A Study on the Effectiveness of Reading the Character Brief to Develop Good Character of Junior High School Students

Autor: LI, CHIH-CHEN, 李芝榛
Rok vydání: 2016
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 104
This study aims to investigate the brief of applying character education to improve junior high school students in research of productive result. This study adopts a design of quasi-experimental research, including a comparative group of students(42 students) and an experimental group of students(42 students). Both groups receive pretests, posttests and a fifteen-week long experimental teaching. Overall, there are five kinds of character teaching. The experimental group of students are applied the brief of character education, and the comparative ones aren’t. In the study, the independent variables--gender, family types, educational background of the students’ parents, profession, and family discipline, are explored to understand the impact on students. Before the experiment, a questionnaire of daily behavior evaluation was filled out. The data collected was analyzed by descriptive statistics and one-way ANCOVA. After the experiment, a qualitative analysis was done through interviews and semi-structured questionnaires. The results are as follows: 1. No significant effects are found in students’ independent variables. 2. The students in the experimental group have better scores than the comparative group after character reading activities. 3. Different groups of students show significant difference in learning effectiveness through pretest,posttest and ANCOVA on character reading activities. 4. In the posttest, no significant effects are found in the order of the five character education. 5. Through the brief of character education, students learn to encourage and inspire one another. 6. Through the collected data, students really put what they have learned into practice in their daily life. 7. The teacher shall master the essentials of experimental teaching; students apply what they have learned. In a word, through the brief of character education, students show significant changes in character developing; students acquire a lot of knowledge and behave well through activities. The teacher should teach with lesson plans and worksheets to improve students’ learning effectiveness. Keywords: the brief of character education, character, learning effectiveness
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