本文嘗試將國小社會教科書上所呈現的地圖與世界觀教育做結合，來探討地圖教材如何能達成世界觀教育的目標，以提供世界觀教育另一種不同的課程設計途徑，供教科書編製者及教師之參考。而本文所指稱的世界觀教育，其範圍是以臺灣為出發點再擴及世界的領域，以此檢視社會教科書如何透過地圖教材，將世界觀教育的相關內涵表現出來，培養學生在相互依賴日增的全球時代中所必須具備的世界觀。 This study combined global education with the maps in the social studies textbooks for grade 4-6, and examined the function of the map materials for attaining the objectives of global education. In this study, the scope of global education was defined as from Taiwan to the world area. The social studies textbooks for grade 4-6 were analyzed how they represent the content of global education with map materials in order to foster students the perspective of global education in the interdependently global age. According to the findings, a new approach of curriculum design for global education was proposed. And some suggestions were provided for the textbook editors and teachers.
