A Study of Designing Teaching Support System for Tamkang University

• Main Authors: Shin-Yi Liou, 劉欣怡
• Other Authors: Hsun-Fung Kitty Kao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93989869297703211684

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育科技學系碩士班 === 95 === The purpose of this study is to investigate the needs of teaching support for the faculty members of Tamkang University. The differences of demographic backgrounds of faculties are also analyzed. 716 questionnaires were sent to the teachers campus-wide. There were 209 returned and the valid rate of return is 29.19%, The reliability of the questionnaire is 0.8665 of Cronbach α. The results of the research indicated: first, the average degree of needs for teaching support is 3.83, which means most of the items of teaching support are more than important for teacher. Among the dimensions of teaching support, “teaching environment” is needed with highest degree (M=4.68) and “course design” takes the lowest degree ((M=3.41). Second, the degree of need for teaching support varied with different teacher''s backgrounds, such as gender, executing research projects, serving as graduate advisor, distance teaching, participation in teaching workshop, areas of disciplines, degree gained, academic ranking, years of teaching and weekly teaching hours. Third, the need for teaching development is different among teachers in terms of areas of disciplines. This research made the following suggestions for designing the university teaching support: 1.The item with high priority presents teachers need and should be carried out at first. 2.Set up an information management system for teacher''s career development, and provide suggestions for teachers with different teaching stages. 3.The teaching development should be carried out in different ways to meet the requirements by each department. 4.It is necessary to regularly investigate the needs and satisfaction of faculty members in the campus, and thus taking account of teacher''s needs for research support. The followings are made for the future research:1.The research could be expanded to investigate the needs for teaching supports for all the faculty members in all the universities and colleges in Taiwan. 2.It is suggested that other education institution to revise the questionnaire designed by this research, in order for the better application to its own environment. 3.There are many factors affect university teaching, therefore, a systemic view considering all the elements simultaneously is suggested in the future research. 4.Qualitative research is encouraged to investigate the factors affect teacher''s needs for teaching supports.