| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 教育學系 === 99 === Character education could have a huge impact on teenagers’ personality development; it should be emphasized, especially when today’s society was rapidly changing and students continued to be affected by temptations, deviant values and exposure to corrupt social phenomena and negative media dissemination. This study aimed to explore Taiwan’s junior high school teachers’ cognition of character education and how such education has been implemented. The research structure and interview outline were built based on an analysis of relevant literature. Qualitative research methods, including interviews and document analysis, were adopted to understand how character education had hitherto been carried out by the teachers, their cognition of it, their role in such teaching, the difficulties encountered and the possible solutions in the teaching process.
The results involved four aspects. Regarding the character education program, the junior high school teachers all recognized the importance of character education; they gave more value to daily discipline performance, and they emphasized teamwork spirit. However, they admitted that the factors in character development have become more complex, so teachers should fully impart character education to students in order to improve student behavior and performance. Regarding the way character education was implemented in junior high schools, teachers did such teaching whenever possible and integrated character education into different learning areas, but the teaching was still mainly done through lectures. The difficulties in implementing character education and teachers’ responses included: the function of family was not fully realized; schools were unable to implement the program fully; and the social problems made the behavior situation worse. Some teachers felt incapable of changing anything and merely exhibited passive responses, whereas others sought support from their peers in order to overcome difficulties. Regarding teachers’ role in teaching character education, the importance of teachers was generally recognized. They ought to set a good example for students, guide students to tell right from wrong and establish a cozy, harmonious learning environment so that students will develop moral character through good interactions with others.
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