An Action Research of the Application on New Media Educational Curation in English Curriculum of Elementary School 2nd Graders: A Case Study of YouTube

• Main Authors: Shin-Yi Shih, 施欣怡
• Other Authors: Yun-Long Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3k928t

碩士 === 國立體育大學 === 休閒產業經營學系 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of applying new media YouTube to educational curation in English curriculum of elementary school 2nd graders. Through the process of action research, researcher analyzed the students and teaching materials, designed the teaching activities, developed curatorial resources, implemented for English teaching and kept evaluating and modifying. The study brought up the findings and suggestions of educational curation which could be reference to further studies. Action research was adopted as the approach of the study. 142 students, 2nd graders of 5 classes, were selected as the sample in the research. Based on prior research, the researcher concluded English Competence Indicators from Grade 1-9 Curriculum Guidelines and the criteria of video selections. According to the above, the researcher designed the instructional activities. The research instruments included “English learning background Questionnaire”, “pre-test and post-test”, “classroom observation record”, “worksheet”, “semi-structure interview guide” and “reflective teaching diary” as the research tools. All the materials obtained from the research were described under qualitative records and quantitative statistics. The quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and t-test in computer statistical software “SPSS 20.0”. After analyzing the research results, the conclusions of this study are summarized as follows: 1. Educational Curation through the criteria of video selection, the thematic content educational curation is helpful to English learning. 2. Teaching through thematic content educational curation can enhance students’ English learning effectiveness. 3. Teaching through thematic content educational curation can enhance students’ English learning interests. 4. Most students have a good evaluation and hold a positive view toward curatorial teaching, but some of them give negative feedback. Finally, according to the results of this study, some suggestions for English teachers and further studies are provided.