A Content Analysis of Life Education Materials of Senior High School English Textbooks

• Main Authors: Chao Jung Chen, 陳昭蓉
• Other Authors: Yung-feng LIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88483205576188328456

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教學專業發展數位學習碩士在職專班 === 100 === The aim of this research attempts to explore how the content of life education materials is integrated in English textbooks of senior high school in Taiwan. The content analysis was adopted as the research method, with three versions of English textbooks collected as the materials in this study. This research involved a survey, comprised of both quantative and qualitative analysis of the content and the comparison of textbooks. It is hoped that the results of the study can serve as a basis for further study in life education. The major findings were as follows: 1. Currently, the distribution of the materials of life education in English textbooks was not balanced. In the major categories of life education, the most highlighted category is “the integration of characters and the development of spiritual life,” the less emphasized ones are “philosophy and life,”“religion and life”and“the bioethics and technological ethics.”The least highlighted and vacant category is “life education.” 2. Among the secondary categories of life education, the most emphasized categories are “8-1 the meaning of the integration of characters” and the less emphasized are “4-1 the relation of life and death,”“7-1 the meaning and significance of the bio- ethics and technological ethics”and“the categories and meaning of moral judgment.” 3. Among the secondary categories of life education, the completely ignored and vacant categories are “1-1 the meaning of life education,”“3-1 the arise of religion,” “3-4 the sound and superstitious attitudes towards religion ”and “the meaning of humanity and sex.” 4. The three versions are identical in both the qualitative and quantative analysis. The A version is characterized by “moral judgement,”the B version is characterized by “the integration of characters and the development of spirituality. ” The “bioethics and technological ethics” is highlighted in the C version. Based on the results of this research, the results of the research suggest the significant differences and relations to the content of life education that might profitably be addressed by teachers, textbook editors and future researchers in this area.