| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 教育研究所 === 98 === In this paper, an analytic study for the relationships between participations of extra-curricular activities and civic literacy for college students in southern area of Taiwan based on Experience Education Theory, Involvement Theory and Attitude Theory. The purposes of this study were to investigate: (a) the meaning and importance of civic literacy;(b) the relationship between participation of extra-curricular activities and civic literacy; (c) the relationship between attitude of extra-curricular activities and civic literacy. The sample in this study consisted of 802 students from 14 colleges in southern area of Taiwan. In this study, statistical analysis included descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and nested regression model analysis.
The major findings were summarized as followings: (a) in participations of extra-curricular activities, average time was significantly related to concern in public affairs, citizen participation behavior, and civic literacy; (b) in participation attitude of extra-curricular activities, cognitive component was related to concern in public affairs, care of social responsibility, and civic literacy; affective component was related to concern in public affairs, citizen participation behavior, and civic literacy; behavior component and care of social responsibility was negative relationship; (c) when participations of extra-curricular activities were included, the significant relationship of cognitive component and affective component among concern in public affairs, care of social responsibility, citizen participation behavior, and civic literacy were not changed, but the significant relationship of behavior component among care of social responsibility, citizen participation behavior, and civic literacy were changed; (d) when control variables were included, the relationship between average time and care of social responsibility was changed, the relationship between seniority and citizen participation behavior was changed, the relationship among other factors and four dimensions of civic literacy was remain.
Finally, possible explanations for these findings and implications were discussed. Based on the findings, this study also proposed some relevant suggestions that could be a reference to parents, teachers and researchers.
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