[[alternative]]An Study of Economic Education on “Economic Man” Concepts －In central Taiwan

博士商業教育學系[[abstract]]「經濟教育」（economic education）作為商業教育的重要一環，「經濟學」（economics）科目更列為商管系所必修之基礎課程。然而，在技職教育體系裡，大學階段所講授之經濟學科目內容，明顯與高職階段多所重疊、架構亦相互雷同。因此，為避免學生產生重複學習，本研究即根據泰勒之課程組織原則，並依據「概念學習」（concept learning）與「認知彈性」（cognitive flexibility）等教育心理學基礎，將傳統經濟學之教材模式，改以「經濟人」（economic man）概念之整合模式進行教材的重新編製，並以該新編教材針對中部技專院校商管類科學生進行為期兩個月的準實驗（quasi-experiment）研究，透過各種量表的前後次施測，針對學生之「經濟學專業知識」、「個體經濟學知識體系概念圖」、「學習動機」及「學習感受」等資料進行蒐集與相關統計分析工作。此外，本論文亦針對「相關開放式問題」、「學生概念圖圖形」及「訪談內容」等質性資料進行分析與討論，以輔助量化研究結果。總體而言，本論文所得之研究發現，對於經濟人教材在教學上的可行性及其實際成效等，皆獲得相當正向之支持（諸如共變數分析與獨立樣本t檢定等皆達顯著水準），本研究因此建議相關經濟教育工作者可進一步採用本教材，亦或可依照此教材編撰模式、編製一份適合技專院校學生的創新教材，以更廣泛的面向針對此一主題進行分析與討論。[[abstract]]Economic education is an important part of business education. Economics is an essential subject for students at business department. However, in our technological and vocational education system, economics lecture in colleges overlaps many parts of economics in high schools. In order to avoid overlapping learning, this study utilizes some educational theories, such as Ralph Tyler’s curriculum ideas, concept learning and cognitive flexibility to research. It aims at transforming traditional economics textbook into a new concept, “economic man”. Also, it adopts the new text materials to do quasi-experiment for business students at technological and vocational colleges in middle part of Taiwan for two months. This quasi-experiment targets at understanding students’ economic expertise, micro- economic concept mapping, learning motivation and learning experience. Moreover, this study applies qualitative research method to assist the result of quantitative analyses. In conclusion, this paper found that the new text materials is feasible for students and its result is significant positive. This paper also recommends that relative economic education colleagues could adopt this new text materials or revise a new one for students at technological and vocational education system and broaden discussion of this topic