教育部特色學校發展狀況之研究

Abstract

本研究目的為瞭解教育部推動「特色學校」方案的動機、執行情形、面臨之困難與阻礙，並探討遊學推動與戶外教學之關係。完成時間為2010年6月。本研究以研究者自行設計之問卷為研究工具，共發放155份問卷，有效問卷143份，歸納重要結論如下：

1、在參與動機方面，以營造特色教學環境，提供學童使用為最高。 2、在經費使用部份，以建置特色課程環境，發展教學媒材為最高，其次為使用於軟體建設，形成環境學習中心，提供參觀與體驗。 3、活化後的空間以支援學校課程與教學最高，其次是提供參訪與體驗。其中31.5%的特色學校還有辦理遊學住宿，71.3%的學校發展為社區學習中心。 4、推動的人力困境上，以教師人力編製不足為最高，而承辦人員的異動，與校長的輪調，對特色學校產生極大的負面因素。 5、課程困境上，以校內教師缺乏特色課程發展的時間為最高。 6、遊學的推動困境，則以學校無法提供住宿設備為最高，其次為學校所在位置交通不便。 7、推動特色學校的益處，以增加學童的文化刺激為最高，其次為提昇本校學童的自信心。 8、特色學校提供了戶外教學的新選擇，同時已有單位開始鼓勵並提供補助到有特色的學校及環境學習中心進行戶外教學。

Our Ministry of Education has been promoting the idea of ‘characteristic school’ for a period of time. Thus, the purpose of this thesis aims to discuss the motivation, the accomplishment and the obstacles behind this concept. Moreover, the relation between the study-travel and the outdoor environmental education is also discussed in this study. Questionnaires, designed by the postgraduate, are the chief research method. 143 out of 155 valid questionnaires are collected and the important conclusion is stated as the following: 1. From the aspect of participation, all of the survey responsers reply that to create a characteristic teaching environment for schoolchildren is the most important (100%). 2. As for the use of funds, 89.6%.of them reply that to conduct a characteristic curriculum environment and develop teaching materials are very important. There is 88.2% answered that to strengthen the school’s software construction and to form the environment learning center in order to offer experience and provide other schools the chance to visit. 3. The activation space of school campus is fully used in supporting school curriculums and teaching (98.7%). There is 31.5% of characteristic schools provide the campus for students who study away from home. 71.3% of the schools turn to be a learning center in their community. 4. 79.1% of the characteristic schools are confronting with the problem of teacher manpower deficiency. Moreover, the transfer of personnel and principle is another problem that those schools are facing. 5. As for the aspect of curriculum design, most teachers think that lack of time is the problem they are encountering now. 6. As for promoting the idea of study away from home, most schools are unable to offer the lodging facilities and the inconveniency of transportation is another problem. 7. Most schoolchildren profit from the idea of developing characteristic school. 8. Characteristic schools offer another alternative for outdoor education. Key words: characteristic school, outdoors environmental education, environmental learning center