學生及協同教學老師對英語數位學習課程的看法

104年06月11日 

研究生： 張靜宜

指導教授: 鍾儀芳 博士

學生及協同教學老師對英語數位學習課程的看法

Perceptions of Delivering Site Student Teachers, Receiving Site Students, and Assistant Teachers on Digital English Learning

摘要:

近年來視訊應用在教學上的趨勢不斷增加,但大部分的研究著重於高等教育的使用上,關於小學運用視訊學英文的研究卻很少著墨到。有鑑於此,本研究主要目的在於探討學生及協同教學老師對於英語視訊課程的看法。ㄧ所屏東山區的小學和一所高雄市立的高中參與此研究,其中共計十一名小學生、三十位高中生,和兩名協同教學老師參加。本研究以教室觀察和訪談的方式進行分析。研究結果顯示: (一) 不論是高中生或小學生都渴望得到協同老師的指導與協助。(二) 學習網站的設立將有助於評估學生學習成效,以及達到課前預習和課後複習的功效。(三) 技術人員的在場協助,將有助於視訊課的進行。(四) 根據不同的教學目標,學生老師可採用多對一和一對一的視訊方式進行。(五) 課前需討論和設計適合小學生的教材和活動。(六) 學生老師和小學生都從這門課中,學到了勇於面對困難的態度。總而言之,本研究結果反映出遠距教學會面臨到的困難和需要的協助。

關鍵詞: 視訊、原住民學生、英語教學、遠距教學 

Abstract:

The educational use with videoconferencing has been increasing recently; however, most studies focus on higher education institution. Studies about teaching English through videoconferencing in primary schools are seldom discussed. This study aims to investigate both the students’ and teachers’ viewpoints of the English videoconferencing class. A one-year English videoconferencing class was conducted in this research. An elementary school located in the mountain area in Pingtung and a senior high school in Kaohsiung are involved in this project. The participants in this project include eleven elementary school students, thirty senior high school students, and two assistant teachers. This study is mainly qualitative in nature. Semi-structured interview and observation were applied to obtain the results.

Findings reveal six aspects of the videoconferencing English class, including the role of the assistant teachers, the way of evaluation, technical problems, the delivery way, teaching materials and teaching activities, and learners’ behavior. Both of the delivering site and receiving site students were eager to receive the support of teaching and learning from their teachers. A course web site was recommended for evaluating learning effect. It allowed the receiving site students to upload their worksheets, preparing for lessons before class, and reviewing the lesson after class, A technical assistant in class to help the teacher to solve any technical problems was important for operating the videoconferencing English class smoothly. According to different teaching goals, the delivering site student teachers could choose proper delivery way to use, including group to all delivery and group to group tutoring. More preparation should be done before the videoconferencing English class, including discussing and designing suitable teaching materials and activities for the elementary school students. Both the delivering site student teachers and the receiving site students did learn different things besides the learning of English during the videoconferencing English class. They build positive attitude toward facing difficulties and tried to resolve the problems patiently.

To conclude, this study may be of importance in providing useful advice with regard to distance education in the remote schools, especially the challenges these school may face while delivering classes via videoconferencing.

Keywords: videoconferencing, aboriginal students, English teaching and learning, distance education