宜蘭縣國小教師政治參與之研究

• Main Author: 李文翔
• Other Authors: 許仟
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66815770890158356256

碩士 === 佛光大學 === 政治學系 === 101 === The main objective of this research is to examine the political participation of elementary school teachers. Its subjects are elementary school teachers working in Yilan County, Taiwan, and it was conducted via comprehensive survey. Viable samples consist of 915 elementary school teachers from 77 institutes. A questionnaires was deployed in order to obtain information on the subjects’ personal and societal factors such as gender, educational background, political affiliation, and work location, as well as their attitudes towards politics (e.g. their sense of political efficacy or political alienation), and their possible political participation, be it their participation in pressure groups, voting habits, or the methods by which their acquire knowledge of the latest political issues. The acquisition of said information facilitates the discussion of how those factors might possibly influence or be correlated to one another for our subjects. The questionnaire required for this study, titled “A Survey on Political Participation of Elementary School Teachers in Yilan County,” was an adaptation of several available formats from within the country and abroad that the researchers compiled during their preliminary research. The data thus acquired were further analyzed using statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, T-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and item analysis. The result of the study is as follows: 1. The sense of political efficacy of the subjects is leans slightly on the passive side. 2. The level of the subjects’ political alienation is classified as medium-low. 3. The level of the subjects’ political participation is classified as medium-low. 4. Subjects aged 21-30 appear to be more active in their sense of political efficacy than their counterparts aged 41-50 and 51 and up. 5. Subjects who identify with Kuomintang tend to be more active in their sense of political efficacy than their counterparts who identify with the Democratic Progressive Party and who are politically independent. 6. Subjects who identify with the Democratic Progressive Party are more political alienation compared to those who identify with other political parties or those who are unaffiliated. 7. Subjects who teach north of the Lanyang River are more political alienation than those who teach south of the Lanyang River. 8. Subjects aged 51 and up who identify with Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party are more politically active than unaffiliated subjects aged 21-30. 9. Subjects who graduated from graduate schools, colleges, teacher’s colleges, and schools of education are less active voters and are less in touch with current political issues (via reading and other forms of media) than subjects who graduated from other academic institutes and programs. 10. Subjects who identify with the Democratic Progressive Party are more active in pressure group participation and are more in touch with current political issues than those who are unaffiliated. 11. Male subjects aged 41-50 are more in touch with current political issues than female subjects aged 31-40. 12. The level of political alienation is negatively correlated to the level of political participation. 13. Voting habits, participation in pressure groups, and being in touch with current political issues exhibit a significant positive correlation between one another: A. Subjects from different age brackets and different political affiliations possess significantly different levels in their sense of political efficacy. B. Subjects of different political affiliations and work locations show significantly different levels of political alienation. C. Subjects from different age brackets and political affiliations behave very differently in terms of political participation. D. Subjects with different educational backgrounds and political affiliations behave very differently in terms of voting. E. Subjects identifying with different political parties differ drastically in their participation in pressure groups. F. Subjects of different genders, ages, educational backgrounds, and political affiliations behave very differently when it comes to staying in touch with currently political issues.