Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 課程研究所 === 102 === ABSTRACT
This research aimed to explore the situation, influence factors, action strategies of curriculum decision-making regarding a director of academic affairs in a primary school. This research used a case study method to collect data of the corporate school curriculum plan, plan of teaching periods, school calendar, the meeting minutes and other documents for analysis, the researcher also conducted interviews with Principal and three previous directors of academic affairs in this primary school, served to compensate for lack of documents. After the literature review and through participant observation and collection of school curriculum development documents, the research analyzed and summarized this research discussion and the main conclusions were as follows:
First, the situation analysis of curriculum decisions regarding this director of academic affairs, consisted of the school’s history and current situation analysis, SWOT of school curriculum development, map of school corporate curriculum plan and organisation of school curriculum development committee, the number of schools teaching section, school-based curriculum and other specialty programs profiling. And this echoed the findings of the studies of school-based curriculum development in Taiwan. Second, the influence factors of curriculum decisions regarding this director of academic affairs, consisted of 1-9 curriculum outline, school principals school idea, opinion surveys of parents, teachers expertise, the Ministry of Education and the K-12 Education Administration and other education administration practice. And this echoed the results of relevant research programs of school curriculum development.
Third, action strategies of curriculum decision-making regarding this director of academic affairs, consisted of suggestions to the school principal to present the school vision to be recognized by all members of the school, to plan and conduct the investigation of teachers teaching willingness and to coordinate and decide classroom teachers’ duties arrangements and working partners of academic office, to plan the school calendar of academic affairs, to coordinate the school curriculum development committee and corporate school curriculum plan, to plan and coordinate curriculum administration and evaluation, to chaired the meeting of head teachers from different school years and learning areas, and to continued curriculum development in the school, And these action strategies echoed the relevant laws and administrative regulations of Ministry of Education, and also echoed the research results of different scholars regarding curriculum decisions of director of Academic affairs.
Keywords:director of academic affairs,
school-based curriculum development,
curriculum decision-making.
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