| Summary: | 碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所 === 97 === This study is to probe into community university teachers’ ways of thinking and teaching practices. This study includes three main aspects. First, it is to delve into the connotation of community university teachers’ thinking. Second, it is to probe the state of community university teachers’ teaching practices. Third, based on the conclusion of this study, some suggestions on community university teachers’ professional development will be made. To achieve the above purposes, this study adopts a qualitative approach to conduct the research. Five interviewees from a community university in central Taiwan were sampled by the researcher, and these five teachers had taught in one curriculum. Drawing upon an integration of interview and observation, the conclusion and suggestion of this study are presented as follows:
This research presents two conclusions on teachers’ thinking and teaching practices. First, with respect to teachers’ thinking, this study proposes: 1. Perspective on community university. 2. Thoughts on the curriculum for community university teachers 3. Views about teachers’ role. 4. Understanding of adult learners’ characteristics. In the next place, teaching practices embrace five items: 1. Teachers design flexible curriculum, and put adult learner's need and interests into full cosideration. 2. Teachers fill the teaching with vitality, and integrate self-produced teaching material with narration resources. 3. Teachers make good use of the auxiliary teaching material to activate teaching methods and strategies. 4. Teachers use multiple ways of evaluations and encourage students to participate enthusiastically in learning activities. 5. Teachers create a good classroom atmosphere, and raise consciousness of co-learning.
In addition, based on the conclusion of the study, there are suggestions on practical application and future researches.
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