英文摘要 |
This study aims to design and implement a remedial program of Beverage Preparation for the underachieved students of the Food and Beverage Department in one private vocational high school, and then explores the learning outcomes of the students. This study is conducted using case study method. Data are collected through observation, interview, and document analysis, and then are analyzed by thematic analysis method. The specific objectives of the remedial program are that students can cultivate the correct knowledge of safe and healthy beverage preparation and operate the processes of five types of beverage preparation methods correctly and quickly. The remedial program adopts multiple teaching strategies, including direct teaching, mastery teaching, and the peer teaching. The course lasts for 12 weeks and is implemented for three hours per week. The major teaching process includes: 1. providing key lectures of theoretic background, 2. teacher's demonstration of the first two beverages, students' operation exercises, and then teacher's feedback; 3. teacher's demonstration of the last two beverages, students' operation exercises, and then teacher's feedback; 4. wrap-up: teacher's overall feedback and a quiz. After the program, the students' theoretic knowledge and operational ability of beverage preparation are both significantly improved, and some students even have become more confident and fulfilled in their regular class. |