An Investigation on Curriculum Articulation of Map concepts and Skills between Junior High School and Senior High School
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Yu, Hsiu-Mei
Abstract
This research is to investigate the curriculum articulation of map concepts and skills between junior high schools and senior high schools. The main purpose is to investigate the situations, problems and strategies of curriculum articulation between the geography content within social studies in junior high schools and senior high schools. At the same time, the research tries to explore whether the prior knowledge or the content can be connected effectively or not. In order to comprehend the current condition and the core of the problems effectively, content analysis and in-depth interview are the two main approaches adopted. The major contents of curriculum articulation are textbook contents, and teaching scenes.
According to the results of the content analysis and in-depth interview, the conclusions of this research are as follows：
1. The present articulation of the textbook contents：
The constructions of these two stages are approximately consistent. The compilation of the content is from broad to specific, from easy to complicated. The lack of the prior knowledge in map projection and GIS may influence the articulation.
2. The present articulation of the teaching scene：
The gap of the textbook contents between junior high school and senior high school is so obvious that the difficulty and the quantity are too hard to fit in between. The level of teaching materials is full of intricacy. Teachers lack the concepts of implementation and adaption and they lack professional knowledge in projection and GIS. There are huge gaps between the students in the same class, especially in drawing and analyzing maps. At the same time, students in junior high schools and senior high schools have difficulties in the concepts of time zones, scales, contour lines. At present, most teachers examine themselves to connect the teaching materials. Some teachers use Google Media in teaching; the effectiveness and limitations would can be further studied.
Suggestions to improve the problems of curriculum articulation between junior high schools and senior high schools in the future are also included.
Subjects
curriculum articulation
map skills
K-12 education
curriculum design
content analysis
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