本研究旨在探討運用幼兒學習環境評量表-修訂版(ECERS-R)及幼兒園品質改善計畫(Program quality improvement plan)是否可作為一有效工具幫助幼兒園及幼兒教師提升幼兒園品質，並分析幼兒園的品質現況及提升幼兒園品質的歷程，最後綜合研究結果，提出研究結論。 本研究為「準實驗設計」，由研究者親自使用ECERS-R入園觀察與評分，並編製幼兒園品質改善計畫(Program quality improvement plan)作為幼兒園提升品質的執行藍圖。本研究以台北市及新北市共十所私立幼兒園作為研究對象，並將研究對象分為實驗組與對照組，實驗組則在前後與後測之間安排研究介入，用以驗證ECERS-R是否可作為一有效工具幫助幼兒園及幼兒教師提升幼兒園品質，幼兒園品質分數以統計軟體SPSS17.0for Windows進行處理，採用描述性統計及訪談整理等方法進行分析。 本研究之結論如下: 一、實驗組的幼兒園品質提升幅度大於對照組 二、透過ECERS-R及幼兒園品質改善計畫的介入，有效協助園所提升幼兒園品質 三、教師最常採取提升幼兒園品質的方法為提供多樣化的素材及安全衛生的環境 四、受限於空間、課程及其它因素影響，導致園所短期內無法擬定部分題項之改 善計畫 最後，研究者根據結論，對幼兒園實務面及未來研究提出具提建議，以期對未來幼教發展有所貢獻。 關鍵字: ECERS-R、幼兒園品質、提升幼兒園品質 / The purpose of this study are to explore the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales-Revised (ECERS-R) and “Program quality improvement plan” could be an effective tool to help kindergartens and ECE teachers improve Kindergarten Quality ,and to analyze the status of quality and the process of quality improvement. Last, summarize the result of the study. The major method of this study is Quasi-experimental design , researcher used the ECERS-R to Observe and rating, also develops “Program quality improvement plan” as an blue point for kindergarten to improve quality . The subjects are ten kindergartens in Taipei City and New Taipei City and subjects were divided into experimental and control groups, experimental groups using pretest - intervention – posttest mode to demonstrate if ECERS-R could be an effective tool to help kindergartens and ECE teachers improve Kindergarten Quality. The scores of ECERS-R were analyzed by the statistical software SPSS17.0 for Windows using descriptive statistics, interview draft analysis. According to the case, the conclusions are as follows: 1. Enhance the quality of the experimental group was larger than the control group. 2. Kindergarten through the ECERS-R and“Program quality improvement plan”, to effectively assist kindergartens improve the quality of centers. 3. ECE teachers to improve the quality of the most common method to provide a variety of materials and environmental health and safety. 4. Limited space, curriculum, and other factors, led to the short term can not develop improvement plans. Finally, based on the conclusions of study, the researcher proposes some suggestions for practice in kindergarten and future research , hoping to contribute to the development of future early childhood education. Key words: ECERS-R, kindergarten quality, improve the quality of kindergartens

本研究旨在探討幼兒園品質與幼兒課程經驗之關係。在幼兒園品質衡量的部分採用兩份量表「幼兒學習環境評量表修訂版中文本」(ECERS-R)、「幼兒園品質量表」，在課程經驗的部分使用自編之「幼兒課程經驗觀察表」進行結構式觀察，觀察對象為台北縣市六間幼托園所中各一班大班班級，每班各六位幼兒，共36位。幼兒園品質之觀察時間為每間園所一到兩次，每次兩小時，共12次，並於觀察結束後與園所進行訪談，而幼兒課程經驗之觀察時間為上午九點到下午四點，每次觀察同一個班級中的兩位幼兒，共18天。 本研究結論如下: 壹、幼兒園品質層面：一、幼兒園品質以中等居多；二、ECERS-R與幼兒園品質量表各有優缺點，可互相輔助使用。 貳、幼兒課程經驗層面：一、活動內容，「生活層面」占幼兒一天中大部分時間。「學習層面」中顯示活動種類繁多，且活動進行時間短；占最高比例之學習活動為英語，另外有發現幼小銜接課程提早從中班開始，課程內容以國字讀寫與注音為主；在下午時間仍有安排教師主導之團體學科活動，與公幼下午課程安排的情形不同；二、活動主導者，各層面皆以教師為活動主導者，其中自然科學的部份是由幼兒為主導，推測與教師自然科學之專業知能有關；三、共同參與者，「學習層面」與「生活層面」較常以團體方式進行；「轉銜時間」之共同參與者為同儕占最高比例，與公幼中參與者為教師與同儕的研究結果不同。 參、幼兒園品質與幼兒課程經驗層面: 不同品質園所之幼兒課程經驗有差異，須深入觀察分析才能發現。 一、活動內容:高低品質園所間，在各活動層面之時間分配比例相差不大，但仔細比較活動項目發現，「學習層面」中高品質園所中較多非結構、幼兒自由選擇的課程活動，而低品質園所中則較多結構性由教師主導的活動。「生活層面」中低品質園所較高品質園所花更多時間在整理方面。「轉銜活動」低品質園所中等待時間為高品質園所的兩倍。 二、活動主導者:不論品質高低，「學習層面」與「生活層面」皆以教師為活動主導者，但仔細比較活動項目發現，「學習層面」中的美術活動，在高品質園所中是由幼兒為活動主導者，而在低品質園所中則是由教師為活動主導者。「轉銜活動」在高品質園所中，以教師、幼兒為活動主導者，而在低品質園所中轉銜活動皆以教師為活動主導者。 三、共同參與者:不論品質高低，「學習層面」與「生活層面」以同儕與教師為共同參與者，但仔細比較活動項目發現，「學習層面」高品質園所有較多同儕共同參與的活動，低品質園所則較多獨自進行的活動；「生活層面」與「轉銜活動」也發現高品質園所中有許多同儕互動的機會，而低品質園所中則較常獨自進行各種活動。 最後，研究者根據結論，對幼兒園園所與教師之實務面與後續研究提出具體建議，以期對未來幼教發展有所助益。 / The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between program quality and children’s experienced curriculum in kindergartens. This research uses “Chinese version of Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised Edition “(ECERS-R) and “Early Education Program Quality Evaluation Scale (EEPES)” to evaluate the quality of the program in kindergartens. The research also uses “Children’s experienced curriculum record” to do the structural observation on children’s experienced curriculum. The objects of observation are thirty-six of five years old kindergarteners who were chose from six kindergartens located in Taipei city and Taipei County. Researcher observed each program once or twice, every section is two hours, and interviewed teachers after the observations. Total is twelve sections. The time to observed children’s experienced curriculum is from nine o’clock in the morning to four o’clock in the afternoon, and observed two children in the same class each time. Total is eighteen days. The conclusion is as following： 1. In aspect of program quality: (A) the program quality of the evaluated six samples(kindergartens) is medium, (B) EEPES is more discriminative than ECERS, while ECERS offers a more detailed description of program quality, especially at process quality. It is concluded that they are complementary in evaluating and improving program quality. 2. In aspect of children’s experienced curriculum :(A)curriculum，daily routine occupies most of children’s time during a day. There are many kinds of Learning activities but the period of the activities is short. The most of the Learning activities is English. In addition, the study found that the content of school readiness is read and write, and it’s not appropriate to begin from preschool. The curriculum in the afternoon of the six samples(kindergartens) is different from the public centers’. The learning activities at afternoon of the six samples(kindergartens) are led by the teachers. (B)The main leader of daily routine ,Learning activity and transition time are the teachers.(C)The co-participants of Learning activity and daily routine are also teachers and peers. But the co-participants of transition time is peers. That is different from the public centers’(teachers and peers). 3. In aspect of both program quality and children’s experienced curriculum：We can find out there is difference in children’s experienced curriculum between kindergartens with different program quality if we observe carefully. (A) Curriculum：The time distributed for each activity domain is almost the same in kindergartens with different program quality. Learning activity：High-quality kindergartens have more non-structure activities and activities of children’s free choice. Low-quality kindergartens have more structure and teacher-directed activities. Daily routine：Low-quality kindergartens spend more time in arrange than high-quality kindergartens. Transition time：The empty duration is twice as much low-quality kindergartens as high-quality kindergartens. (B) The leader of activity：Despite of the quality, both learning activity and daily routine are teacher-directed activities. But we can see the difference by advanced observation. Learning activity：The leader of artistic activity in high-quality kindergartens is child, but the leader is teacher in low-quality kindergartens. Transition time：Both teachers and children are the leaders in high-quality kindergartens, but teachers are the leaders in low-quality kindergartens. (C) The co-participants：Despite of the quality, the co-participants are peers and teachers in learning activity and daily routine. But we can see the difference by advanced observation. They have more opportunity to interactive with peers and teachers in high-quality kindergartens than low-quality kindergartens. Finally, based on the results, this study proposes some suggestions for kindergartens, administrations, teachers and researchers.

