英文摘要 |
This paper explores the teaching practice of Professional Ethics for the students in the Department of Healthcare Administration in some private university in Taiwan. It examines whether multidimensional teaching method combined with flipped classroom can improve students’ learning outcomes and strengthen their capacity of active learning. We conducted pre-course and post-course questionnaire surveys and also participatory observation as a supplementary method. We found that the multiple teaching methods did arouse students’ interest in learning. Meanwhile, flipped instruction has improved students’ learning preparation and enabled teachers to drive in-depth discussion more. Based on the theory of adult learning, this course adopted case study and process tasks. Such a course design worked well in that it has facilitated the mechanism of cooperative learning, and has also enhanced the teacher-student interaction. The students’ ethical knowledge appeared obvious changes at the end in comparison with that at the beginning of the semester, and likewise their attitudes towards attaching importance on ethical implications. They considered that ethical reasoning is part of the professional capacities. The above means that the goals of learning are well achieved. Regarding the evaluation of multidimensional teaching methods, both expert speech and topic report reached a significant level in contributing to learning progress. In contrast, both reflective writing and creative poster received lower level of scores. On the whole, most students agreed with the multidimensional teaching method and believed that spending more time on learning activities is worthwhile. Finally we argue that the multidimensional teaching method may result in good learning outcomes and also in enhancing students’ capacity of active learning. It is necessary to provide enough guidance for students in the process. |