The Impacts of Life Education Courses upon Students’ Spiritual Health—

• Main Authors: KUO SHU JIE, 郭淑婕
• Other Authors: 李瑛
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3dst55

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會教育學系 === 101 === The purpose of the study was to explore the overall spiritual health of the students in Chung Yung Christian University(CYCU), and to assess the influence derived from general curricula relating to life education. A quantitative analysis was employed with a particular survey entitled “Students’ Spiritual Health Survey” and conducted among 1029 students coming from 17 different courses relating to life education. In-depth interviews were carried out for both faculty and students involved to further explore on the impacts of teachers’teaching philosophies and practice upon students as well as other background factors that helped derive better learning efficacies on students’ spiritual health. The findings of the research were summarized as follows： 1. The overall spiritual health of CYCU students scored at middle-high level. The “nature caring” scale is ranked highest among the seven scales extracted in this survey, while the “religion entrustment” scale is ranked lowest. Students’ backgrounds, learning motivations and life education related courses they have taken all give rise to significant influence upon their spiritual health. 2. Significant differences surfaced between students who had taken the required course “Philosophy of religion” and those who had not; significant differences also emerged in certain curricula in those three categories including heavenly relationship, interpersonal relationship, and self relationship, with higher scores exclusively for those students who had taken the above courses. 3. The teaching philosophy, curriculum program, and personal life experience of the four faculty members selected do effectively facilitate success in imparting the value and meaning of life into students. 4. From the viewpoints of the seven students representing the seven colleges in CYCU, the life education curricula do enhance students’ spiritual health through their transformative learning. Based on the above findings, the unique role of the general curriculum structure in CYCU is commendable in Taiwan’s higher education from this life educational perspective. Suggestions for better performance are stressed as well, including a further strengthening on the quality of teachers and programs in “Philosophy of life”, the opening up of more courses directly relating to ‘relationship’ per se, the enhancement on teaching hardware and technology support, the improvement of the design in campus activities, and the upgrading on students’ participation willingness of campus life. Topics for further research are also discussed.