本研究旨在設計以氣味為主題教學活動之行動研究,透過觀察幼兒在教學活動中經過觀察、聞嗅、討論、實作、發表及繪圖記錄等各項活動之學習,探究幼兒在教學後對氣味認知能力是否增加,針對「新課綱」中認知領域「蒐集資料」、「分析資料」、「解決問題」的三個面向去做教學成果的探討分析,並探討此次教學研究結果中性別之差異。 研究對象為臺中市某一幼兒園某一個班級為主,中、大班人數共計26人,進行氣味教學活動,以探究幼兒生活感官經驗為基礎,增進幼兒對於周遭環境的敏感度與覺察能力。此次教學行動研究結果如下: 一.透過教學活動,幼兒在「食品與調味料」、「植物與蔬果」、「生活環境用品」三項主題的認知能力均有顯著進步。 二.女生在「植物與蔬果」單元的學習成效明顯優於男生,但在「食品與調味料」及「生活環境用品」兩單元之學習成效並未呈現性別差異。 三.幼兒在認知領域「蒐集資料」、「分析資料」、「解決問題」三個面向的表現彼此間皆呈現顯著正相關,也與整體學習成果呈現顯著正相關。 四.幼兒在認知領域「蒐集資料」、「分析資料」、「解決問題」三個面向的表現並未呈現性別間的差異。
This study is an action research to coordinate a teaching activity focus on the theme “smell” for young children. The young children’s progress in developing the sense and experience of “smell” was evaluated through their performance in a series of activities such as observation, smelling, discussion, hands-on practice, presentation, and drawing. Teaching results were investigated and analyzed followed the three categories of the cognition domain of the new curriculum for kindergarten – information collection, information analysis and problem solving. The gender effect was also analyzed and discussed. Participants were twenty six young children who studied in a public kindergarten in Taichung City. The aim of this study is hope to explore the sensory experience in life and to enhance their sensory ability in living surroundings for the young children. Results of this study are as followed: 1.Through the teaching activities, young children showed significant improvement on overall performance and on the three sections of teaching activities: “food and flavoring”, “plants, vegetables and fruits” and “life supplies”. 2.In the section ”plants, vegetables and fruits”, the progress for girls were significantly higher than that for boys. While no gender effect could be observed in the other two sections- “food and flavoring” and “life supplies”. 3.The progress of young children on the three categories of the cognition domain: information collection, information analysis and problem solving are significantly correlated to each other and to the overall performance on cognitive ability. 4.No gender effect was observed on the progress of young children on the three categories of the cognition domain.