What Are the Psychoimages of High-school Students on National Security?

• Main Authors: Jyh-Cherng Yu, 余致誠
• Other Authors: Yuanher Robin Hwang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3t8qsj

碩士 === 明道大學 === 教學藝術研究所 === 97 === Abstract Military training education has already been in practice for many years in Taiwan. Because of all the changes on domestic and international political situations, curriculum, related administration and public opinions, in recent years, we may wonder what the results we have obtained and the priority order might be, on those students’ psycho-images, pertaining to national security. The researcher adopted empirical research methodology and the qualitative paradigm. Approaches used for first-hand data collection were the document analysis, interviews, and researcher’s professional reflections. This research analyzed the national security policies and goals, curriculum standards and textbooks. Fifteen students and three instructors were interviewed and data were analyzed through the triangulation with the researcher’s own professional reflections. This research obtains the following important findings: First of all, the general education course on national defense is presently the only subject to, systematically, introduce national defense related knowledge, from elementary to the high school level. Second, the general education course on national defense has a positive influence, to high school students, on the promotion of national security awareness. Third, the most important factor that affects the national security concept, of high-school students, is the study of general education course on national defense, followed by the factor of influence generated by mass media. The priority of the national security psycho-images, of high-school students, is sorted as follows: 1) political situation; 2) economical situation and its related societal mental reaction; 3) military situation; 4) the cross-strait policies (for affairs between mainland China and Taiwan). This research could have the referencing values for the Ministry of Education’s Military Training Agency, for various high-school military instructors, and for related organizations, when conducting the general education course on national defense and organizing national defense education for the general public. Key words: national security, national defense curriculum, psycho-image。