Open a New Learning Window for Suburban Pupils: An Action Research on the Newspaper in Education in an Elementary School in Taipei County

• Main Authors: Ting-Mei Sung, 宋挺美
• Other Authors: 吳明清
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20344840873956708879

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士在職專班 === 98 === This is an action research which implemented Newspaper in Education for the 5th graders of a suburban elementary school in Taipei County. The purpose of this action research is to use the different strategies to develop the reading program with the core of the “excellent little citizen”, “sharing the articles about parent-child” and “widespread reading”. In the process of action research, multiple methods, such as observation, interview, document analysis, survey are used to explore the situation of Newspaper in Education, students’ opinions, possible difficulties, feasible teaching strategies in practice and to reflect the teaching methods. Based on results of this research, some conclusions are synthesized as follows: I. To apply Newspaper in Education in class will promote the 5th graders’ language ability. 1. Playing games with all kinds of materials advances the interest of student reading. 2. To solicit articles by hot topics of conversation, to talk by watching pictures in language classroom, and to read the Little Hurry comic book promote pupils’ abilities of reading and writing. 3. To apply all kinds of reading methods in class promotes pupils’ abilities of admiring articles and talking expression. II. To prepare information fully and flexible classes promotes the efficiencies of Newspaper in Education. 1. Warming-up course is necessary. 2. The Newspaper in Education by asking, linking, discussing, sharing helps to advance pupils’ abilities of reading and rectification. 3. The reading course should be adjusted with the pupils’responds. III. To apply Newspaper in Education in class advances parent-children interaction. 1. Sharing the articles about parent-child advances parent-children interaction. 2. These activities of reading and cutting newspaper advance the parents and children’s abilities of reading and talking. IV. To apply Newspaper in Education in class advances pupils’ concern for the society and the citizenship. 1. To apply Newspaper in Education in class improves pupils’ concern for the current affairs of the society. 2. The discussion of the current events on newspaper advances pupils’ thinking ability. V. To apply Newspaper in Education in class provides opportunity for the researcher to have reflections and professional growth. 1. The researcher needs to find the methods for the difficulties in the process of action research. 2. The researcher gets grown in the process of action research. Based on conclusions mentioned above, the researcher proposes some suggestions for educational administration, school, action teachers and parents for reference.