高品質的幼兒園對幼兒發展具有重大影響，且幼兒園品質的意義隨著時代思潮的演進，其所指涉的範圍愈來愈寬廣，並有由內部導向的幼教歷程，擴展至外部導向的全面品質之趨勢。因此，幼兒園品質衡量之探討，便成為一個理論和實務兼具的重要課題。 本研究發展幼稚園品質問卷，為台北市347所幼稚園的園長與教師進行問卷調查，並利用SPSS13.0套裝軟體進行統計分析，旨在探究幼兒園品質信念與幼兒園品質之構面、園長與教師幼兒園品質信念與幼兒園品質之關係，及其相關因素之影響，並比較園長與教師在內、外部導向幼兒園品質信念差異情形。 本研究之結論如下： 一、本研究發展出幼稚園品質問卷，包含幼兒園品質信念與幼兒園品質兩量表。 二、台北市幼稚園幼兒園品質信念與幼兒園品質之現況佳。 三、教師與園長在幼兒園品質信念的差異，係受到個人特徵的「教育程度和幼教服務年資」之交互影響。 四、「幼稚園屬性」是形成教師的幼兒園品質信念差異之主要的幼兒園特徵；而「生師比」是形成園長的幼兒園品質信念差異之主要的幼兒園特徵。 五、教師、園長的幼兒園品質信念與幼兒園品質之相關均不高。 六、教師與園長在內、外部導向幼兒園品質信念之差異，僅表現在外部導向幼兒園品質信念之差異上。 七、教師與園長的內、外部導向幼兒園品質信念之一致性，與幼兒園品質無關。 八、幼兒園品質的差異，係受到「幼稚園屬性與幼稚園規模」之交互影響，以及「幼稚園規模與生師比」之交互影響。 最後研究者根據結論，就幼兒園品質之實務面與後續研究方向提出具體的建議，以期對未來幼教的發展有所助益。 / Research has shown that high ECE program quality has great effect on children’s developmental outcomes, and the concept of ECE program quality evolving over time has extended its contents from internal-oriented to external-oriented. As a result, defining and measuring ECE program quality has become an important issue, both in theory and practice. The purpose of this study is fourfold: (a) to identify the dimensions of both ECE program quality belief and ECE program quality, (b) to examine the relations between directors’ and teachers’ ECE program quality belief and ECE program quality in their own kindergarten programs, (c) to ascertain the influence of related factors, and (d) to compare the difference between directors and teachers’ ECE program quality belief, both in internal-oriented and external-oriented ECE program quality belief. For achieving this purpose, this study developed the ECE program quality questionnaire to conduct mailed surveys in a sample of 347 kindergartens in Taipei city, and the data was analyzed with SPSS 13.0 to find possible significances. The conclusions are as follows: 1.This study developed the ECE program quality questionnaire which included both ECE program quality belief and ECE program quality scale. 2.This study revealed that both ECE program quality belief and ECE program quality in Taipei kindergarten programs were good. 3.This study showed that when it came to staff characteristics, the interaction of education level and staffing experience had effects on the difference in both directors’ and teachers’ ECE program quality beliefs. 4.This study indicated that the program attribute was the main program characteristics in the difference between teachers’ ECE program quality beliefs; but to directors, the child: teacher ratio mattered in the difference between directors’ ECE program quality beliefs. 5.This study demonstrated modest relations between both directors’ and teachers’ ECE program quality belief and ECE program quality in their own kindergarten programs. 6.This study showed that teachers and directors had differences in external-oriented ECE program quality beliefs, but not in internal-oriented beliefs. 7.This study showed that the consistency of both directors’ and teachers’ internal and external-oriented ECE program quality belief had no relations with ECE program quality. 8.This study showed that both the interaction of program size and program attribute, and the interaction of program size and child: teacher ratio had effects on the differences in ECE program quality. Overall, findings from this study pointed to several relevant implications for the early childhood education practice and follow-up ECE program quality research.

