An Action Research of Integrating Life Education into the Curriculum of Chinese Literature in Junior High School

• Main Authors: Yu-Hsu Chang, 張羽旭
• Other Authors: 張嘉育
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38aer8

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 100 === This study examines the influence of “the integration of life education into the junior high school Chinese curriculum” on junior high school students. In addition, we discuss our curriculum design principles, developments, and reflections during the teaching process. This study adopts an action research design. The participants were seventh grade students taught by the researchers. Five units of infusion curriculum activities were performed with these students. The research tools included qualitative data, such as the youth life attitudes scale and teaching reflection journals, interviews, and unit lesson plans. The data obtained were summarized and analyzed. Based on the results, we concluded the following: (1) When infusing life education into the junior high school Chinese curriculum, diverse education methods should be used to design life education activities that correspond to the problems experienced by students. The design principles of these units is to improve the life attitudes of students at different levels. (2) The infusion of life education into the junior high school Chinese curriculum improves the life attitudes of students. Clear improvements were observed for the aspects of “ideals,” “life meaning,” “sense of presence,” “love and care,” and “attitudes toward death.” Among these, cognition on the “love and care” dimension was the highest, and the greatest change was observed for the “attitudes toward death” dimension. (3) Although the infused curriculum of life education is diverse, room for improvement remains. Thus, specific solutions and strategies were explored. Finally, we present our suggestions based on these results.