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中美幼兒科技教育標準之比較 The Comparison of Technology Education Standards in Children Level between Taiwan and the United States 莊善媛 國立台灣師範大學工業科技教育學系碩士生 h2218447@.tw 摘要 幼兒主要是指零至八歲的兒童而言，幼兒階段是學習的關鍵期，可無限地學習所接觸到的 事物。就幼兒階段的教育而言，主要是幼稚園到國小二年級，但我國的幼稚園課程標準及 九年一貫課程綱要的第一學習階段中，較少規劃有關科技教育的內容或標準以協助幼兒學 習科技。反觀美國的科技素養標準，已包含完善的幼稚園至國小二年級科技教育標準。本 文主要將簡介中美幼兒科技教育標準的現況，進而比較、分析和反思我國與美國幼兒科技 教育標準之異同，並研提相關具體的建議。 關鍵字 : 幼兒、幼兒教育、科技教育、科技教育標準 ABSTRACT “Children” is defined as the age from zero to eight. The key stage in learning is referring to the childhood due to they can learn everything in their daily life without limitation. As for the childhood education, it means from the kindergarten to the first learning stage (grade 1 2) in the elementary school. However, the curriculum standards in the kindergarten and the first learning stage in the 9 years joint curriculum are seldom including of the technology standards. But when it is mentioned to the national technology standards in United States, “Standards for Technological Literacy”, there are complete technology standards in the kindergarten to grade 1 2. The purpose of this article is focused on exploring the differences of technology standards in childhood education between Taiwan and the United States. Besides, the conclusions and suggestions are proposed according to the results of exploring. Keyword: children, childhood education, technology education, technology standards. 壹、前言 顯然地，在我國幼稚園課程標準中並未將「科 「幼兒」主要指零至八歲的兒童而言，美國全 技教育」列為主要的課程領域之一，但其中在「遊 國幼兒學會（ National Association for Early Young 戲」、「工作」及「常識」等領域所規劃的內容範 Children, NAEYC ）一向主張「早年就是學習年」 圍中與科技教育較相關。以下主要針對遊戲、工作 （early years are learning years ）的重要觀念（賴春 及常識等三大領域進行分析，以期能了解科技教育 金，2000 ）；亦即，幼兒階段為