本研究採用分層隨意抽樣的量化問卷調查方法，以台北市立案之私立幼兒園之園長為對象，以三成作抽樣比例，先以電話聯絡園所，經園所同意後，再採郵寄問卷方式，輔以電話催收，共選取173所私立幼兒園。研究工具包括下列四部份：1.幼兒園組織特性調查表；2.研究者（2011）編製之市場導向量表；3.研究者（2011）編製之核心競爭能力量表及4.徐聯恩、劉蓁（2006）發展之幼兒園品質量表。 研究結論有五: 1. 台北市私立幼兒園園長覺知之市場導向、核心競爭能力均在中高程度，其覺知之幼兒園品質亦多屬於中高程度。 2. 台北市私立幼兒園園長覺知之市場導向、核心競爭能力與幼兒園品質不會因幼兒園園長專業背景及幼兒園經營型態等組織特性而呈現差異存在，但會因其餘組織特性（園長年齡、園長教育程度、園長幼教服務總年資、任職本園年資、任職本園園長年資、幼兒園成立歷史、幼兒園規模、幼兒園生師比）之不同而存在差異。 3. 台北市私立幼兒園之市場導向、核心競爭能力與幼兒園品質之間具有顯著正相關。 4. 台北市私立幼兒園之市場導向及核心競爭能力可以預測幼兒園品質。 5. 台北市私立幼兒園之市場導向可藉由核心競爭能力的完全中介作用，間接正向影響幼兒園品質。 / This study adopts questionnaire survey method. A total of 173 usable questionnaires were collected from 173 administrators of private preschools in Taipei City. The measurement tools are fourfold: 1. preschool organization characteristics; 2. Chung (2011) market orientation scale; 3. Chung (2011) core competition scale and 4. Hsu and Liu (2006) preschool quality scale. The main conclusions of this study are fivefold: 1. Administrators of private preschools in Taipei City have high perception towards market orientation, core competition and quality of preschool. 2. Within Taipei City private preschools there are no significant differences, neither due to the administrator’s professional background nor the type of preschool. There are however, significant differences due to other organizational characteristics such as the administrator’s age, their level of education and administrative experience, the perpetuation and size of the school, and the student to teacher ratio. 3. Significant positive correlation existed among market orientation, core competition and quality of private preschool in Taipei City. 4. Market orientation and core competition can predict quality of private preschool in Taipei City. 5. Core competition did have the significant mediated effects of market orientation on quality of preschool.

