奎山學校靈修教育之研究

Abstract

本研究主要探討台北私立奎山學校的靈修教育，採用「質性研究法」的半結構式訪談及參與式觀察法，探究奎山學校靈修教育之理念與意涵、教育現場之實施、奎山學校之教師及學生對於學校實施靈修教育之回應，並綜合上述研究發現，研擬出對台灣幼兒教育現場實施靈性教育之建議。研究資料來源：一位創辦人家屬、九位奎山學校教師及十四位奎山學校學生的訪談資料及研究者現之場觀察記錄。本研究之重要結論摘要如下： 一、創辦人的理念及教育實驗造就奎山學校良好之靈修教育典範。 二、奎山學校靈修教育的六項意涵─「引領人找尋生命的目的與使命」、「幫助人認識生命的意義與價值」、「提供心靈的滿足感」、「帶來關係的連結」、「有助人們面對生與死」、「培養道德規範」，與當今普遍對於靈性教育之內涵或描述皆相呼應，因此進而推論奎山學校靈修教育即是靈性教育。 三、全校整體連貫並統一的配合，是奎山學校靈修教育極為落實的關鍵。 四、研究發現，透過多元課程活動型態、多樣性的教學內容、有趣的教學媒材並配合學生生命經驗之需求及生活層面的落實，能幫助靈修教育全方位之落實。 五、不論是受訪者教師或是學生本身皆表示，靈修教育能帶來心靈上的滿足感，並能有效提供學生正向的影響與幫助。 六、教師同是靈修教育之「受惠者」，靈修教育能給予教師心靈的正向感受，也能幫助教師自我省察、改正行為並學習以身則。 七、透過揭露並分享自己的生命經歷、彼此代禱和鼓勵，靈修教育確實能有效促進關係之連結，促進校園充滿愛與和睦的氣氛。 八、奎山學校靈修教育實施之成功在於「看重幼兒靈性之需求」、「以基督信仰作為靈修教育之主軸中心思想」、「全校性一同落實並配合」、「主動培養教師擁有靈性教育知能」、「多樣化教學」、「落實在學校生活中」等，此等皆可以做為未來台灣幼兒教育現場實施靈性教育之借鏡與參考。 研究者對於未來研究之建議為，期待能進一步探討奎山學校畢業生或任教過之教師的觀點，一定會有其他更層面的研究結果。The purpose of this study is to explore Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School. The study implement semi-structured interviews and participant observation of qualitative research method, and further inquire the ideas and implication of Biblically-Integrated Education, implementation of education site, and the response from both teacher and student with regards to the implementation of Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School. Moreover, the consolidation of the above-mentioned, the study would elaborate the recommendation on on-site implementation of Spirituality Education for Pre-school children in Taiwan. Data of this study is obtained from a family member of the founder, nine teachers and fourteen students from Taipei Kuie Shan School. The following abstract conclude some of the most significant factors:

1. The concept and education experiment of the founder has set a good model of Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School. 2. The implication of Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School which consists of ‘leading people to find out the purpose and mission of life’, ‘assistant people in knowing the meaning and value of life’, ‘provide spiritual satisfaction’, ‘link relationship’, ‘help people in facing life and death’, and ‘ethics training’ are consistent with the description or connotation of today’s common Spirituality Education, thus further inference that Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School is indeed Spirituality Education. 3. The coherence and unity of the school is the key factor in the implementation of Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School 4. Through the pattern of multiple course activities, diversity teaching content, interesting teaching material, and cooperate with student’s life experience (needs and implementation aspect of life), enable in the assistance in the implementation of Spirituality Education 5. Regardless whether the participant is teacher or student, both have indicate that Biblically-Integrated Education can bring spiritual satisfaction and can effectively provide positive influence and help toward the student. 6. Teacher is also the beneficiaries of Biblically-Integrated Education, from the response of the teachers we can see that Biblically-Integrated Education can provide positive feeling for the teacher, and can also help teacher in self-examination, correct behavior and set examples to others. 7. Through exposing self-weakness or sharing life experience with others, pray and encourage each other, Biblically-Integrated Education indeed can effectively promote relationship and promote love and harmony within the campus. 8. The success of Biblically-Integrated Education at Taipei Kuie Shan School lies on ‘value the spiritual needs of children’, ‘base on Christian belief as the main though of Biblically-Integrated Education’, ‘the implementation and cooperation of the whole school’, proactively train teacher to be equipped with the knowledge of Biblically-Integrated Education’, dynamic teaching’, implementation of school life’ etc.…. these can be used as reference for on-site Biblically-Integrated Education to pre-school student in Taiwan in the future.

The researcher of this study looks forward to the future research to further explore the point of view from students who have graduated from Taipei Kuie Shan School or teachers who used to work at Taipei Kuie Shan School, as the researcher of this study believes the result will definitely be stunning.