畢業典禮是國小具有教育意義的例行性工作，發展特色畢業典禮裨益提升學校認同、品牌形象、學生生涯發展，卻少見分析理論課題和實踐案例。本研究聚焦分析特色的國小畢業典禮理論與實踐，釐清國小畢業典禮的意涵、構成要件及雙向度觀點，提出詮釋特色畢業典禮表現的概念性架構，說明畢業典禮的性質、角色、定位、功能和分類，指出畢業典禮運作的影響系統模式和歷程模式、相關研究成果、研究主題和方法。最後，討論了特色畢業典禮的內涵要求、學科理論基礎、法規規範、評估規準、已知實踐做為和可思考問題。

Graduation ceremony is a routine job with educational meaning in elementary schools. Developing characteristic graduation ceremony is benefited for promoting school identity, school brand and student career development. But very few studies have discussed the theoretical bases and practical examples about graduation ceremony. The study focused upon exploring the theories and practices of characteristic graduation ceremony in elementary schools. The meanings and contents, necessary components as well as two dimension viewpoints for elementary school graduation ceremony were clarified. A conceptual framework to illustrate the performance of characteristic graduation ceremony was also provided. The characters, role plays, positions, functions and classifications for graduation ceremony were explained. Moreover, the influential systematic model and process model, related research findings, available research themes and research methods for graduation ceremony were discussed. Finally several necessary components, theoretical bases of academic subject, legal regulations, assessment criteria, known practical examples as well as available thinking questions were demonstrated.