本研究之目的旨在探討幼兒就學準備度的相關因素，從幼兒園組織特徵、家庭社經地位、家長參與程度與幼兒園品質等方面來進行幼兒就學準備度之比較。依台北縣都會區與宜蘭縣鄉鎮區小學校數比例隨機抽樣，第一階段先請小一家長填答「幼兒就學準備度相關因素之研究問卷」，取得有效樣本565份後再追溯其過去就讀的幼兒園，請園所長填答「幼兒園品質問卷」，園所有效樣本為89份。資料處理與分析，以SPSS統計軟體進行描述性統計、Pearson相關、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析和多元階層迴歸分析。幼兒就學準備度的替代指標包括教師評定的成績等第與家長評定之學習能力、情緒與社會、健康與身體、語文能力、數學能力五領域。研究結論如下：一、公私立幼兒園幼兒就學準備度有顯著差異；二、城鄉的幼兒就學準備度有顯著差異；三、家庭社經地位與幼兒就學準備度有正相關；四、家長參與和幼兒就學準備度有正相關；五、幼兒園品質與幼兒就學準備度有正相關；六、幼兒時期家長參與對幼兒就學準備度具顯著預測力。 　　此外，在其他研究發現方面包括了：一、都會區幼兒就讀私立園所者居多，鄉鎮區則是就讀公立者居多；二、半數以上的幼兒有參與才藝，參與的才藝類型以英文居多；三、公私立幼兒園幼兒的家庭社經地位有顯著差異；四、教師評定幼兒就學準備度現況以「優等」最多；家長評定之現況則接近良好；五、教師評定與家長評定的幼兒就學準備度之間有中度正相關；六、幼兒時期與小學時期家長參與現況均接近良好；七、幼兒時期與小學時期的家長參與程度有高度正相關；八、小學時期的家長參與和幼兒就學準備度有顯著正相關；九、公私立幼兒園的家長參與有顯著差異，從幼兒時期到小學時期皆是就讀私立幼兒園者的家長參與程度較高；十、幼兒園品質現況接近良好；十一、公私立幼兒園品質無顯著差異；都會區的幼兒園品質較佳。 　　本研究最後根據研究結果提出建議，供教育工作者、幼兒父母及未來欲從事相同主題之研究者參考。

本研究目的在於瞭解幼兒就學準備度之內涵，並以實證方式進行幼兒學前教育經驗、幼兒園品質、家庭背景、家長參與的現況瞭解，以及與幼兒就學準備度之間的差異情形、相關情形、預測情形。依隨機抽樣方式，以問卷調查進行兩階段實施，第一階段，抽取632位文山及萬華區小ㄧ學童為研究對象，進行幼兒就學準備度的施測，可用率為75.5%，共477位學童；第二階段根據學童分布的141家公私立幼兒園(幼稚園或托兒所)，進行幼兒園品質調查，可用率為51.8%，共計73家幼兒園。本研究採用量化方法，以SPSS 14.0套裝軟體進行分析，包括獨立樣本t考驗、卡方分配、單因子變異數分析、Scheff’e事後比較、皮爾森基差相關、多元逐步回歸等方式做資料的處理。 研究結果顯示：1、幼兒園屬性及類型對就學準備度有顯著差異，就讀私立幼兒園者其就學準備度高於就讀公立幼兒園者；就讀不同幼兒園類型的孩子其就學準備度有顯著差異。2、幼兒就讀幼兒園年數與學準備度呈現正相關。3、幼兒園品質與就學準備度的無顯著相關。4、家庭背景中的「每月收入」、「父母教育程度」、「父母職業類型」、「父母社經地位」皆與幼兒就學準備度有顯著差異。5、幼兒園與小學時期家長參與呈正相關，兩時期的家長參與與就學準備度也呈現正相關。6、「家庭每月收入」、「幼兒園時期家長參與」、「就讀幼兒園年數」對就學準備度達顯著預測性。 另外其他研究發現部分：1、幼兒園及小學時期家長參與度中偏高。2、幼兒就讀幼兒園類型與家庭環境及區域分佈有關，且家庭背景會影響幼兒園類型選擇。3、幼兒進入小學後就學準備度「學業成績」方面表現不錯，「生活適應」方面表現中等。4、家長參與和家庭背景因素呈現正相關，父母教育程度、職業、社經地位、家庭每月收入月高的家庭，家長的參與程度會越高。5、各類型的幼兒園其幼兒園品質有顯著差異。 本研究並根據研究結果提出建議，以提供家長、學校、政府機關以及未來研究者之參考。 / The main purpose of this study is to understand the concept of school readiness, and examine the experience of early childhood education, the educational quality in ECE (early childhood education), the background of family, parents participate, and the relationships of these items. This study adopts literature analysis and questionnaire investigation to achieve the goal. This study are 2 steps, the first step, 632 first grade elementary school students in Wenshan district and Wanhua district of Taipei City, and 477 samples were received, making the return rate of 75.5%. The second step, basing on 141 early childhood education centers the children attended in last year, and 73 samples were received, making the return rate of 51.8%. The sample results were analyzed by means, standard deviations, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Person’s product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Depending on the result, the conclusions are as fallows: 1. The children study in private center is better than in public. And the school readiness of children in different types childcare centers has obvious different. 2. The correlation analysis found that there is moderate positive relationship between “How long are children in childcare centers” and “early childhood school readiness”. 3. The correlation analysis found that there is no moderate relationship between “the educational quality in ECE” and “early childhood school readiness”. 4. There were significantly different perceptions towards school readiness to different background family. 5. The correlation analysis found that there is moderate positive relationship between parents participate in early childhood time and elementary school time. “The parents participate in two step” and early childhood school readiness” also show positive relationship. 