Research of Recognition on the Horticultural Activities of Middle School Students in Ansan, Korea.

안산지역 중학생들의 원예활동 조사

  • Received : 2009.07.08
  • Accepted : 2009.09.25
  • Published : 2009.09.30

Abstract

The current study was based on a survey of 429 middle school students (202 male and 227 female students) who lived in Ansan City. Most students (74%) had an experience in horticultural activities during or after elementary school years (male 43%, female 41%). Middle school students answered that they most frequently learned about growing up vegetables and plants among horticultural activities (male 73%, female 79%) and they thought horticultural activities are very important for education purpose such as environmental education. The most preferred horticultural activities program was utilizing vegetables and plants of which students generally had no experiences. That male students (46%) answered that the most interested aspect of horticultural activities in growth process of vegetables and plants while female answered (36%) the importance of plant life. However the most unfavorite aspect of horticultural activities was the time-consuming as a 58%, and then boring (33%).

중학생들이 인식하고 있는 원예활동에 대해 알아보기 위하여 안산시 소재 중학교 학생 429명(남 202명, 여 227명)을 대상으로 조사하였다. 원예활동에 대한 경험은 초등학교 이후(74%), 학교(남 43%, 여 41%)에서 가장 많은 경힘이 있었다. 이는 초등학교 교과과정에 도입된 환경교육과 사회적 영향이 있음을 보여주었다. 주로 경험해 본 원예활동은 식물재배활동(남 73%, 여 79%)이었으며, 남녀학생 모두 원예활동이 필요하다고 느끼는 이유는 환경교육의 필요성으로 인식하고 있었다. 원예활동 프로그램 중 해보고 싶다고 응답한 프로그램은 경험해보지 못한 식물이용활동 위주의 프로그램이었으며, 원예활동을 했을 때에 가장 흥미로웠던 점은 남학생의 경우는 식물이 자라는 과정(46%), 여학생은 생명의 소중함(36%)으로 응답하였다. 반면 가장 흥미롭지 못한 점은 남학생은 오래 기다린다(58%)와 여학생 지루하다(33%)로 응답하였다.

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