Abstract:

The return of dropouts to campus has always been the tireless work of educators. In schools with a high rate of dropout, improving the dropouts’ learning willingness is an important task; for example, combing the Augmented Reality (AR) technology and the curriculum of featured schools into teaching.

The aim of this research is to analise if integrating AR into featured school courses can improve the indigenous dropouts' learning and school attendance willingness effectively or not.

This research adopts qualitative and quantitative research methodology. The qualitative research adopts action research, in-depth interviews, and participation observation methods; the quantitative research uses the learning motivation and learning effectiveness subscales of AR featured courses (Likert five-point scale) for analysis.

The research participants were 7 indigenous dropouts from a junior high school in Taiwan. The research period is one semester. Questionnaire surveys are carried out before and after teaching, the contents include: learning motivation, learning interaction, learning attention, learning experience, and learning effectiveness. Qualitative observation is to record how to do these items: use featured school courses, use AR, combine the human, material, financial and intellectual school resources, and share the overall management of the community with the prestigious elder and gentry resources to assist the indigenous dropouts to return school.

The results of this research show that:
1. Learning featured school curriculum can help the indigenous dropouts to enhance the learning motivation, reduce the dropout rate, and return to the school system.
2. Combining AR into featured courses, the indigenous dropouts can pioneer in learning experience, improve their horizons, expand their learning experience, and are willing to stay in the class to learn regular courses.
3. The indigenous dropouts have achieved better outcomes in learning motivation, learning interaction, learning attention, learning experience, and learning effectiveness, and have significant learning effects.

Keywords:

Indigenous people, featured school, augmented reality (AR), dropouts, learning motivation.