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Development of International Education and Training Program for Building Practical Competence in Radiation Protection

방사선방호 실무역량 강화를 위한 국제 교육훈련 과정 개발

  • Kim, Hyun Kee (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Nuclear Training and Education Center) ;
  • Son, Miyeon (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Nuclear Training and Education Center) ;
  • Ko, Han-Suk (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Nuclear Training and Education Center)
  • 김현기 (한국원자력연구원 원자력교육센터) ;
  • 손미연 (한국원자력연구원 원자력교육센터) ;
  • 고한석 (한국원자력연구원 원자력교육센터)
  • Received : 2013.01.17
  • Accepted : 2013.01.30
  • Published : 2013.03.30

Abstract

Education and training is an important means of promoting safety culture and enhancing the level of competence of radiation worker in radiation protection. The existing international nuclear education and training of short duration has been carried out on the high-level officials and focussed on the classroom based training. The developing countries has been asking for support to cultivate their own technical experts to Korea which is a donor country exporting nuclear power plants. This paper summarizes the results of developing and operating the international education and training course to froster technical experts in radiation protection that emphasized practical training sessions and technical visits using the excellent domestic radiation facilities and infrastructure of education and training. It mentions the procedures of assessment and feedback as well. In an effort to maximize teaching-learning effects and to maintain consistency of the learning objectives, methods and assessment, SAT methodology has been applied on the processes of developing and operating the course. In the comparative and final assessment which were conducted at the beginning or at the end of training course, participants' average score increased around 2 points. The questionnaire of participants showed a high level of satisfaction of 4.0 points or above for the most of the questions. These imply teaching-learning methods applied to it might be effective. The teaching-learning methodologies may provide the opportunity to develop the customized training course for bringing up international technical experts and to shift educational paradigm from theory-oriented to on-site practice-based education.

교육훈련은 안전문화를 증진하고, 방사선작업종사자의 방사선방호 역량을 강화하는 주요한 수단이다. 기존의 단기 원자력 국제교육은 고위급 대상의 강의실 교육을 중심으로 수행되고 있으나, 이제 원전을 수출하는 기술공여국으로서 우리의 위상은 개도국으로부터 자국의 실무 전문가 양성을 위한 지원을 요청받고 있다. 본 연구는 국내의 우수한 방사선 시설과 교육훈련 인프라를 활용하여 실습과 현장방문을 강화한 국제 방사선방호 실무 전문가 양성 과정을 개발하고, 평가 및 피드백 절차를 완성하여 운영한 결과를 요약한다. 교육과정의 개발 및 운영 과정에서는 SAT 방법론을 도입함으로써 교수-학습 효과를 극대화하고, 교수목적, 방법, 평가의 일관성을 유지하고자 하였다. 교육과정의 개시전 또는 종료 후에 수행된 비교평가와 최종평가에서 평균 점수가 약 2점 상승하고, 설문조사에서는 대부분의 항목에서 4.0 이상의 높은 만족도를 나타내었다. 이는 본 교육과정에 적용된 교수학습 방법이 효과적이었음을 시사한다. 이러한 교수학습 방법론은 국제교육에서 실무 전문가 양성을 위한 맞춤형 교육과정을 개발하고, 이론중심에서 현장 실무중심으로 국제교육의 패러다임을 전환하는 단초가 될 것이다.

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