1. Responses to Existing Situation of Class Meetings at MCU
Fanny Lin
Coco Tsai
Ting Yang
Lily Hsu
Advisor: Dr. Lilian Cheng
Ming Chuan University
Representative of Student Association

2. Presentation Outline INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY Results and Discussion
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

3. INTRODUCTION Background and Motivation Purpose of the Study
Research Questions

4. Background and Motivation
Aim:
spirits of honesty, sincereness, respect, and patient
learn the skills of talking with one another productively
reaching collective long-term and short-term goals
solve the class problems with democracy
Function:
announce the policies or regulations of school timely
enhance the interaction between teachers and students
Current situation:
occupies students’ learning time

5. Purpose of the Study To exam the defects To clarify the rules
Can be diversified and organized to make it more meaningful
Attendance of class meeting will be raised up

6. Research Questions
This research aims to explore the following research questions:
1. Do the class officers give service to classmates?
2. Does the homeroom teacher give students guidance in class meeting?

7. Research Questions 3. How to improve the attendance of class meeting?
4. How to diversify the class meeting and make it more meaningful?
5. Does each school make the effective implementation of class meeting?

8. METHODOOGY Research Design Research Participants Instruments
Data Collection Procedures

9. Research Design
To better understand the existing situations of class meetings at Ming Chuan University:
to investigate the existing situations and problems
participants’ perceptions
needs for further improvement
The questionnaires were completed by college students from 6 universities in northern Taiwan.

10. Research Participants
6 college schools including 300 college students
(50 students from each school) were from northern part of Taiwan’s universities:
Chinese Culture University
Shih Hsin University
Fu Jen Catholic University
Taipei Medical University
National Taipei University of Education
Ming Chuan University
Randomly chose from 6 different academic major division of the university.

11. Research Participants
return rate :88 %
possessed 264 valid questionnaires for data analysis

12. Instruments
A questionnaire consists of four major types of items investigating:
(1) the existing situations and problems they encountered in class meetings
(2) participants’ perceptions of class meetings
(3) their needs for further improvement in class meetings
(4) open-ended question

13. Data Collection Procedures
Decide the way of the study
Choose 300 students
Collect opinions from students

14. Data Collection Procedures
Investigate other University’s class meeting and compare with MCU’s
The information of study had been collected, analyzed and compared
The results of study

15. Results and Discussion
The results from the data collection and data analyses presented in this chapter indicates the following sections:
(a) participants’ perceptions of class meetings;
(b) the performances of class cadres’ responsibilities within class meetings;
(c) the understandings of students’ counseling guided by teachers including daily life, career, and schoolwork; and
(d) their suggestions and expectations for improvements in the future class meetings.

16. Results and Discussion
MCU
CCU
SHU
FJU
TMU
NTUE
Regulation
Take attendance
Free to attend
Free to attend(extra points given)
Frequency
Once a week
Once a semester
Once a month
Depend on the situation of class events
Once two months
Routine procedures
37% Yes
63% No
29% Yes
71% No
28% Yes
72% No
25% Yes
75% No
12%yes
88%no
100%No

17. Results and Discussion
MCU
CCU
SHU
FJU
TMU
NTUE
Attitude for class meeting
*14% for active
*78% for normal
*8% for cold
*4% for active
*35% for normal
*55% for cold
*6% for other
*12%for active
*69% for normal
*14% for cold
*5% for other
*2%for active
*29% for cold
*64% for normal
*24% for cold
*50% for normal
*48% for cold
Advantages
*Higher attendance
*Clear agenda
*Higher coherence
*Better for announcements delivered
*Flexible for class meetings
*More time for doing other things

18. Results and Discussion
MCU
CCU
SHU
FJU
TMU
NTUE
Weaknesses
*Too much time on class meetings
*Bored after the end of routine procedures
*Lower attendance
*Passive to care for the class events
*Vague agenda
*Lower coherence

19. Figure 1 Participants’ Perceptions of Class Meetings

20. Figure2 Performances of Class Cadres’ Responsibilities within Class Meetings

21. Figure 3 Understandings of Students’ Counseling Guided by Teachers

22. How often do you think the class meeting should be held?

23. Class meetings should be held with regular procedure.

24. Who is better to guide the execution of class meeting?

25. After finish the regular procedure of class meeting, what kind of activities would you like to take?

26. Regulations of class meeting
open-ended questions
Regulations of class meeting 1.
MCU: implement the compulsory regulation of
attendance
SHU: extra points or other benefits such as
beverages or dessert given
Others schools: no specific rule

27. Problems during the proceeding of class meeting
open-ended questions
Problems during the proceeding of class meeting 2.
the attendance and participation is low
low effectiveness
being used to instruct other subjects is not accepted
few clear regulations or specific topics
time and place is not appropriate
class affairs can‘t be delivered effectively

28. Students’ perception of delivering their affairs
open-ended questions
Students’ perception of delivering their affairs 3.
students’ affairs can be delivered to the college departments through their teachers
can‘t get the proper reaction from departments timely and quickly

29. CONCLUSION 1. Attendance system should keep existing
Students must attend without exceptions
More meaningful and coherent

30. CONCLUSION 2. Class meeting is not sufficient
Attendance and participation of class meeting are low
Class meeting is not sufficient
Class affairs do not deliver effectiveness

31. CONCLUSION 3. Students’ problems or difficulties:
should tell home room teacher in advance
inquire for home room teacher’s recommendation and help
If home room teacher can not solve the problem or convey effective help, the teacher should deliver to
department
class leader

32. Recommendation Limited resources and time,
Only 6 colleges in northern Taiwan can be selected randomly.
Not enough to research the situation of class meetings.
Hope the later researchers will try to expand the range of researchers in order to obtain more and better experiences from other schools for improvement, and thus, the regulations of class meetings will be more definite and clear.

33. REFERENCES
Styles, D. (2001). Class meetings: Building leadership, problem-solving and decision-making skills in the respectful classroom. Stenhouse Publishers.
Dettelbach, J. (none). Bridgette: The power of class meetings. Class Meetings. Retrieved May 15, from
Ming Chuan University (2005). Class meeting regulations. Retrieved May 9, 2010 from

34. Q&A

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