英文摘要 |
The study aimed to explore teacher collaboration in gifted classes for elementaryschool students talented in intelligence in Taipei from the viewpoint of Hargreaves'teacher culture. The paper adopted a case-study approach; subjects were the gifted education teachers from five elementary schools in Taipei. Data was collected through anin-depth interview. The study focused on the understanding of the teacher collaborationpractice in the gifted classes, patterns of collaboration, and factors that influence thestate of teacher collaboration in their schools. The findings of the study were as follows:(1)Each of five gifted classes described a different pattern of collaboration, includingBalkanization, Contrived Collegiality, Individualism, Collaboration, Moving Mosaic,and showing teacher culture diversity from independent work to dynamic overlap. Therewas no single best model of cooperation. Teachers of gifted classes should understandtheir own teaching conditions and resources, and then explore possible limitation andproblems in teacher cooperation; (2)The results provided a reference for teaching andresearch. |