The Need Assessment of “Film and Literature Database” in Junior High School Chinese Teaching
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Hsu, Shu-Mei
Abstract
The present study aims to explore the application requirements of Film and Literature Database in the field of junior high Chinese teaching, and the perspectives of junior high Chinese teachers on Film and Literature Database. In this regard, three research questions are addressed, including (1) the process of integrating film into Chinese coursers for junior high Chinese teachers, and the difficulties and needs encountered during the process, (2) the information items in demand by junior high Chinese teachers in the Film and Literature Database, (3) the expectation for information items and promotion on the development of Library Film and Literature Database for junior high Chinese teachers. This qualitative study targets twenty in-service Chinese teachers in Taiwan by means of semi-structured interviews and documents. All interviewees possess the experience of integrating film into Chinese teaching. The teaching experiences of integrating film into Chinese course, using experiences and expectations on exercising Film and Literature Database are gauged and collected through the interviews and usability evaluation scale. The results reveal that it is common for junior high Chinese teachers to integrate film into Chinese courses but with a great significant difference in using frequency. Among the twenty interviewees, ten teachers are of active users who adopt the teaching method three times a semester and two teachers adopt the method less than twice a semester in their practice. This study believes that Film and Literature Database is eligible to turn the teachers with lower using frequency into active users. Film and teachers are the two main variables, which affect teachers’ motivation to integrate film into Chinese courses. The domain of film contains the characteristics and the themes of film. The other domain concerns teachers’ interest in watching film. Teachers’ who have higher interest are inclined to integrate film into Chinese course more actively. Generally, active users adopt this method either during the semester or in the school summer/winter camps. The sources of film collected by the interviewees derived from both community resource and website resource. Community resource comprises schools, business sectors, and social networks. Website resource is composed of general resource and school teaching resource. The more recourses Chinese teachers have, the more likely to become active users. Interestingly, the social network of community recourse and the general resource of website resource are the top two important sources of information. The findings show that social network of community is crucial to the interaction between teachers and teacher’s personal growth. On the other hand, the disparity of recognition on general website resource and teaching website resource suggests the deficiency of teaching website resource. As to the selection of film, five indexes are proposed - movie rating, themes, entertainment, level of students’ proficiency, and accessibility. Regarding the recognition item of Film and Literature Database, only two teachers are aware of the presence among the twenty interviewees but none of them had ever taken the advantage of it. All of the interviewees successfully complete the self-made query task designed by the author. Considering the query modes, nineteen teachers utilize Keyword Search whereas only one takes Work Browsing. Term query divided into two types– one is of the Title Name and the other is of the Personal Name. There are totally thirteen teachers belong to partly Title Name term query users. On the item of browse, the first chosen item is reviews that attract seven teachers to skim over. The most popular item among the interviewees is movie and then comes reviews. According to the result of usability evaluation on Film and Literature Database, summary, version, rating, length, reviews, and location viewed as useful information item by the interviewees. Extended Search, Hyperlink, and Keyword Search are considered helpful, too. The interviewees also give credits to the parallel web texts and succinct layout of database interface. The author still administers the needs assessment of interviewees on Film and Literature Database. On the item of recognition difficulty caused by database, three factors are identified – reviews, system functions, and database orientation. General information requirements, teaching requirements, reviews, and categories explain the needs of information item. Last, the item of system needs involve web 2.0 community engagement, personal management, the manner of film retrieve, and the design of system. Based on the findings, this study offers some suggestions respectively to library and teachers. First, library should adjust to the instructors’ needs for the interface and functions of database provide full text with remarks, function of community interaction, and theme-based browse by category to enable users to make use of. With respect to teachers, Library should increase the rate of use, provide teachers the necessary guidelines, and design the suitable course materials for teachers in order to boost Chinese teacher’s motivation of integrating film into Chinese courses.
Subjects
Junior High Chinese Teaching
Film-integrated Instruction
Database Evaluation
Type
thesis
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