An Analysis of the Formation of Taiwan Life Education Based on the Resource Mobilization Theory

• Main Authors: Yi-Le, Liu, 劉以勒
• Other Authors: Hsing-Kuang, Chao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61650005917954663907

碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所 === 99 === This study explores the initiation and the early development of Taiwan Life Education and focuses on the phases between the initiation of the life education by Taiwan Provincial Department of Education (台灣省教育廳) on the December of 1997 and the establishment of the Taiwan Life Education Association on the September of 2004 . Based on the resource mobilization theory, this study analyzed the initiation and the development of Taiwan Life Education as a process of social movement and tried to understand how did the core members obtain necessary resources to initiate and sustain the movement. What kind strategies and actions did the members take to adapt to the available resources change? Moreover, how did the change of available resources promote the establishment of the Taiwan Life Education Association? Utilizing the qualitative design, the data were collected through the interviews of key figures of funding members, the documents of the Taiwan Life Education Association, and other governmental and scholars’ publications. The result of this study showed that the crucial factors promoting the initiation of the Taiwan Life Education were human resources, social networks, financial resources, and organizational strategies. This study reveals that social networks among funding members and between funding members and educational administration officials and scholars are the most important resources to link other resources to originate Taiwan Life Education and establish the organization of the Taiwan Life Education Association.