| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 公民教育與活動領導學系在職進修碩士班 === 100 === The purpose of the study was to explore current usage of textbooks, teachers’ opinions and the factors that influence the use of textbooks by teachers of integrative activities learning areas in junior high school of Taoyuan County. The author compiled a “Questionnaire Survey on Current Textbook Usage for Teachers of Integrative Activities Learning Areas in Junior High School of Taoyuan County” and conducted five semi-structured interviews to selected in-service teachers. At the end, according to the result of the research, the author proposed specific advice for public references.
The results of the study were:
1. The current usage of textbooks:
Majority (93.5%) of the teachers in Taoyuan purchase or use recycled textbooks. Mostly the use of textbooks was for “Previous preparation for classes” and the most common way was to “Select and adjust the content of the textbooks.” Most of the teachers used textbooks only “Sometimes” during class. The main reasons for teachers to use textbooks were to “Save time from selecting teaching materials”, “Contribute to the implementation of integrated curriculum”, “Coordinate with the curriculum goals”, etc. The reason of arranging teaching unit was to “Rearrange of unit order in textbooks.” Teachers decided how many teaching sessions for certain content according to “actual requirement in reality” and referred to “teacher's manuals and other reference” regarding those sections that are not teachers’ specialty.
2. The opinions toward using textbooks
The result showed that teachers were satisfied the most with the “Publication features” whereas shared the least satisfaction with the “Requirement of Use”.
3. The factors that influence the use of textbooks:
Overall, the most influential aspects were “Teachers factor” and the next were the “Students factor” and the least influential aspects were “Textbooks Factor” and “Situations factor”.
At the end, conclusion based on research results were summarized and proposed to textbook editors, teachers of integrative activities learning areas, and provided for further research.
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