國中生讀報教育與批判思考能力之實驗研究

Experimental Study of Newspaper In Education and Junior High School Students' Critical Thinking Ability

韋雅寧(Wei Ya-Ning)

指導教授 ： 沈六

國立臺灣師範大學/教育學院/公民教育與活動領導學系在職進修碩士班/碩士(2011年)

摘要

本研究之主要目的為探討實施「讀報教育方案」對於提升國中生批判思考能力之成效，了解國中生對於「讀報教育方案」之評價，以及整理研究者實施「讀報教育方案」後之教學省思。
本研究採用「準實驗研究法」中「不等組前測－後測設計」，以方便取樣的方式選擇研究者任教台北市完全中學常態編班之一個八年級班級為實驗組（37人），並選擇另一個年齡與性別比例相當之班級作為對照組（37人），對實驗組實施五週、共十節課的「讀報教育方案」課程，而對照組則實施傳統社會學習領域公民科教學。實驗教學前後安排實驗組和對照組各接受一次「批判思考技巧測驗－第一級」，以了解其批判思考能力的變化情形；實驗教學後，請實驗組學生另外填答「讀報教育方案意見調查問卷」，以分析其對「讀報教育方案」的評價與建議。
本研究獲致下列三項結論：
一、實施「讀報教育方案」僅使實驗組學生之整體批判思考能力產生些微但不顯著之進步；在五項分測驗的表現上，則僅使實驗組學生之「辨認假設」、「歸納」、「解釋」、「評鑑」四項能力產生些微但不顯著之進步。
二、實施「讀報教育方案」僅使實驗組學生之整體批判思考能力稍高於對照組，但並不顯著；在五項分測驗的表現上，則僅使實驗組學生之「辨認假設」、「歸納」、「演繹」、「解釋」四項能力稍高於對照組，但並不顯著。
三、實驗組學生對「讀報教育方案」之討論方式、上課過程及自評批判思考能力均給予傾向正面之評價；對於「讀報教育方案」之時事議題則大致傾向正面評價。

關鍵字

讀報教育 ； 批判思考能力

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to probe into the effects on junior high school students’ critical thinking ability after practicing “Newspaper In Education Program”, to find out their evaluation of “Newspaper In Education Program”, and to sort out the introspection of the researcher after practicing “Newspaper In Education Program”.
This study adopted the pretest-posttest nonequivalent-groups design of quasi-experimental research. 74 eighth grade students were selected by convenience sampling from two of the researcher’s classes in a middle school in Taipei City. One of the two classes (n=37) was put into the experimental group while another class (n=37, in similar ratio to the experimental group’s age and gender) was put into the control group. The experimental group was taught with “Newspaper In Education Program” in 10 periods of Civic Education classes for 5 weeks, while the control group was taught with the traditional teaching method. Each group took “Critical Thinking Test-Level I” before and after experimental instruction, to examine students’ changes of critical thinking ability; the experimental group also took "Questionnaire of Newspaper In Education Program" after experimental instruction, to analyze their evaluation and suggestion of “Newspaper In Education Program”.
The study led to the following three conclusions:
1. Practicing “Newspaper In Education Program” did improve the experimental group’s overall critical thinking ability slightly, though not significantly. The experimental group’s performance also improved slightly but not significantly on four of the five subtests, which were “recognition of assumptions”, “inductions”, “deductions”, and “evaluation of arguments”.
2. After practicing “Newspaper In Education Program”, the experimental group had better overall critical thinking ability than the control group, though not significantly. The experimental group also had better performance than the control group on four of the five subtests, which were “recognition of assumptions”, “inductions”, “deductions”, and “interpretations”.
3. The experimental group had positive evaluation toward the mode of discussion, process of instruction, and self-evaluation of critical thinking ability. Generally speaking, they also had positive attitude toward the current-affair issues of “Newspaper In Education Program”.

並列關鍵字

Newspaper In Education (NIE) ； critical thinking ability

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