Research on Industrial High Schools Technical Subjects Teachers' Perception and Present Situation and Toward Education for Sustainable Development(ESD)

공업계열 전문 교과 교사의 지속가능발전교육에 대한 인식과 실태에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Jae-Woo (Textile Eng., Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Woo (Division of Chemiscal Industry, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology) ;
  • Kim, Dong-Yeub (Department of Color Science, Yeungnam College of Science & Technology)
  • 최재우 (경북대학교 섬유패션디자인학부) ;
  • 이은우 (영남이공대학, 화장품.화공학부) ;
  • 김동엽 (영남이공대학, 컬러과학과)
  • Received : 2010.06.28
  • Accepted : 2010.08.20
  • Published : 2010.08.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the Industrial High Schools Technical Subjects teachers' perceptions and attitudes toward sustainable development(SD). The instrument consisted of totally 12 items. The subjects of this study were 98 Industrial High Schools Technical Subjects teachers. The period of survey is from June 23 to July 15 of 2010. The questionnaire included items asking whether they heard about terms such as sustainability or sustainable development, the source of information on SD, the level of understanding or the urgent task 2 for SD in Korea. Result of survey is following. First, Teacher thought that urgent task for SD is conservation of natural environment. Second, Most of the teacher consider the concept SD as 'pursuing the balance between environmental protection and economic development, and some of the teachers recognized the concept of SD in the paradigm of continuous economic development. Third, half of teachers have not heard terminology of SD .and 80% of them have not conducted ESD. Fourth, a few of teachers replied that obstacle of ESD is shortage of teacher's professionalism.

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