英文摘要 |
This study aims to investigate the curriculum development and the process of execution of a senior class’s self-guided travel project. The study started with the reflection of the previous 11 experiences of conducting this travel project before focusing on the thick description of curriculum integration development factors and models of five major action stories. Through the data analysis, the researcher identified major themes of promoting factors, including teacher beliefs, class atmosphere, coordination culture, administration, parent support, outside resources and the overall curriculum needs. In the meantime, the webbed multidisciplinary curriculum is adopted during the process of travelling, along with Jacobs’interdisciplinary, Drake’s story model and transdisciplinary. Results illustrated that three major themes emerged from the data analysis of multiple travel projects. First, the researcher has learned to view curriculum integration as both verification and application to support the subjects. Secondly, in different models of curriculum integration, teachers and students played different roles and faced different challenges throughout the process. Lastly, the dual role as the teacher-researcher allows the integration of theory and practices, that is, the teacher role focuses on the curriculum integration model, whereas the researcher role digs deeper into the underlying philosophy of curriculum integration. Regarding students’learning, students were provided with various opportunities to explore and make mistakes, as they became more aware of their own integrating ability. They were also involved in making the rubrics for assessment, as a means to deepen the planned curriculum. During this exploration, the researcher gains a deeper understanding of the planning and practices of integrated curriculum. The findings from this study could inspire researchers and practitioners with the same interests in narrative inquiry and curriculum integration to continue further exploration. |