he Effectveness of Using Picture Books to Improve Multicultural Literacy in Elementary School Fifth Graders

• Main Authors: Sheng-shan Chang, 張聖山
• Other Authors: Meg M. Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69564504974276386765

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 教育學系課程與教學碩士班 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to improve the multicultural literacy of fifth graders in ele- -mentary school students by using “picture books” .In addition to know the grow of student in the teaching experiment, researcher can find the change of their multicultural literacy by quantitative analysis and propose concrete suggestions from the result. This study employed quaised-experimental method of nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. Participants were fifth graders in elementary school. The experimental curriculum had lasted for sixteen classes within eight weeks. The experimental tools were “picture books” and “the multicultural literacy scale”. One-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA）was used to analyze the difference score in multicultural literacy scale and researchers can analyzed the result of the teaching deeply by reading reward form.The results of this study were as follows: 1. The multicultural literacy of the students of experimental group was significantly outperformed than the control group 2. Students in the experimental group responded positively and affirmatively to the experimental curriculum. Based on the conclusion, this study propose concrete suggestions to educators and future researches as a reference for implementing or research the “Multicultural education Education” with character in the future.