英文摘要 |
Schools serve as crucial learning environments for promoting gender equality. Within the educational process, teachers play a direct role in implementing instructional activities. Their understanding and sensitivity to gender equality have a significant impact on students’career choices and career development. This study aimed to develop a gender equality-focused vocational education and career planning curriculum (referred to as the career curriculum) and assessed the instructional effectiveness of an integrated curriculum approach in enhancing pre-service teachers’gender equality awareness and sexual harassment prevention knowledge. The research methods involved focus group interviews, Delphi surveys, and quasi-experimental research methods. Fifteen experts in gender equality, teacher education, and vocational career fields were interviewed, and through thematic analysis and Delphi surveys, 33 curriculum competency indicators were established. Based on these indicators, a curriculum consisting of six major domains and eleven units was developed, totaling 18 hours of instruction. Subsequently, a quasi-experimental approach was used to involve two groups of pre-service teachers enrolled in a vocational education and career planning course at a university in the northern region. Each group consisted of 45 students. One group underwent the newly developed career curriculum (experimental group), while the other group followed a conventional vocational education and career planning curriculum (control group). Using the developed curriculum as the independent variable and measuring participants’scores in gender equality competence and sexual harassment prevention as dependent variables, pre- and post-tests were conducted to assess the instructional effectiveness of the curriculum. Multivariate covariance analysis revealed that the proposed curriculum significantly improved participants’gender equality competence and understanding of sexual harassment prevention concepts. Based on the findings, the study provided recommendations for future implementation. |