The Action Research on Implementing the Immigrants' Culture Curriculum in Sixth Grade of the Elementary School

• Main Authors: Chen,Meiching, 陳美靜
• Other Authors: Chang,Shufang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59470898559163697800

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 教育學系課程與教學碩士班 === 100 === In the era of continuous rising of the transnational marriages in Taiwan, more and more new immigration children entered the elementary and junior high schools, and being increased year by year. The purpose of this study was to implement a new immigrants' culture curriculum in the field of elementary integrated activities, and through the practical teaching ways to explore the learning outcomes of the program for students to enhance the socio-cultural awareness, to change the students to new immigrant groups stereotype, the acceptance and interaction with the new immigrants groups. The subjects of the study were drawn from the elementary school in sixth-grade students. The process consisted of a 32 classes where the researcher implemented a new immigrants' culture program. Using the action research method, data were collected through knowledge worksheets, cooperator observation records, interest inventory, students’ feedbacks and interviews, and instructor’s reflection diaries. The researcher summarized the main findings as follows: 1. The development process of the new-immigrants’ culture curriculum was a dynamic one, and the effectiveness of this curriculum required a substance amount of time to practice the lessons and to increase the effectiveness of the teaching. 2. After the curriculum, students improved on the knowledge, skills and participations on the new immigrants’ cultures and the other issues as well as their connections between ethnic groups. 3. Before proceeding with a multicultural education, the teacher needed to internalize the spirit of multicultural education into his or her own educational philosophy and practiced it in daily lives to set a good example. Based on the above conclusions, the researchers made the following suggestions: First of all, to the teachers who want to implement the new immigrants’ culture curriculum recommendations, including: First, teachers should enrich the new immigrants’ culturally relevant teaching knowledge, and improve their multicultural literacy. Second, the curriculum should give students practical experience opportunities to improve the level of learning. Third, before the teaching, teachers should let students experience of group cooperation. Forth, during the teaching, collaborative teaching of other teachers or parents may seek to reduce teacher stress and burden, and make the teaching more diversified. Fifth, the new immigrants’ culture curriculum programs and issues can be implemented in different learning areas. Furthermore, the recommendations for the researchers in the future, including: First, the sufficient teaching time can deepen the degree of thinking and self-reflection. Second, the curriculum design should consider the students' cognitive development, and into the issues related to curriculum to construct the appropriate values.