6. The income of the family per month, the participation of parents in early childhood time and how long children in childcare centers are were appropriate indicators in predicting early childhood school readiness. Otherwise, there are other researches results are discovered as follows: 1. The participation of parents in early childhood time and elementary school time are obviously high. 2. Family backgrounds can affect the choice of the type of the early childhood centers, and the type of the early childhood centers are concerned with family backgrounds and which areas they are in. 3. After children enter the elementary school, their school readiness in” study achievements “are good, and in “live hood adaption” show average. 4. There were moderate positive relationship between “the participation of parents” and “the factors of family backgrounds”, the higher level of education of their parents, their occupations, their position of social and economics and the income per month, the participation of parents show higher. 5. There were significantly different perceptions between types of early childhood centers and their qualities. According to previous conclusions, the researcher proposes some suggestions for parents, school, administration and researchers in the future.

教育改革近年來在世界各國蔚為風潮，而藉由市場的力量促進學校間彼此競爭是其中一項重要的理念，但促使教育市場化的結果，衍生出許多的爭議和問題。本研究以學校競爭、幼兒園品質、組織創新為主要變項，希望透過本研究來釐清三個變項間之關係，並瞭解學校競爭影響幼兒園品質、組織創新之情形。 本研究以台北市文山區和萬華區兩區立案之公私立幼兒園為實徵研究之對象，有效樣本共81份。並以描述統計、獨立樣本t考驗、單因子變異數分析及相關分析等方法來分析並驗證本研究所提出之各項假設。 本研究之主要發現如下： 一、本研究釐清學校競爭之概念內涵，並與幼兒園品質、組織創新作相關連結。 二、文山區和萬華區之幼兒園競爭程度分佈不均。 三、文山區之幼兒園競爭程度較萬華區高。 四、文山區和萬華區之幼兒園園長認為自身園所幼兒園品質之現況佳。 五、文山區和萬華區之幼兒園園長認為自身園所知識活動品質之現況尚待加強。 六、文山區和萬華區之幼兒園園長認為自身園所採用組織創新之現況佳。 七、學校競爭與服務品質呈中度正相關。 八、教學創新與行政創新呈中度正相關。 九、公立幼稚園採用行政創新比私立托兒所多。 最後研究者根據研究結論，就實務面和後續研究方向提出具體的建議，以期對未來幼教的發展有所助益。 / Educational reform has been a trend in western countries. School competition is one of the concept in market-oriented reforms. Yet, evidence on the actual benefits of market-oriented reforms is at best mixed. The purpose of the article is to integrative school competition and the relationship between ECE program quality and organizational innovation in kindergarten. A questionnaires survey are adopted for the study and were distributed to 153 kindergartens in Wenshan district and Wanhua district of Taipei City. The number of valid return rate was 54.2%. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Person correlation, t-test, and ANOVA. The results were as follow: 1. This study investigated the concept of school competition, and linked up school competition with ECE program quality and organizational innovation. 2. This study revealed that the degree of competition between kindergartens was not equal. 3. This study showed that the competition in Wenshan district was higher than in Wanhua district. 4. This study indicated that ECE program quality was good in Wenshan district and Wanhua district. 5. This study showed that knowledge activity quality of kindergarten needed to strengthen in Wenshan and Wanhua district. 6. This study indicated that organizational innovation of kindergarten was good in Wenshan district and Wanhua district. 7. This study demonstrated a positive relationship between school competition and service quality. 8. This study showed a positive relationship between instruction innovation and administration innovation. 9.This study revealed that administration innovations in public school were adopted more than in private school. Overall, findings from this study pointed to several relevant implications for the early childhood education practice and follow-up research.