How textbooks are selected among senior high school Civics and Society in Taiwan.

• Main Authors: Chien, Jui-Chih, 簡睿芝
• Other Authors: Lin, An-Pan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/44760037271829809383

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 公民教育與活動領導學系 === 104 === The purpose of this research is mainly focused on finding out the manner of choosing a Civics textbook in our public senior high schools and whether there exist differences in the emphasis on textbook selection criteria among Civics teachers with different background variables. The research was conducted with Questionnaire Survey, using questionnaires designed by the researcher to conduct Stratified sampling among Civics teachers in public high schools across the country. The researcher conducted the analysis of Descriptive statistics, Independent-Sample T Test, one-way ANOVA and so on through quantitative research. In terms of the current situation in textbook choosing, the Civics teachers in our senior high schools are the primary members in charge of choosing the Civics textbook. Up to 89.3% teachers will discuss with their peers first before making the final decision on choosing the textbook. As for the textbook choosing manner, most teachers would adopt the consensus decision-making method after the discussion. In terms of the whole selection criteria, when choosing a textbook, the Civics teachers in our senior high schools value content property the most while publishing property of textbooks the least. As far as the background variables of teachers are concerned, there exist differences in the emphasis on various selection criteria between teachers' gender, age educational background, Teacher Education Background, length of service, job position, and whether they are serving as the coordinator. In terms of the background variables of schools, there exist differences among different school sizes in the emphasis on various selection criteria.