碩士 / 國立臺灣大學 / 國家發展研究所 / 105 / Because Taiwan is an island surrounded by the ocean in all directions, the sustainable development of the ocean has become a vital part of the policy of the government since the onset of the 21st century. In 2001, the Executive Yuan issued White Paper on Marine Policy, declaring Taiwan a “marine country.” Subsequently, the Ministry of Education also released White Paper on Marine Education Policy in 2007 and Curriculum Guideline for Senior High School Marine Education Courses in 2008, further making marine education both a goal of current educational development and one of the pivotal issues to address.
This study adopted content analysis and in-depth interviews to investigate the development of marine education in Taiwan. To begin with, the content of White Paper on Marine Education Policy and Curriculum Guideline for Senior High School Marine Education Courses was thoroughly analyzed, followed by a detailed explanation of the way marine education had been implemented in senior high school. What’s more, the researcher also conducted interviews with in-service teachers and senior high school students, with an eye to understanding both the teachers’ and students’ views about the marine education in senior high school, the problems that arose in the process of promoting marine education, and the impact of marine education on the students. Finally, some discoveries of academic research and suggestions were also offered at the end of this study.
In this study, it was discovered that the fundamental goal of Taiwan’s marine education was to facilitate national development, with an emphasis on the idea of “embracing, loving, and understanding the ocean” as well as helping students cultivate their marine literacy. Nevertheless, marine education is not an independent subject in high schools and, in consequence, the method of carrying it out is usually to incorporate it into the textbooks primarily and into important issues secondarily. The drawback of this practice is that in this way marine education tends to be influenced by credentialism and thus marginalized.
The suggestions offered by this study are as follows. First, the new curriculum guideline of the 12-year compulsory education should bestow more explicit orientation upon marine education. Second, the teaching activities of marine education should be designed in line with the development of diverse distinctive courses. Third, authorities concerned are supposed to raise the marine awareness on campus.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/105NTU05011014 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Ya-Chen Chou, 周雅岑 |
| Contributors | Hsiu-Ling Wu, 吳秀玲 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 140 |
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