Teaching Assessment of Science and Technology Curriculum Integrated with Environmental Education at Elementary Schools in Taimali Area

• Main Authors: Fen-Lan Chen, 陳芬蘭
• Other Authors: G. Stanley Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63847510863889275680

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 熱帶農業暨國際合作系所 === 98 === Since the industrial revolution in nineteenth century, human civilization and technology had advanced greatly, this also accelerated the destruction of the natural environment. The emerging issues of global warming, species extinction, resource depletion, and landslide diastrophism have made human beings aware of the importance of environmental protection. August 2009 Morakot typhoon hit Taiwan and caused a great disaster loss in southern Taiwan. Taking care of the environment and practicing protection action should be everyone's responsibility.The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Science and Technology Curriculum integrated with environmental education on the learning effectiveness of higher-graded students in the elementary schools of Taimali hsiang, Taitung County. Qualitative research and quantitative analysis were used to compare the differences between the experiment group and the control group. The collected data included pre-learning and post-learning questionnaires, learning sheets, pre-learning, post-learning quizzes, etc. Results demonstrated that the Curriculum of integration of environmental education into Science and Technology could significantly improve the students’ knowledge related to topics of typhoon and mudslides. In addition, it also had positive effects on the students’ environmental attitude, according to the results of questionnaires. For the teachers, knowledge, teaching skills, and ability to design the curriculum were significantly elevated. Together, integration of appropriate teaching materials, techniques, and activities into the curriculum is a feasible approach to achieve the goal of environmental education.