| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 103 === The purpose of this study was to investigate parents’ attitude toward and implementation of life education among young children in central Taiwan and further analyze differences across parents’ background variables.
The questionnaire survey method was adopted. The instrument was a self-developed “Questionnaire on parents’ attitude toward and implementation of life education among young children in central Taiwan”. This questionnaire was administered to parents of young children between 3~6 of age who were studying in registered kindergartens in central Taiwan. Of the 1,247 questionnaires distributed, 1,170 were returned, and 1,042 were valid. Data were analyzed using methods including descriptive statistics, independent statistics t-test, single factor analysis of variance, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The main conclusions were as follows:
1.Parents in central Taiwan scored high on the attitude toward life education for young children, with the score in the “self and ego” dimension being the highest. This suggests that parents in central Taiwan have a positive and supportive attitude toward life education for young children.
2.The parents showed an intermediate-to-high level of implementation of life education among their young children, with the score in the “self and others” being the highest, and that in the “self and the environment” being the lowest. This indicates that parents in central Taiwan are able to implement life education in their young children’s life experiences but need to make more effort to promote the “self and the environment” aspect of the education.
3.The parents' attitude toward life education for young children varied slightly by “parental status”, “education degree”, “occupation”, “monthly income of the household”, “child’s age”, “religious belief”, “awareness of the term ‘life education’”, “understanding of the content of life education”, “experience of attending life education related speeches, activities or courses”, and “child’s experience of attending a funeral”.
4.The parents' implementation of life education for young children varied significantly by “parental status”, “education degree”, “occupation”, “place of residence”, “type of the kindergarten”, “religious belief”,“awareness of the term ‘life education’”, “understanding of the content of life education”, “experience of attending life education related speeches, activities or courses”, and “child’s experience of attending a funeral”.
5.A total of 12 background variables, including “parental status”, “parental age”, “education degree”, “occupation”, “residence of the parental”, “child’s gender”, “type of the kindergarten”, “type of the family”, “religious belief”, “awareness of the term ‘life education’”, “understanding of the content of life education”, and “child’s experience of attending a funeral”, were found to have a predicting power for “implementation of life education among young children”. Besides, parents’ attitudes in the “self and ego”, “self and others”, “self and the environment”, and “self and the universe” dimensions were also important variables that could predict their “implementation of life education among young children”.
6.When asked about the appropriateness of implementing life education among young children, nearly 70% of the respondents said “Yes” and 20% said “No”, while about 10% showed a neutral stance.
Based on the above conclusions, this study also proposed suggestions to the authority concerned, kindergarten teachers, parents of young children, and future researchers.
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