教师实施WebQuest之个案研究

The Use of WebQuest in Primary and Secondary Education: A Case Study

WebQuest是结合专题研习和资讯科技的一种教学模式,近年来香港中小学教师开始通过WebQuest进行教学活动。教师是如何理解和实施WebQuest的呢?他们遇到了哪些困难呢?本研究采用个案研究法来探讨这些问题。研究发现,教师对WebQuest背后的教育理念并不十分清楚,因此在课程设计、实施、评价方面遇到困难。从实施层面看,有很少的教师在信念层面上能够符合WebQuest的基本理念,大多数教师仅仅在技术层面上实施了WebQuest的基本流程,更有少数教师只呈现了一些网络材料。所以改变教师观念是关键,同时解决他们在实施教学时遇到的困难,对于帮助学生真正进行探究学习是必要的。

WebQuest is a teaching mode blending topical study and information technology. How well do teachers understand and implement WebQuest? What kind of difficulties have they experienced? With these questions in mind, the authors took the case of 10 teachers, teaching Chinese, Maths, Education, etc., from primary and middle schools in Hongkong as the subjects. In order to strengthen the reliability, seven researchers used a case study protocol to coordinate disagreements among themselves. Data were collected through two observations of actual classroom activities using WebQuest, mainly to find out how teachers implement WebQuest, and two vaguely structured interviews after the class, mainly to find out how teachers think of WebQuest and what kind of difficulties they have experienced. The study shows that teachers are not clear about WebQuest's educational rationale and they experience difficulties in designing and implementing the course and in learner assessment as well. Few teachers demonstrate understanding in accordance with WebQuest's educational rationale, while most teachers simply follow the basic technological procedures, with a few only presenting web resources. Hence, change of teachers' ideas would be an urgent need to help them ease out difficulties in implementing WebQuest.