Introducing Global Competency in the Elementary School EFL Classroom using Children's Literature and Sustainable Consumption Activities

利用兒童文學和永續消費活動在小學EFL課堂中導入全球競爭力思維

Jackson Ver Steeg, Jr.

《修平學報》 38期 (2019/03) Pp. 133-144

摘要

UNESCO's Education 2030 project released its set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which identify environmental, economic, and societal issues facing the planet and its inhabitants. In Taiwan, most education for sustainable development (ESD) involves occasional teaching of environmental matters. This paper, however, presents preliminary efforts in the elementary school EFL classroom to address global competency skills, including awareness of non-environmental sustainability issues and attitudes such as global-mindedness and perspective-taking. Relevant texts from children's literature and cultural objects were paired with ESD activities regarding the responsible consumption to introduce sustainability concepts and their relevant English vocabulary. After a classroom trial in an after school English program, semi-structured interviews of students demonstrated that students had a growing understanding of responsible consumption topics, and a qualitative assessment of vocabulary comprehension showed an expansion of simple English economic vocabulary pertinent to SD issues.

關鍵字

Education for Sustainable Development ； Elementary ； EFL ； Children'S Literature

並列摘要

聯合國教科文組織針對2030年的教育遠景項目發布了17項永續發展目標（SDG），指出了地球與居民面臨的環境，經濟和社會問題。而在台灣大多數永續發展教育（ESD）仍只有較為狹隘的著重於環境問題的教學。本文介紹了關於小學EFL課堂的初步工作，嘗試解決導引學生具有了解全球現況的技能，包括對非環境議題的永續性問題的認識，以及引發學生能夠具有全球意識的觀點與解決問題的視角。其中兒童文學和文化對象的相關文本與永續發展教育活動相互結合，可以同步的導入永續發展概念及其相關的英語詞彙。在以課後英語課程中完成進行的課堂試驗後，本文發現學生對於「負責任的消費」議題有了越來越多的理解，而對詞彙理解的定性評估表明了，學生對於了解與認知永續議題相關的簡單英語經濟詞彙具有明顯地成長。

並列關鍵字

永續發展教育 ； 小學 ； EFL（英語當作外國語文學習） ； 兒童文學

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