A Study on The Factors for Junior High School Students to Choose Comprehensive High School -Tainan Area as an Example

• Main Author: 龍維明
• Other Authors: 胡茹萍
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51255488753831934459

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 工業教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 95 === Since the trial implementation in 1996 by the Ministry of Education, comprehensive high schools have been developed for 10 years in Taiwan and turned out to be a new system in secondary education other than high school education and vocational education. This study aimed to investigate the factors that junior high students consider in the selection for comprehensive high schools. The study examined the formation of comprehensive high schools from the perspective of tracking system. Through the literature review, the development of comprehensive high schools in the UK and the US were dissected and compared with the background of those in Taiwan and their impacts on Taiwan’s secondary education. As to the factors involved in school selection, pertaining theses and dissertations published in recent years were reviewed and analyzed to induce factors and constructs involved in the selection for schools in an effort to provide a reference for future research. The research framework was composed of the independent variable of student’s background and the dependent variables that affect student’s inclination to choose comprehensive high schools. The research subjects were graduating students from junior high schools in Tainan City and County in the academic year of 2006, and the population included 25,692 students of 699 classes from 77 schools. Besides, “multi-stage cluster sampling” was adopted as the sampling method. The research tool was a self-designed “Questionnaire on the factors affecting junior high school students in Tainan in the selection of comprehensive high schools.” A total of 974 questionnaires were distributed. 845 pieces were returned, and 748 were valid responses. There were 10 major findings as follows: 1. Junior high students showed low willingness to attend comprehensive high schools. 2. Higher willingness to attend comprehensive high schools was found among students from private schools than those from public ones. 3. Higher willingness to attend comprehensive high schools existed among students from Tainan County than those from Tainan City. 4. The major factor that influenced students’ willingness was “some of their courses are my favorite,” followed by “some of their courses arouse my interests” and “the teaching model matches my learning style.” 5. Generally, students of different backgrounds held generally similar viewpoints on factors involved in choosing comprehensive high schools. 6. The most important factor for students to choose comprehensive high schools was “personal interest,” whereas the least important one was “interpersonal relationship.” 7. A low correlation was found between student’s willingness to attend comprehensive high schools and the four factors, including “interpersonal relationship”, “personal interest”, “features of comprehensive high schools”, and “convenience of transportation”. 8. Teachers in the school were the major source for students to obtain information about comprehensive high schools. 9. Mass media was not effectively used to propagate the concepts of comprehensive high schools. 10. Students with different background variables received significantly different levels of assistance from the information of comprehensive high schools.