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學程評鑑結果之討論與建議

討論

        綜合以上學程評鑑結果,整體而言,本學程在大環境的影響下所做的革新和 努力是受到校方和師生肯定的。以下先就目前實施情形說明學程未來發展與檢 討: 

1. 由於復招後第一年學生人數不多,以目前五位兼任教師授課,師資部份仍游

刃有餘;但之後隨著學程持續進行,學生人數增多,開班數增加(可參考附

錄2,註1之實際開課狀況),師資部份礙於學校有關專任教師基本授課時數 規定,未來恐有師資不足之虞。故儲備教學優良之兼任教師實為當務之急! 

2. 新的學程以招生測驗代替申請制度,除能有效篩選適合的學生,亦可了解學

生進入學程時的英語程度(如聽力理解、寫作能力、批判性思考等),若能妥

善保留運用此項資料,或可用於檢驗學生學習成效,也可做為學程評鑑的依 據。此外,有關招生考試方式及測驗內容,如:是否加入口說測驗? 都是值 得研究改進的方向。 

3. 新的學程希望以「迎新會」、「導師制度」來加強師生交流聯繋,期待學程中

並使各面向相互緊密配合發展,研究者期能依 Kiely & Rea-Dickins (2005)指出評 鑑的三種構念,即分別是由三個不同的視角-教學(a teacher performance construct)、

行政管理(a management construct)和學習(a learning construct),來審視學程的成效。

而且,這三種構念相互影響,在學程評鑑中缺一不可。 

教學詳加規範,各大學英語教育政策多為校內獨立運作,但若能記錄各校學程的 發展情形、訪問曾參與或主導決策的教授及行政人員、瞭解學程執行成敗的關鍵 影響因素、蒐集學生的意見與英文能力表現數據、甚或追蹤學程學生畢業後的發 展,進而依各大學的屬性將資料加以分類、比較,所得的研究結果應對英語教學 的理論、實務與政策均有具體幫助,若進而將研究所得發表在國際學術論壇,則 是將在地英語教育發展現況向國際發聲,別具意義。

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