中高齡碩士研究生學位論文撰寫歷程之資訊行為探討

Abstract

本研究藉由探討中高齡碩士生論文撰寫歷程，了解中高齡碩士生因年齡、背景、電腦素養、網路素養、資訊素養因素對資訊行為的影響。研究對象為玄奘大學社會科學院所屬社會工作學系、應用心理學系、法律學系、宗教與文化學系近五年（103-107年）碩士畢業生，撰寫論文年齡為45歲以上的中高齡碩士研究生10名。本研究採用訪談法為主、論文參考書目分析及資訊素養問卷為輔。\n研究發現中高齡碩士生，論文撰寫資訊行為以人脈資源佔最大部份，以指導老師最為重要，依序為計畫書及論文口試委員、校外專家、其他老師。使用的資源類型以圖書最多，依序為碩博士論文、期刊、網路資源。\n而中高齡碩士生因年齡因素，在計畫書撰寫階段，產生文獻查找、閱讀、整理及資料整合的困難。而工作背景因素，在論文題目訂定、論文計畫書撰寫、論文撰寫及格式設定階段，產生正面助益。\n且中高齡碩士生資訊素養能力影響論文撰寫的資訊行為，電腦素養因素，在論文撰寫及格式設定階段，產生論文格式設定的問題。資訊素養因素，在論文計畫書撰寫、論文撰寫及格式設定階段，造成資源查獲率及精確度問題，進而影響論文撰寫的內容方向。網路素養因素，在論文撰寫各階段，產生網路資料下載安全性及正確性判別困難。\n最後，本研究針對中高齡碩士生在論文撰寫階段資訊行為所遭遇到的問題及需求，分別針對學校、圖書館、館員及中高齡碩士生提出建議。對圖書館提出以下建議：1.培訓有耐心且熟悉中高齡學生特質及學習特性的館員；2.整合學校教師與具備資訊背景的工讀生、輔導員；3. 設置中高齡碩士生研究討論專區；4. 利用教育課程與各系所的研究方法課程結合；5. 檢視圖書館各項規定。

This study aims to explore the effects of the middle-elder graduate students’ age, work, background, computer literacy, internet literacy, and information literacy factors on information behavior by analyzing their research process of thesis writing. The samples of the study were 10 graduate students from Department of Social Work, Department of Applied Psychology , Department of Law, and Department of Religion and Culture in Hsuan Chuang University for the past five years (103-107). Their age was above 45, while writing thesis. The primary method is interview survey, supplemented by bibliographic analysis and information literacy questionnaires.\nThe result showed that social network is the largest part in the information seeking behavior of the thesis writing. The guidance of the adviser is the most valued factor. The following factor is oral defense committee members, and the factor “the assistance of off-campus expert”comes as the third. The document type that they used most often were books, flowed by theses and dissertations, journals, and internet resources. The middle-elder graduate students’ age, work background, and information literacy might affect their information behavior of thesis writing.\nFinally, according to problems encountered by middle-elder graduate students while writing thesis, we make recommendations for schools, libraries, librarians and middle-elder master students.