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The Study of School-based Curriculum Development in Junior High Schools in Tainan City

The purpose of this study is to explore the development of the school-based curriculum in junior high schools in Tainan City.
The strategy adopted for analysing this study is to consider literature review, document analysis, and interviews. Besides, analyize the curriculum contents in junior high schools in Tainan City in the 93 academic year.In addition,four academic directors at junior high schools in Tainan were selected to do the interview. They were required to verbalize their thoughts and feelings in the task. Their interviews were then transcribed, and the data were further identified, categorized, and defined.The findings were categorized into three major categorizes,SWOT analysis,curriculum development organization,and curriculum contents.
The above study allows us to reach the following conclusions¡G
1¡B The committees of the school-based curriculum development in junior high schools in Tainan City have been founded by the regulations.
2¡B The school-based curriculums in junior high schools in Tainan City have been arranged by the regulations. And everything goes according to plan.However, most schools have similar plans,so it¡¦s hard to show the individuality of each school.
3¡B All of the junior high schools in Tainan City have analyzed SWOT, and have established a school vision based on the analysis.
4¡B Most members in junior high schools in Tainan City are vague about the school-based curriculum development.
5¡B The curriculum evaluation in junior high schools in Tainan City needs improving.
6¡B The integrative curriculum is widely accepped by the school-based curriculum in junior high schools in Tainan City.
7¡B Parents in urban areas actively participate in school activities; parents in country areas passively participate in school activities. Community resources are well integrated with the school-based curriculums.
8¡B In spite of the entrance examination,the school-based curriculums have no big differences between junior high schools in Tainan City. The class schedule has much difference between public and private schools.
Based on the conclusions,the difficulities our schools have encountered are how to integrate School-Based Curriculum Development with the Basic Achievement Test.
The findings obtained from this study attempted to provide concrete suggestions for junior high schools and educational administration agenies, and invite further research in the future.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0110106-103240
Date10 January 2006
CreatorsChao, Ko-chung
ContributorsChing-hua Tsai, De-long Fang, Ai-ling Chiou
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0110106-103240
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