A Case Study of the Expeditionary Learning in Energy Course in a Senior High School in the Remote Area

• Main Authors: YA-CHIEN TSAO, 曹雅蒨
• Other Authors: LI-YUN WANG
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79551282794458150486

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育學系在職進修碩士班 === 101 === The research aims to discuss the development process of expeditionary energy courses at remote high schools and the related issues, and teachers’ professional growth in developing the curriculum. Meanwhile, the surveys on the changes of scientific literacy and its learning problems in students’ participation before and after expeditionary energy courses can be used as the reference for the implementation of a similar course in remote high schools. The research subjects are teachers and students who participate in expeditionary energy courses in a remote high school of the northern Taiwan. Interviews, document analysis and quasi-experimental research method are used to conduct the research on the development of expeditionary energy courses in high schools, teachers’ professional growth and changes of scientific literacy and its learning problems in students’ participation before and after expeditionary energy courses. The research conclusions are as follows: 1. In the teachers’ professional developing process, teachers have learned how the teaching method of expeditionary learning differs from that of traditional learning and how the concept can be applied in curriculum design. 2. The course content mainly focuses on the energy and environmental education. The courses themselves are rigor, relevant to life and share a mutual trust in relationship between teachers and students. 3. In teachers’ opinions, students' initiative has improved, and K, T, Q reading skills and presentation skills are more proficient. There have been more diverse methods of collecting information and the division of labor depends on the expertise of the team members. The assessment results on High-Scope Program effectiveness evaluation questions show little difference. 4. The entrance examination is still leading school education in that teachers and students can only use the quickest way, namely reciting and rotting the contents of the books, to get high scores on the test. To consider the efficiency of learning from a utilitarian point of view, experiential learning style, which may take a lot of time to discuss, research, and reflect, has become the greatest difficulty in curriculum implementation. Based on research conclusions, the researcher will make several suggestions for further research.