技專院校經濟學課程「經濟人概念」教學成效之研究

An Study of Economic Education on “Economic Man” Concept at Technological and Vocational Colleges in Taiwan

經濟教育作為商業教育的重要一環，「經濟學」（economics）更列為商管系所 必修之基礎課程。然而，在技職教育體系裡，大學階段所講授之經濟學內容，明 顯與高職階段多所重疊、架構亦相互雷同。因此，為避免學生產生重複學習，本 研究即根據「認知彈性」（cognitive flexibility）之教學原理，將傳統經濟學之教材 模式，改以「經濟人」（economic man）概念之整合模式，以進行教材的重新編撰， 並針對技專院校學生進行教學研究。本研究主要透過此一活化創新教學的進行， 以改革傳統經濟學之制式教學模式，並達到符合學生學習之目的。

Economic education is an important part of business education. Economics is an essential subject for students at business department. However， in our technological and vocational education system， economics lecture in colleges overlaps many parts of economics in high schools. In order to avoid overlapping learning， this study utilized “cognitive flexibility theory” to research and it aimed at transforming traditional economics textbook into a new concept， “economic man”. The researchers found that the new text materials is feasible for students and its result is significant positive. The researchers also recommended that relative economic education colleagues could adopt this new teaching method to improve the learning of students at technological and vocational colleges.