大學教師教學專業發展之資訊尋求行為研究

A Study of University Faculty's Information Seeking Behavior for Professional Development in Teaching

李盈蓁(Ying-Chen Lee) ； 岳修平(Hsiu-Ping Yueh) ； 徐式寬(Shih-Kuan Hsu)

《圖書資訊學刊》 2卷2期 (2004/09) Pp. 105-124

摘要

本研究旨在探討大學教師之教學專業發展需求與應用狀況，採問卷調查方式，以三所不同性質的大專院校共183名教師為對象，分析其教學專業發展需求以及為滿足此需求所採取之資訊尋求行為和管道。研究結果發現：(1)大專教師目前最需要且應用程度也最高的教學專業發展類型為「促進學生學習」，而需求最低，應用程度也最低的需求類型是「運用教學方法及策略」；(2)教師們目前最常使用的資訊管道為紙本資料，其次為網路資源；(3)教師個人的背景因素，部分對於教學專業發展需求、應用程度及資訊尋求行為有顯著影響。本文並進一步針對高等教育中大學教師教學專業發展相關研究議題與實務作法提出建議，以供相關教育研究學者與行政人員參考。

關鍵字

教學專業發展 ； 資訊需求 ； 資訊尋求行為

並列摘要

University faculty constantly seeks information to improve their teaching. The purpose of this study was to survey the areas of demand, and the strategies faculty use to pursue professional development in teaching. A total of 183 questionnaire was collected from teachers of three universities and colleges in northern Taiwan. The results of this study suggested: 1).The highest demand and application in teaching professional development was ”to facilitate student's learning;” the lowest was ”to use instructional methods and the strategies”. 2).The information channel most frequently used by teachers was print materials, and the next was Internet resources. 3). Individual backgrounds such as age and disciplines influenced the demand on professional development, the level of application, and the information seeking behavior significantly. Suggestions related to the future research topics and for the teaching professional development of higher educations were presented at the end.

並列關鍵字

teaching professional development ； information need ； information seeking behavior

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