臺中縣市國小自然科教師對以STS議題從事教學之調查研究

The Interest, Understanding and Implication of STS Issues among Elementary Science Teachers in Central Taiwan

靳知勤(Chi-Chin Chin) ； 陳又慈(Yu-Tzu Chen)

《科學教育學刊》 15卷1期 (2007/02) Pp. 25-52

https://doi.org/10.6173/CJSE.2007.1501.02

摘要

本研究之目的在藉問卷調查法，探討台中縣、市之國小自然科教師對STS議題之興趣、瞭解、使用情形，及其議題選用管道、教學策略、目的及困難等面向，並分析不同背景變項教師間之差異。樣本來源採取分層/多步驟叢集抽樣，施測回收所分析之樣本共231人。研究結果發現：自然科教師對於「災害防治」、「電腦與通訊」、「醫療保健」、「交通與文明」等議題，其興趣、瞭解及使用情形較高；「政府對科學應用實施之政策」則最低。獲得STS議題的管道，主要以網路、電視、報紙最為普遍。在教學上選用議題以學生提出、教師引導決定較為普遍。在教學上所採用之教學策略：為融入式、分組討論、師生共同討論及教師引導學生討論等四種方式較為普遍。運用STS議題於教學之目的為「使教學與日常生活相聯結」及「增進學生學習興趣」。上列結果均認同STS所揭櫫之宗旨，顯見近年來師資培育在基本理念上所收之宏效。教師認為STS教學之困難為「時間有限」及「專業知識不足」，亦呼應近年研究結果；表示我國整體教育環境仍使STS教學欠缺應用空間，凡此均有待科教工作者持續努力改進之。末了，本研究並提出有關科學教學及未來研究之建議。

關鍵字

國小自然科教師 ； STS教學 ； STS議題 ； 教學資源 ； 教學策略

並列摘要

This study investigated the interest, understanding, and implication of STS issues in science teaching, and the strategies, objectives, and barriers of using such issues from a group of elementary science teachers in Taichung City and County area. A total of 231 science teachers responded the questionnaire. The results revealed that: (1) science teachers demonstrated higher interesting, understanding, and implication level in ”Disaster prevention”, ”Computer and communication”, ”Medical and health care” and ”Communication and civilization” than other issues; the lowest one was ”Policy of science development”; (2) the most frequent sources of STS issues were ”internet”, ”television”, and ”newspaper”; (3) the most frequent method for deciding STS issues was ”students proposed first, and then teachers judge and decide”; (4) the most frequent strategies used were ”infusion”, and ”discussion”; (5) the most illustrated objective of STS teaching was ”making connection of daily lives” and ”to promote students' learning motivation”. All these were in agreement with prior literature. STS approach has been widely accepted by the science teachers in Taiwan. However, the barriers such as ”short of time to teach” and ”lack of professional skill” were predominant and had not changed for decade, which is apparent because the education environment in Taiwan remains the same. In summary, the results from this study can be beneficial to science educators and teachers about the future studies and the way to promote effectiveness of STS teaching.

並列關鍵字

Elementary Science Teachers ； STS Teaching ； STS Issues ； Teaching Resources ； Teaching Strategies

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