The impacts of the school-based astronomical science activities make on the astronomical science attitude of the fifth-grade students in elementary school

• Main Authors: Yi Chin Kao, 高懿琴
• Other Authors: 高翠霞
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/34315352043499843899

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 95 === In the field of teaching “Nature and Science” in elementary school, most teachers consider the observations and discussions of astronomical phenomena and concept as the most difficult parts. Based on the theory of team teaching, the research investigates the development and implementation of school-based astronomical science activities in A elementary school. Meanwhile, it aims to examine whether or not the fifth-graders’ scientific attitude toward learning astronomy would be changed. This research uses historical research and quasi-experiment method, and the subjects are the fifth-graders in two elementary schools in Shi-Lin district, Taipei City. Subjects from school A were in the experimental group. In addition to the regular teaching of “Nature and Science”, they further participated in astronomy-science activities in Team Teaching. On the contrary, the control group, whose informants were from school B, merely received regular teaching of astronomy. On the stage of pre- and post- teaching, three classes were randomly chosen in each group and tested by the “Table of the Attitude towards Learning Astronomy” designed by researcher. After the tests, the average mean and standard deviations of test results of both groups were separately calculated. Next, a t-test was conducted by using the results of the pretest and posttest of both groups. Moreover, a focus interview was conducted to investigate students’ learning attitude. The results and findings of the research are as the following: 1.Having the difficulty teaching astronomy, the teachers started to use the sources in the community, negotiated, learned together, and improved their professions. In addition, they adopted team teaching to develop school-based astronomical science activities and conducted school-based curricula with the spirit of Nine-year-joint curriculum. 2.School-based astronomical science activities made students have stronger learning attitude towards astronomy. 3.School-based astronomical science activities made students have more interests in participating in astronomy-research activities. 4.School-based astronomical science activities made students have higher expectation on being an astronomer or other kinds of scientist. 5.School-based astronomical science activities make students have stronger general scientific attitude towards learning astronomy. Keywords: School-based Curriculum, Team Teaching, scientific attitude