臺灣與香港中學生命教育之比較研究

A Comparative Study of Life Education in Secondary Schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong

在全球化浪潮下，不同國家或地區的政府都大力推動教育改革，而推動生命教育課程便是其中的重要變革。臺灣與香港都是華人社會，生命教育課程的興起除了是為了回應全球教育改革的浪潮外，更是源於在地所發生的社會問題，例如：頻繁的學生自殺事件等。兩地課程起源雖有重疊之處，但隨著時間推移，兩地的課程發展已經開始出現差異的情況，這實在值得我們深入討論、探究。在研究目的方面，本研究旨在深入探討臺灣及香港在中學生命教育的異同之處。在文獻探究方面，本研究嘗試疏理生命教育的起源及意涵。在研究方法方面，本研究運用Bereday所提出的比較教育研究方法，就不同分析點比較臺灣及香港在中學生命教育的發展、內容、策略。研究結果發現：（一）臺港兩地中學生命教育之教育目標、教學方法類似；（二）臺港兩地中學生命教育實施模式、學習評量與師資培訓並不相同。最後本研究提出相應的改進建議，作為臺灣與香港中學生命教育課程持續優化的參考。

Under the wave of globalization, governments of different countries or regions have been vigorously promoting education reforms. Among them, the promotion of life education curriculum is one of the important changes. Both Taiwan and Hong Kong are Chinese societies. The rise of life education curriculum not only responds to the wave of global education reforms, but also stems from local social problems, such as frequent student suicides. Although the curricula of the two places share similar origins, as time goes by, there have been differences in the development of the curricula in the places, which is worthy of discussion and further exploration. The current study aims to explore in depth the similarities and differences between life education in secondary schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Also, the study attempts to clarify the origins and meaning of life education to fill the gaps in the relevant literature. Finally, this study adopts Bereday’s comparative perspective on education as the lens to examine the development, content, and strategies of life education in secondary schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The results of the study show that: (1) the educational goals and teaching methods of life education in secondary schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong are similar; and (2) the implementation mode, learning assessment and teacher training of life education in secondary schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong are different. Lastly, this study puts forward relevant improvement suggestions as a reference for continuous optimization of life education curricula in Taiwan and Hong Kong secondary schools.