| 英文摘要 |
This mixed methods study focused on 33 preservice teachers (PSTs) who participated in an elementary bilingual science subspecialty program offered by a science-related department in response to Taiwan’s implementation of the Curriculum Guidelines for 12-year Basic Education and the challenges posed by the Bilingual 2030 policy. The study involved planning a one-semester concept mapping–centered bilingual science teaching materials pedagogy program (CM-BS) to help PSTs develop their bilingual science teaching strategies and enhance their teaching self-efficacy. The recruited PSTs rated their teaching self-efficacy for content and language mastery in the science domain of the microteaching program on a 10-point Likert-type scale at the beginning and end of the program. They also provided reasons for their ratings as well as reflections on the program. The CM-BS significantly enhanced the teaching self-efficacy of the PSTs for bilingual science teaching and for science content and language mastery, both of which had moderate effect sizes. The self-efficacy effect sizes for bilingual science teaching were higher than 2, indicating that the CM-BS effectively integrated content and language. Lacking teaching experience and knowledge of the new Curriculum Guidelines mainly affected the PSTs’ teaching self-efficacy for teaching science at the beginning of the CM-BS. However, later in the program, the PSTs could grasp the essential principles of the new Curriculum Guidelines and plan their teaching sequentially, which increased their teaching self-efficacy. Moreover, at the beginning of the CM-BS, the PSTs lacked experience in bilingual science teaching and were concerned about their English ability. At the end of the CM-BS, they remained concerned about their English proficiency but understood how to linguistically prepare and to teach, and their teaching self-efficacy increased slightly. The study provides recommendations for designing a bilingual curriculum in elementary schools that integrates content and language. |