| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 99 === The research is to analyze current character education practices in Jhih-ya junior high school in Pingtung county, including the implementation, efficacy, and restriction of the character education. Subjects are the teachers in the school Questionnaire surveys and interviews were used to collect data. The results are the following.
First, the teachers often implement the character education during the classes, for at least 16 to 30 minutes a week. Most teachers adopt random education to teach students about “respect”. Since it is hard to estimate and evaluate character by paper and pen, the most common evaluation method is the teachers’ observation. When the students’ performance is fine, teachers give immediate praises.
Secondly, teachers think implementing character education can significantly improve students’ character recognition and their normal behaviors. It also helps the interaction between teachers and students and improve the students’ relationship. Besides, implementing character education is beneficial for teachers to examine their own characters and greatly enhances the overall teaching atmosphere on the campus.
Regarding the teaching materials, teachers think the character education should be blended into the courses. However, there is a certain difficulty for some subjects. As for the duration, teachers think the duration for implementation of character education is too short and not stable. For school, most teachers think the school practice is superficial and therefore they often feel less capable than desirable in terms of planning and execution. In the respect of teachers, most teachers think few students’ deviated behaviors will blow their confidence in carrying out character education. And in the respect of society, the implementation of character education is often influenced by biased media reports; therefore it is hard to gain the full support from communities and parents.
Through the studies and findings, recommendations are provided at the end for the relevant organizations and researchers’ references.
Key words: character education, junior high school
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