| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 公民教育與活動領導學系 === 103 === This study aims to explore the application of Processing Tendencies by public junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities.The purpose of this study: A. To understand the current status of the application of Processing Tendencies by public junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities. B. To conclude the effect and the difficulties of the application of Processing Tendencies by public junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities
Both questionnaire dissemination and qualitative research method are adopted in this study. The data was collected from a questionnaire to 51 public junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities. The data were analyzed by the statistical methods of frequency distribution, percentage, mean, Sum of squares of deviations, chi-square test in SPSS. It also took purposive sampling by interviewing 4 teachers representing each Processing Tendencies in order to understand the effect and the difficulties of the application of Processing Tendencies. Through depth interview to make data collection and analysis, finally compile research results, and give appropriate recommendations to the relevent units. The study found that there are some results as the following:
A.Facilitator Frontloading, Traditional Q&;A, Participant-Directed Processing are adopted by junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities. Among these aproaches, Traditional Q&;A is the one most teachers choose.
B.Junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities who scores the highest in two Processing Tendencies indicates that they are under a transition statement. The status and quality of the class should be considered.
C.Most junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities are unable to adopt different Processing Tendencies under certain situation due to the following reasons: the quality of students, limited amount of time or classes, lack of seniority or of colleagues teaching the same subject.
D.Most junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities can adopt Processing Tendencies averagely due to the following reasons: a prior understanding of the status and quality of the class, the flexibility of practicing Processing Tendencies equipped by younger teachers, the effectiveness of decentralizing the authority of Processing.
E.Most junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities tend to have a conductor-centered Processing Tendencies due to the following reasons: affection of students’ quality, controlment of teaching goal and the length of time.
F.The relation of Gender differences and Processing Tendencies shows no significant deviation. However, the pericentage of male teachers’ Facilitator Frontloading is significantly higher.
G.The relation of different teaching subjects and Processing Tendencies shows no significant deviation. However, scout teachers’ Facilitator Frontloading and domestic teachers’ Traditional Q&;A are significantly higher than those teaching other subjects.
H.The length of teaching the subject is relevant to a teacher’s Processing Tendencies. Teachers with one-to-five-year length of service shows a higher score in Traditional Q&;A approach comparing to those with eleven-to-fifteen-year and sixteen-to-twenty-year length of service.
I.Participant-centered teachers adopting Processing Tendencies tend to concern more about students’ issues and establish students’universality and willingness to participate the issues.
J.The difficulties junior high school teachers in Chia-yi County from Areas of Integrative Activities encountered during the practice of Processing Tendencies: students’ backgrounds and status, difficulty of evaluation, teacher-oriented self-reflection.
Based on the above research findings, we propose the following suggestions to the provision of school teachers from Areas of Integrative Activities and education administration authority reference:
A.As to administration authority: offer Processing-Tendencies-relevant conferences, and encourage teachers teaching other subjects and teachers from Areas of Integrative to Activities to attend these conferences.
B.As to administration units: Employing formal teachers from Areas of Integrative Activities, and support administration system to support the adjustment of time of teachers from Areas of Integrative Activities.
C.As to teachers from Areas of Integrative Activities: initiatively participating conferences, class observation and the interchange of opinion, encouragement of communities aiming to enhance the skills of teaching, polybasic appliance of Processing Tendencies, and to enhance students’ ability in the process of self-examination.
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