國小聽障生戶外環境教育之研究──以台中公園為例

Outdoor environmental education for students with hearing disabilities--Take Taichung Park as an example

聽障生透過戶外環境教育的方式進行體驗學習、與同儕互動，培養對自然的美感，不僅認知生活環境，也利用感官去感知並與之互動。本研究之目的為探討國小中年級聽障生參與台中公園的環境教育後，是否了解關於台中公園今昔的故事？其表現的行為與公園的認知使否受自身聽障的限制？本研究以聽障生對環境所產生的凝視來作探討，請學生繪製認知地圖和拍照的方式記錄自己所認識的台中公園，並訪談學生與老師，參與聽障生共五位。研究結果發現（1）從認知圖和拍照記錄資料反映出聽障生在台中公園中，對於建物、自然、歷史故事、地理環境等與環境認知相關。（2）藉由實地走訪，聽障生能夠將建物與歷史故事相連結建立環境知識，並有意願做口語介紹。（3）聽障生在參與戶外環境教育過程中，認為輔具─電子耳或助聽器的使用，能夠幫助自己在環境中較快抓取聲音。

Hearing impaired students experience learning through outdoor environmental education, interact with peers, and cultivate a sense of beauty. They not only recog-nize the living environment, but also use the senses to perceive and interact with them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the participation of the national junior high school hearing-impaired students in the environmental education of Taichung Park. Do you know the story about the Taichung Park in the past and the present? Is the behavior of the performance and the perception of the park limited by its own hearing impairment? This study explores the gaze generated by the hearing-impaired students on the environ-ment. Students are required to record their cognitive maps and photographs to record the Taichung Park they know, and interview students and teachers to participate in five hear-ing-impaired students. The findings found(1) Cognitive maps and photographed records reflect the hearing-impaired students in Taichung Park, which are related to environmen-tal cognition for construction, nature, historical stories, and geographical environment. (2) Through field visits, the hearing-impaired students can connect the building with the historical stories to establish environmental knowledge, and have the willingness to intro-duce them in spoken language. (3) In the process of participating in outdoor environmen-tal education, the hearing-impaired students believe that the use of auxiliary equipment-electronic ear or hearing aid can help them to capture sound faster in the environment.