The Study of After-School Care and Remedial Teaching for the Vulnerable Children in Changhua County

• Main Authors: Chen Wan-Chi, 陳婉琪
• Other Authors: Tsai Wei-Shian
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63074484852695010170

碩士 === 東海大學 === 第三部門碩士在職專班 === 101 === This research aims at studying the process and operation of after-school care program for the vulnerable children carried out by the public and private sectors in Changhua County. We would like to know the implementation status about how the after-school care and remedial teaching assist the vulnerable children by interviews. Also through the social network analysis we want to know how the after-school care affects children’s growth. Furthermore, we aim to examine the implementation effectiveness and provide recommendation and reference to the schools and non-profit organizations which carry out after-school care. This study adopts case study method of qualitative research. It is done by semi-structured interviews with the executives and teachers who undertake the after-school care in schools and non-profit organizations, as well as the relevant students and parents. Moreover, this study is supplemented by numerous documents which further outline the entire procedure of implementation. This study achieves the conclusion and recommendations as follow: In family aspect, they need to understand the learning environment of the vulnerable students at home as well as the economy of their families. They should give help if necessary. Furthermore, they can communicate with parents directly, ask for their opinion and suggestions, and deliver education concept to them. If a child’s family does not function normally, it is required to enhance after-school care to ensure a better learning environment for the vulnerable students. In administrative aspect, the critical success factor of after-school care programs is the integration and full input of the school executives whether the programs are conducted by school or non-profit organizations. While the program is carried out by the non-profit organizations, they need sufficient resources, good integration of relevant resources, and full support of human resources from schools. Schools and non-profit organizations should aim at solving the vulnerable students’ problems on the basis of mutual respect and trust. In teaching aspect, they can take advantage of training courses annually held by the County Government to enhance teachers’ teaching method and concept. In addition, schools and non-profit organizations can design these courses according to actual needs of teaching site to improve the effectiveness of after-school remedial teaching. In learning aspect, after-school care should provide diversified courses besides general ones. This helps children to search and affirm themselves by means of games or other learning methods and lay the good foundation of their growth.