高雄市國小英語科課程設立決定之研究

A Study on English Curriculum Decided Making in Elementary School in Kaohsiung

本研究旨在探討高雄市國小英語科設科教學之經過，因高雄市是國小最早實施英語科教學的縣市。以往對於國小英語教學之研究，大多針對教材、教法、師資及實施現況做研究，所欠缺的是從課程社會學層面，對於國小英語設科教學決定歷程做探討。因此，本研究以「文獻分析」和「訪談」方法收集相關資料，加以統整歸納。得知，影響國小英語科課程決定之重要因素如下：（一）權力影響課程決定；（二）課程受經濟發展之影響；（三）國際化、多元化及資訊化影響課程設立；（四）原有課程機制之配合；（五）社會輿論之壓力；（六）整體行政機制之配合。最後並提出多項建議以供課程設立之參考：（一）課程設立應注重民主化參與；（二 ）應注重教學者之意見；（三）應顧及空白課程之需要；（四）應納1學課程決定之自主性；（五）應摒除固有觀念之思惟。

The main purpose of this study is to explore how English made in Kaohsiung’s elementary schools. Because Kaohsiung was the first city that English was a formal subject in elementary school curriculum in Taiwan. Many scholars had investigated English curriculum in elementary school before. Most of their focus was a teaching materials， methodology， teacher’s qualification， and how the English teaching works；therefore， lacking of sociology perspective to study the English curriculum decided making in elementary school. As a result， after using literature analysis and interviewing the scholars， the researcher came out with some important factors that influenced the English curriculum decided making in elementary school such as follows：（1）the power；（2）economic development；（3）internationalization， multiplication， information；（4）the curriculum mechanism；（5）the pressure from the society；（6）and the whole organization mechanism. According to the conclusion， the suggestions include five aspects such as follows：（1）to value the participation with democracy；（2）to reinforce instructors’ points of view；（3）to consider the need on the null curriculum；（4）to offer the school autonomy to the curriculum making；（5）to give us the inherent ideas.