Summary of Thesis
Title: Investigation of the Related Factors of School Based Curriculum Development in Elementary and Junior High Schools in Kaohsiung
Summary
The purposes of this research are to investigate the related factors of school based curriculum development and its present condition of practice in elementary and junior high school in Kaohsiung, analyze how different background variables vary in different levels in SBCD, and predict the effect of practice this curriculum.
In order to achieve these goals, according to the investigation and analysis of documents and practical experience, I edit a poll to investigate the related factors of SBCD. I sample 35 public schools and 549 teachers in Kaohsiung as subjects of investigation. Research methods include description and statistic, t- test, one-way analysis variance, step-wise multiple regression analysis. Then I start to undergo statistic and analysis and get the following conclusions and suggestions.
Conclusion:
I. At present, teachers in elementary and junior high schools put much emphasis on SBCD and it develops quite well.
II. Teachers in elementary and junior high schools approve the six standards for SBCD: achieve educational goals, correspond with school expectations, harmony with community conditions, demonstrate school traits, foster teacher¡¦s, professional develment, adapt to student¡¦s needs.
III. Male teachers, teachers of special education and teachers graduating from junior colleges emphasize the factors of SBCD and they carry it out better.
IV. In schools founded more than 40 years, teachers serving school affairs concurrently put more emphasis on how ¡¨the structure and atmosphere of organizations¡¨, ¡§resources¡¨, ¡§curriculum leadership¡¨ and ¡§curricular management¡¨ effect the practice of SBCD than teachers in charge of a class or a certain subject.
V. Teachers in schools founded more than 10 years but less than 20 years lack professional independence. Profession independence and curriculum leadership are not good for teachers in schools of large size.
VI. The better the related factors of SBCD, the better SBCD will develop.
VII. In the prediction about how the factors of people, curricular cases and organization affect SBCD, ¡§organization¡¨ is the most predictive.
Suggestions:
I. Suggestions for organizations in charge of education
1. Actively publicize the successful factors of SBCD. Strengthen teachers¡¦ ability to develop this curriculum.
2. Set up centers of curricular guidance and teaching resources. Support the curriculum leadership in every school.
3. Invite outstanding people who perform well in culture to participate in this curriculum.
4. Provide cases earmarked for special efforts with fund to enhance the effect of carrying out SBCD.
5. The size of schools is moderate from containing 26 to 47 classes. If the size is too large or too small, it is disadvantageous to carry out SBCD.
6. Rebuild the manpower of organization. Provide organizations with chances of learning and interaction and create harmonious culture.
7. Only emphasis of the distribution of time can exercise its functions to the utmost.
II. Suggestions for schools and teachers¡¨
1. Cultivate excellent campus culture to create democratic and harmonious organization atmosphere.
2. Provide appropriate and sufficient time and resources to enhance the effect of carrying out this curriculum.
3 .The future direction is to carry out the evaluation of curriculum. So we have to establish teachers¡¦ professional status and carry out the evaluation of effect of SBCD.
4. Make good use of teachers who have taught more than 25 years to set SBCD into action.
5. Encourage female teachers to take part in programs of further education.
6. Strengthen the concern and guidance of curriculum leadership in schools founded more than 10 years but less than 20 years.
III. Suggestions for related research in the future
1. Expand the range of research
2. Expand the subjects of research
3. Combine various research methods
Key words: curriculum development, school based curriculum development, the effect of school based curriculum development, teachers¡¦ profession development, the evaluation of school based curriculum development
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0826103-181225 |
| Date | 26 August 2003 |
| Creators | Lin, Hsiu-Mei |
| Contributors | Pei-I Chou, Kuan-Hsin Tsai, Ming-Lung Wu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0826103-181225 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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