An Action Study on Worldview Curriculum by Incorporating Reading Newspapers on the School Graders

• Main Author: 吳麗敏
• Other Authors: Ching Tien Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29646401330628624798

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 教學專業發展數位學習碩士在職專班 === 101 === This study is focused on newspaper reading in education for second graders. The worldview curriculum by incorporating reading newspapers was developed according to the results of scenario analysis. After implementing the courses, the effectiveness of the curriculum has been evaluated. (Research purposes) The implementation of the second graders’ worldview curriculum was conducted through the use of the newspapers. In order to achieve the purpose of curriculum development, the effectiveness of the curriculum and the second graders’ reactions are examined by quantitative and qualitative data including observation field notes and interview transcripts. The results also contain the discussion of problems arose during the experiment, and the efficiency and the reflections of the planning, the design, the implementation and the assessment. The outcome of this study will provide useful references for future implementation of the newspaper in Education. The research questions are as follows: 1. How to reflect and comprehend the possible problems of newspaper reading in education through scenario analysis? 2. How to reflect and design the action plan of newspaper reading in education in order to solve the possible problems? 3. How to implement the action plan, and then to analyze, discuss, and reflect? 4. How to reflect and evaluate results of the action plan? The conclusions of this study are categorized into four directions: I. Reflection and problems encountered when implementing the action plan of newspaper reading in Education for second graders’ worldview curriculum： Inspired by the scenario analysis, the importance of worldview education has been strengthened. In order to enrich the content, newspaper reading experiment classes were recruited. Newspaper reading activities were planned for developing teaching courses as well as to achieve the teaching objective of worldview curriculum. II. Reflection and design of the action plan: developing routine activities for students to naturally incorporating newspaper reading into their daily life, creating formal instructional activities to broaden students’ horizons, applying teaching-related supplementary resources to improve learning outcome, and modifying course plans based on students’ learning abilities. III. Reflection and implementation of the curriculum development of the action plan: applying a variety of teaching resources to enrich the content of newspaper reading, providing innovative teaching methods for students to have a sense of participation, combining writing and publishing to train students’ literacy abilities, encouraging students to take the initiative to seek knowledge through newspaper reading, and incorporating news to shorten the distances around the world. IV Reflection and evaluation of the implementation of the action plan: including the efficiency of student learning and the effectiveness of teaching. Does the outcome of students’ learning achieve the teaching objectives? How about the teaching efficiency and the final reflection of the curriculum evaluation? In accordance with the conclusions of the study, suggestions and recommendations are presented respectively for how to apply Newspaper reading in Education for the use the worldview curriculum, how to train the teachers, how to plan the courses, and how to conduct future researches. Keywords: newspaper reading in Education, world view, action research