Evaluation of 2002-2003 in Taipei City and five schools that received this outstanding performance award to discover the factors attributing to the success of these gifted programs. The research participants include an evaluation coordinator, five evaluation committee members and all the teaching staff of the five outstanding schools. It was based on the reference documentation and current documents coupled with interviews that gathered data from the individual teacher and focus groups. Data was analyzed according to the qualitative research methods.
Its purpose was to discover: First, the gifted program evaluation including (1) the overview of the preparation and implementation, (2) the comments and suggestions of the committee members and outstanding performance schools’ teachers, and (3) the committee member’s opinions of primary school’ s gifted program in Taipei City. Second, the characteristics of outstanding performance schools’ achievements including (1) teacher’s education background and research desires, (2) the interaction between the teachers and school administration, (3) the responsibility sharing and teamwork of the teachers, (4) the student’s identification, placement and counseling, (5) curriculum and instruction, (6) the association of resource of parents and society, (7) the interaction and sharing resource with regular program teachers, (8) the promotion and popularization of the gifted program, (9)the future improvements and most satisfactory success.
This study concluded that the key factor attributing to a successful gifted education program is human resource. Through the cooperative team organized by excellent and willing teachers to make progress and to establish a good relationship with school administration, regular program teachers, parents, scholars, specialists implementing an ideally designed curriculum, earnest teaching and caring for students, the gifted education program surely can obtain the public’s affirmation and appreciation.
At last, this study presented some suggestions regarding the preparation and implementation of gifted program evaluation, enforcement of gifted program, and the suggested direction of future research.
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