| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教育研究所 === 96 === “Mingho With Spring Dawn” Curriculum Development by Action Research
Pei-shan Wu
Summary
This research is to discover ecological environment of school and the researcher thereby
Designs the course about environmental education, which is called “Mingho With Spring Dawn” curriculum. (Abbreviared as MWSD in the following.) This course is to lead students pay more attention to the environment and then cherish the place where they are.
The goal of the research is to study the questions to the development of MWSD curriculum
through its action research. Besides, the researcher drew up MWSD action plan and search for partners to bring the action research into practice and to evaluate effects of this action research. What the researcher designs is mainly to help students “understand Nature, approach Nature and cherish Nature”. Here are the main questions of the research.
(1) What kind of questions will the researcher face when performing the action research of MWSD curriculum on the fourth grade of elementary school based on Scenario Analysis?
(2) How to draw up the action plan of MPWSD curriculum on the fourth grade of elementary school?
(3) How to search for the partner to perform the action research?
(4) How to bring the action research of MWSD curriculum into practice on the fourth grade of elementary school?
(5) What are the effects of the action research of MWSD curriculum on the fourth grade of elementary school?
Here are the conclusions of this research.
The finding to study Scenario Analysis
Students who studied after 2004 wouldn’t learn wetland ecology, which belongs to School-based Curriculum performed during 2003 to 2004. School-based ecological Curriculum thus disappeared. However, students who aren’t educated on ecological courses don’t know how to cherish their environment – some students caused damage to grass and dig holes on the grass. This shows students should be educated more on “recognition , feelings and skill”. Through SWOTA Scenario Analysis, it also shows that to perform the action research of MWSD curriculum is necessary.
The plan and thoughts on action research of MWSD curriculum
The researcher has to make sure of the concept of MWSD, which includes making the future visions of classes, designing the goals of whole classes, setting the goals of teaching and revising the curriculum. Then, the researcher also has to make a self-examination for the designing process of MWSD curriculum.
The process and thoughts of searching for partners
The fourth conclusion contains the process of searching for partners, performing ways of cooperation and thoughts of searching for partners.
The thoughts of bringing action research of MWSD curriculum into practice
The researcher promotes the teaching effects and learning interests by exerting various teaching resources. Furthermore, the researcher adopts diversified teaching methods to perform environmental education curriculum and analogizes it to the whole society and environment based on learners’ daily experience. The performing process of MWSD curriculum including “recognition , feelings and skill” is also considered. The thoughts about the process of performing environmental education curriculum are listed in the conclusion.
The thoughts on effects of performing MWSD curriculum on the fourth grade of elementary school
First, the researcher evaluates students’ learning effects based on formative evaluation and summative evaluation.
Secondly, the researcher evaluates teaching effects based on the evaluation of effects of the teacher’s individual teaching and of the teacher’s wfole teaching.
Thirdly, environmental education curriculum can help students “understand Nature, approach
Nature and cherish Nature”. Diversified teaching methods indeed help students to promote their learing interests. It is obvious for us to observe the effects on students to combine Picture Books and topical movies. Only when we fulfill the evaluation system of environmantal education curriculum can we gradually ameliorate the phenomenon of depredation occurred in the world to avoid the crisis.
In the last part of the research, the researcher individually presents some suggestions for the administration of school, teachers who perform environmental education curriculum, the researcher herself, the school where the researcher works and the following related research in the future.
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