A Study for the Effect of the Aboriginal Traditional Handicraft Program on the Self-concept, Ethnic Identification and Cultural Literacy for the Amis Elementary School Students

• Main Authors: Chen,Hung-yu, 陳烘玉
• Other Authors: Sheue-mei Lu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79259039894892192764

碩士 === 臺北市立師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 89 === ABSTRACT The purposes of this study were to develop an Aboriginal Traditional Handicraft Program, and to determine the effect of the Program on the self-concept, ethnic identification and cultural literacy for the Amis elementary school students. The participants of this study were 38 Amis students from the fifth and sixth grades in the Chang-Shu Elementary School at Shi-Chi, Taipei County. The nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design was implemented in this study. The experiment group was composed of 18 participants and took 10 Amis traditional handicraft classes, each being 3 hours. The control group was also composed of 18 participants; however, they did not take any classes. The Elementary School Students’ Experience Scale (ESSES), including Self-concept, Ethnic Identification and Cultural Literacy Subscales, was used to collect all participants’ data. In addition, extra data for the experiment group were collected via interviews with participants, participants’ current teachers, and instructors of the Handicraft Program, participants’ learning journals, and classroom observations. The results based on the scores from the ESSES indicated that the scores for the Ethnic Identification and Cultural Literacy Subscales were significantly different for the experiment and the control groups. However, there was no significant difference for the scores of Self-concept Subscale between the two groups. The primary findings based on analyzing the data from interviews, learning journals and classroom observations revealed that to certain degree there showing positive influence on the behaviors for the Program participants with respect to the self-concept, ethnic identification and cultural literacy. Finally, the researcher proposed the implications of this study to the education for the aboriginal students and the further studies.