[[alternative]]A Study of Criteria for Arranging Space and Equipment of Living Technology Laboratories for Senior High Schools

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to explore criteria of the space and equipment of living technology laboratories for senior high schools. The study aimed at four objects: (1)analyzing the literature about the curriculum of senior high school and the arrangement of living technology laboratories; (2)understanding the space arrangement of technology laboratories in American senior high schools; (3)developing criteria for arranging space and equipment of living technology laboratories for senior high schools; (4)constructing a model of space and equipment arrangement for living technology laboratories in senior high schools. There were three methods used in this study: literature review, discussion with experts, and Delphi technique questionnaire. The questionnaire was drafted after literature review and modified by experts. The modified questionnaire was mailed to the Delphi technique group which is composed of eight experts and eight senior high school teachers. Median, mode and quartile deviation were used to distinguish the importance, the centralization or the dispersion of every item. “Mann-Whitney U test” was used to test the result of final questionnaire to understand the significant difference between the two groups of different backgrounds. The conclusions of this study were as follows: (1)The laboratories in American senior high schools were emphasized elasticity and safety, and were mainly divided into laboratory areas and support areas; (2)Three categories of criteria for space and equipment arrangement of living technology laboratories for senior high schools were concluded, totally including 40 items; (3)This study has constructed a model of living technology laboratory for senior high school according to arrangement criteria and American literatures.