Journal of Education and Psychology


Vol. 28 No. 1 , Pages 1 - 20 , 2005

Construct the Indicators for Evaluating the Development of the Life Curriculum: The Application of Hermeneutics to Construct Indicators (Article written in Chinese)

Chao-Yu KAU, Mei-Ju CHEN, & Jo-Lieh HUNG

Abstract

The life curriculum is a critical stage of development in current curriculum reform. In order to provide references for school’s teachers in evaluation, this study aims at constructing the indicators used to evaluate the development of the life curriculum. Owing to the initial exploration and the participation of college specialists and school expects, the researcher adopted the Hermeneutic method to construct evaluation indicators of the life curriculum by reflecting expert’s opinions on those indicators. The researcher has developed 30 indicators based upon three stages of curriculum development including design, implement and outcome. In addition, the researcher further examined the application of these indicators to the life curriculum.

Keywords: education evaluation; curriculum evaluation; evaluation indicator; life curriculum

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