| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 98 === This study aimed to explore how teachers use play strategies to develop the creative-imagination courses of language field. Action research was used to implement teaching program for grade 2 pupils in elementary school, so as to discuss the problem that would encounter when infusing play strategies to creative- imagination courses and its amendment, and the response of the pupils towards the learning of creative imagination. Continuous reflecton when carrying out action research allowed the researcher to understand learners’ change when creating imagination and the progress when implementing the play strategies; hopefully this study could provide some enlightenment to the current creative imagination teaching.
This study introduced plays such as role play, brainstorming, drama performance, riddle, and creation of body language into language field. The contents collected from interviews, teaching observation, discussion between teachers and peers, parent feedback, and student’s play record book were used for qualitative analysis, and “creativity test” was used as the indicator of quantitative analysis, so as to discuss students’ changes on the fluency, flexibility, originality, and improvement of imagination.
The study result indicated that when making use of play strategies to promote the students’ ability to create imagination, the teachers needed to accept all kinds of responses of the students actively and openly, make good use of imaginative questions to guide the children to enter the imaginative world, and make use of all kinds of sensory stimulation as the teaching material to induce students’ different thoughts. Play strategy allowed the students to concentrate on and participate in the activity enthusiastically, discover their own potential, have the courage to try performing, and be braver. During the process of creative imagination, the students learned to consider matters from diverse point of views and pick up the skills of problem solving. During the action research, the teachers promotedher abilities in handling the plays and creative imagination through the progress of reflection.
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