本研究旨在了解大學生對生死學的學習需求,期能發展出一套商適當的生死學課程內容,以符合學生的學習需求。以全國大二及大三學生為母群體,採分層集束隨機抽樣法,計得有效樣本928人。以問卷(α= .96)來蒐集資料,結果顯示有50%以上的研究對象對其中的24項內容,分屬於十一個主題,表示非常需要或需要。研究對象的性別、年級、與生死有關的生活經驗、過去與生死有關的學習經驗、父母現況、有無信仰等因素,與其需求差異有關。為滿足多數研究對象的學習需求,生死學課程設針,應優先考慮,探索生命、面對死亡、探索生與死、臨終關懷、生死倫理、人生與命運、預立遺囑及器官捐贈等八項主題及其17項內容。
The purposes of this study were to understand college students' learning demand of life-and-death studies and develop a suitable contents to meet them .The population was the nation-wide sophomore and junior. The stratified cluster random sampling method was adopted and the samples were 928 students. Using a questionnaire (α96) to collect the data and the results revealed that there were 24 contents belonged to 11 topics were demanded by over 50% subjects. The different demands of the subjects were related to their sex 'grade' living and past learning experiences that related to life and death, parental current condition and religious belief. In order to satisfy most subjects learning demand, the following 8 topics such as exploring life, facing death, exploring life and death, terminal care, life and death ethics, life and fate, making a will in advance, and organ donation, and 17 contents belonged to them should be regarded as first priority in the course design of life-and-death studies.