| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 科學應用與推廣學系科學教育碩士班 === 96 === This study is aimed at exploring the effects of school Flora and Fauna curriculum on first graders’ environmental attitudes and understanding the relationship between students’ background and environmental attitudes. A quasi-experimented design was used in the research. Two classes were the experimental group （N＝59）who were given ten periods of classes of school Flora and Fauna curriculum while another two classes（N＝60） received the general curriculum. The environmental attitudes scales were used as a pre-test to understand the difference between the two groups and the relationship between students’ background and scores. After the implementation of the teaching, the environmental attitudes scales were used as a post-test to realize the difference between pre-test and post-test. Interview, teaching journals and video were used to record the teaching process. We found:
1. The result shows no significant difference between students’ genders, but significant difference in students’ interests in their leisure time and the social and economic status of their families.
2. The pre-test shows no significant difference between the two groups while the post-test shows significant difference between them. Furthermore, there is significant difference between the pre-and post-test of the experimental group. It indicates that school Flora and Fauna curriculum really improves students’ environmental attitudes.
3. After analyzing the qualitative data, we found school Flora and Fauna curriculum can raise students’ interests in learning and build correct environmental attitudes. Also, we found flexible time should be reserved in the courses, and multimedia and outdoor teaching can be applied to the courses based on students’ characteristics.
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