Evaluation of the effectiveness of an outdoor education module "Animal Report" at ShuangLiou Nature Center

• Main Author: 吳雅詩
• Other Authors: 梁世雄
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36083844046182299223

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 環境教育研究所 === 101 === The objective of this study is to investigate the learning performance and perception of students after they articipated the “Animal Report” outdoor educational module at ShuangLiou Nature Center. A total of 145 student samples from 7 classes in 5 schools were collected. This study took one-group pretest-posttest design. Test sheets and questionnaires were designed based on Environmental Education Course Objectives. Additionally, qualitative and quantitative data was both gathered through interviews with teachers and volunteers, students’ homework, and curriculum participations. The data was analyzed by using paired T-test and effect size. After the module ”Animal Report”, the mean value of “Environmental Conceptual Knowledge” shows significant difference that achieve a large level of experiment effect (d = .9367). In addition, “The Environmental Awareness and Sensitivity” (d = .4067) and “Environmental Values and Attitudes” (d =.383) varied between small and medium level. This can also be seen in students’ homework. There are 127 students participated in environmental action in the curriculum, reaching 84.1% of the total number. On the other hand, the effect size of student’s “Environmental Action Intention” only had a small rising (d=.2161). The students’ pre-test average mean value was 4.2, which may limit the progress of the post-test. It also found that students had 95.8% agreement and satisfaction on the “Animal Report” module. Furthermore, 97.2% expressed their willingness to participate other outdoor education module at ShuangLiou Nature Center in the future. Teachers and volunteers interview both showed positive feedback for the module, they also provided suggestions for teaching methods and contact condition in advance. The results and suggestions based on the study could provide ShuangLiou Nature Center as the reference for implementation of outdoor educational module.