英文摘要 |
This study intended to investigate the types of implicit curriculum embodied in outdoor static symbols on campus. The main campus of National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan was taken as an example. The author adopted the qualitative research method which featured the employment of multiple means such as on-site visit, observation and recording, browsing of the university website, and interviews with some of the NTHU faculty and staff. The procedure of data triangulation was carried out to clarify doubts and complement and modify the data collected. After three years of investigation, the author came to notice a rich display of outdoor static symbols on the main campus of NTHU. These symbols not only connoted a unique campus culture of the university but also entailed implications to be offered by the implicit curriculum. It is suggested that NTHU can be engaged in the renovations and modification of the university outdoor static symbols as a response to societal changes besides leading the NTHU faculty, staff and students to understand the connotative meaning of its outdoor static symbols. More importantly, the author proposes some ideas for the other universities, Ministry of Education and future researchers with regard to the installation and application of outdoor static symbols in universities around the country. |