兒童及青少年興趣的發展

A Study on the Interest Development of Chinese School Pupils

路君約(Chun-Yo Lu)

《教育心理學報》 14期 (1981/06) Pp. 15-29

https://doi.org/10.6251/BEP.19810601.2

摘要

本研究以橫斷與縱貫兩種方法，就兒童及青少年興趣發展，分為學校關聯興趣、娛樂興趣及個人與社會興趣三方面進行研究。結果發現中學學生對於國語學科的興趣，頗為穩定；唯對算術的興趣，則在國中階段，明顯的隨年級而降低，可能係受到教材內容與教學法的影響。至於活動性的記憶的學科的興趣則變化較大。又發現男女學生興趣相似的程度，較一般人所預期的為高，各年級亦無基本差異。但若就某一個別項目言，則性別差異頗為明顯。至於學科成績與智力二者對青少年的興趣，並不具確切的預測作用。

並列摘要

This is the short report of a three year accelerated longitudinal study (both cross section and longitudinal approach) on the interest development of Chinese school pupils. The subjects were 2111 youngsters (1063 males and 1048 females) sampled from two elementary schools and two junior high schools in Taipei area.
A questionnaire consisting 17 sets of items was administered once a year for evaluating the school pupils in three fields such as school-related interests, recreational preferences, and personal and social interest. The major findings of the study were: (1) Interest in basic subject such as Chinese did not change with age, but steadily declined in interest in mathematics as children grow older. These results have educational implications that should be carefully considered. (2) Interest in extracurricular activities and technical subjects changed considerably during childhood and adolescence.
To a greater extent than was anticipated similarities were found in the interest patterns of both sexes throughout the period of junior high school. Also differences between grade groups were not found to be significant. But as we study certain set of interests, perhaps the sex differences become apparent. There have been some confused conclusions drawn about the relation between interest and abilities, making it difficult to predict interest patterns from a information of educational achievement and intelligent level.