The Epistemological Beliefs Differences among Different Graders in Department of Early Childhood Care and Education Students

• Main Authors: Lu Yu-Fen, 盧玉芬
• Other Authors: Shing M. L.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3q25vy

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 95 === The purpose of this research is to explore the epistemological beliefs of the early childhood care and education students which were sampled from senior occupation school and 2-years community college. The numbers of the effective sampled students from senior occupation school and 2-years community college are 212 and 199 separately. The questionnaire of the epistemological belief was designed and generated according to the result of the related literature study. Then the eight factors were got by utilizing the factor analysis of the questionnaire. The applied methodologies of the descriptive statistics were mean, standard deviation, One-way ANOVA, and Scheffe’s posterior comparison. The findings of this research were summarized as follows：（1） The system of the epistemological beliefs can be classified into eight factors which are A. The progress will be made if the students study diligently. B. The methodologies of study is important. C. The facility can be explored and improved. D. The success is closely relevant to the efforts. E. The progress of learning is advancing gradually. F. The answers of questions are time-variant. G.. The knowledge is relative to another. H. Challenge the authorities. （2）The tendency which is analyzed from all 8-factors is approaching the mature side. （3）All the factors make apparent differences except the factor C . Then it shows that the level of development is close for the factor C – The facility can be explored and improved.(4) The senior occupation students are superior to the community college students on the six factors which are the factors A、B、D、E、F and G. (5) The community college students are superior to the senior occupation students on the factor which is Challenge the authorities.