生命教育=life education; 佛典故事=Buddhist stories; 兒童哲學=Philosophy for children; 探究團體=Community of Inquiry; 意義治療=logotherapy; 關懷倫理=ethics of care; 需求層次論=need hierarchy theory
Life education in Taiwan impels from the 86th year of the Republic of China until now has entered into the 20th Century . In present society atmosphere, although attains the general acceptance, however in promotes in the result, still worthy of our reflection and improvement. Regarding the resent years’ society chaotic phenomenon increased and get worse steadily, such as: school bullying, the student self-mutilation, kills by mistreatment the animal, even the cold blood murders own parent event to emerge one after another incessantly, As an educator,I am unable to restrain anxiety reconsidering: What question if not for did Taiwan's life education, how could have the so many injury life event occurrence?
Therefore, after inspection the life education in primary school and carrying out present situation, the author attempts from the core value , the curriculum plans, the teaching method, the teaching material selects and intelligence those 5 subjects induce the life education does not promote effective. This thesis will face up those issues and proposed the solution and improvement method.
The thesis proposed take the philosophy for children as the teaching method, take the Buddhist story as the strategy of intelligence teaching material for the class life education .The philosophy for children strengthens the child by lively also the ponder training educational model to have problem-solving ability and have courage to facing the problem, then the Buddhist story lives decides on a theme contains the inquisition course, causes in the childlike innocence to plant the mercy, soft and the wisdom seed. Based on philosophy for children and Buddhist story co-operation to guide the child to embark by the respect life, shows loving care for oneself and other people, then deeply loves own life in order to self-realization and surmounting.
Although penetrates the philosophy for children and Buddhist story co-operation makes the pattern to promote the life education an only year course, however saw the child truly from the findings regardless of in inquiry and ponder or in disposition and idea full growth. The author anticipated the child will grow in the future even if on the growth process will meet the adverse circumstance, also will be able to withdraw as necessary internalizes in mind the philosophy ability comes for at present difficult situation optimization and the decoding, after the penetration speculation produces imperturbable bright to perceive the strength and the practice power, will cause the life jump to higher realm.
