An Action Research about Applying the Care Ethics On the Empathy Moral of the Character Education to Grade Four Elementary Students

• Main Authors: Hsiang, Wan-Chiu, 項婉秋
• Other Authors: 張芬芬
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40442787263852397895

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 學習與媒材設計學系課程與教學碩士學位在職專班 === 104 === Adopting the Action Research method, this research aims to design a moral education course based on Ethics of Care to help students in 4th grade to increase their empathy. The objects of the research are the researcher’s students in 4th grade amounting to 31 people. The research was carried out through a course of 24 classes starting from February to May, 2016. By interviewing the students, reviewing videos of the classes, making notes and introspection after classes, and the feedback from homework and questionnaires to students, the researcher drew the below conclusions from the research: 1. Integrate the theory of Ethics of Care with moral education of empathy is workable. 2. The problems arisen from the implementation of the classes can be solved or improved by introspection and making amendments to the course contents. 3. Based on the theory of Ethics of Care, carrying out the moral education of empathy can improve students' behavior of empathy in every aspect. 4. The progress of the research conduces to the researcher's improvement and consciousness on education program design capability, the relationship with students, and professional skills. The following are the researcher’s suggestions based on the research results: 1. The moral education of empathy is indeed practicable. To keep implementing the moral education of empathy, it is suggested that such course can be designed and planned in the syllabus of the new semester. 2. Introspection and amendment of course contents after classes are key factors in the improvement of teachers’ teaching methods as well as students’ behavior. 3. Teachers’ behavior in the details of daily life can serve as examples to demonstrate that the moral education of empathy will be helpful to students’ self-restraint on moral and well behavior. 4. It is suggested to establish an education team to improve individual ability of education program design, syllabus planning and hence to increase the teaching efficiency.