A Study on Undergraduate Students' Satisfaction with Residential College Program

• Main Authors: Hung, Yu Shan, 洪玉珊
• Other Authors: Chen, Yu Hui
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05304421891855158306

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 教育行政與政策研究所 === 102 === 　　The purpose of this study is to survey the undergraduate students' satisfaction with residential college program, and review the outcomes of which, in order to offer relevant suggestions for higher educational institutes. The literature review goes through the meanings of liberal education and general education, analysis of residential learning theories, overseas residential education, and current residential colleges in Taiwan. Questionnaire survey method is adopted. Using expert questionnaire, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and reliability analysis to develop “Undergraduate Students' Satisfaction with Residential College Program Questionnaire” and ensure all questions are well-stated and get good degree of reliability and validity. This study uses web-based questionnaire to do the survey. There are 161 respondents, and 161 of them are valid, the usable rate is 100%. All data collected were analyzed by the methods of descriptive statistics, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. The conclusions are as follows: 1. There are significant gender differences in facilities satisfaction. 2. Female residential college students show higher satisfaction with teacher-student interaction and dormitory quality. 3. All five residential colleges practice centralized accommodation. 4. More than half of the residential college students have participated the residential college for more than one year. 5. There are significant differences between students who have participated residential college for different periods of time in satisfactions of residential college policy, teacher-student interaction, learning ability and life counseling. 6. More than 90% of residential college students’ take their major as study priority. 7. There are significant differences between students who spend different amount of time on residential college education in satisfactions of residential college policy, teacher-student interaction, learning ability and life counseling. 8. There are significant differences between students with different motivations to join residential college in satisfactions of learning ability and life counseling. 9. The main learning methods adopted in residential college are group discussion, lecture or workshop, teachers lecture, supporting personal interests and research project. 10. There are significant differences between different learning methods adopted in residential college in satisfactions of residential college policy, facilities, teacher-student interaction, learning ability and life counseling. 　　In the end, based on the conclusion of this study, some suggestions had been proposed to Taiwan higher educational institutes, higher educational faculties, undergraduate students and future research.