成人教育教學互動行為之研究

The Study of Instructional Interaction Behaviors in Adult Education

從人文主義的觀點，成人教育主要的目標在培養成人學習者批判思考能力。而思考能力是可以透過有效的教學互動來增進的。國內有關於成人教學互動方面的研究仍相當的少。因此，本研究主要的目的為：(1)

From the viewpoint of humanism, the main purpose of adult education is to enhance the ability of critical thinking. Thinking ability could be improved by effective instructional interaction. Therefore, the purposes of this study were (1) to understand the teacher's behaviors in instructional interaction; (2) to understand the learner's behaviors in instructional interaction; (3) to analyze the factors which influenced the instructional interaction behaviors; (4) to provided suggestions for effective instructional interaction. Date collection and analysis followed vygotsky's idea, and Marshall's techniques. It involved participant observation to collect data. Three classes from National Open University were observed in natural setting. Variables related to teacher's explanation skills, inquiry methods, wait-time skills, answering techniques were recorded for analysis. At the same time, data related learner's questioning and answering behaviors were collected.Results showed that :(1) One way communication was dominant in instructional setting and the main purpose of interaction was restricted to text-based comprehension. (2) There was more interaction when learners had more prior knowledge or experience about the question. (3) There were many factors which influenced the instructional interaction behaviors, including learners and teachers, beliefs, objectives and prior knowledge. Furthermore, there were interaction effects among these factors.