九陶實驗教育及學校與社區夥伴關係之個案研究

A Case Study on Jîu-Táo Experimental Education and the School and Community Partnership

本文旨在探討九陶實驗教育學校（化名）的實驗教育內涵，及學校與社區夥伴關係的特色。採用個案研究法，針對一所包含幼兒園、國小部、及國中部、位於中南部偏遠山區、且因裁併校危機而轉型的九陶實驗教育學校進行探究。透過半結構式訪談學校教職員、家長與社區成員共8位研究參與者，並以所蒐集到的資料進行分析，主要研究結果顯示：一、九陶實驗教育以「群性發展」之概念來發展實驗教育；二、學校與社區夥伴關係呈現相互依存共榮的特徵，學校不僅非正式地與社區做朋友，也透過認真傾聽及因應社區輿論來維持良好互動關係，彼此間資源互享且互惠互利，讓雙方關係密不可分。最後本文作者們依據上述結論，對九陶實驗教育學校及所在社區提出相關建議。

This study aims to explore the experimental education and community-school partnership of Jîu-Táo Experimental School (a pseudonym). This paper analyzes the data which collected through semi-structured interviews with 8 participants including 1 principal, 2 section chiefs, 1 teacher (the former director), 1 leader of the community development, 1 resident, and 2 parents. There are two main conclusions of this study. First,“sociability”is the main concept under which Jîu-Táo Experimental School runs the school. This includes the motivation of the school transforming to experimental education and the development of the experimental education after the transformation. Second, the school and the community are interdependent to pursue co-benefits. These include that the school makes friend with the community through informal cooperation, maintains the relationship by listening and dealing with the public opinion carefully, and builds the relationship more inseparable by sharing resources for the mutual benefit. According to the conclusions, this study provides several suggestions to the Jîu-Táo Experimental School and the community to manage the relationship and for the future research.