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The Implications for Science Education of the Evolutionary Perspective on Education

교육에 대한 진화론적 관점이 과학교육에 주는 시사점

  • Received : 2016.05.20
  • Published : 2016.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to review the literatures on the evolutionary perspective on education and to draw the educational implications for science education. This study addresses on several topics as follows: our common misunderstandings about the evolutionary perspective on education; children's inherent knowledge and abilities, their learning about the evolutionarily novel knowledge and abilities in school, their difficulties in academic learning, and the instructional strategies to cope with the difficulties; and the implications for science education from the evolutionary perspective. The evolutionary perspective on education has provided new insights how culturally important information is transmitted across generations in the past hunting-gathering societies and the modern societies, and how children's inherent motivational and behavioral dispositions affect their academic learning. In addition, the new perspective on education can be used to generate empirical hypotheses about children's science learning, and with the further research, could lead to useful implications and ultimately improve educational outcomes.

이 연구의 목적은 진화심리학과 진화교육심리학 관련 문헌고찰을 통해 교육에 대한 진화론적 관점이 학교교육과 과학교육에 주는 교육적 시사점을 분석하는 것이며, 궁극적으로는 과학교육 관련 연구자와 교사에게 이에 대한 관심과 이해를 도모하는 것이다. 이 연구에서는 몇 가지 중요한 주제, 즉 교육 측면에서 본 진화론적 관점에 대한 보편적인 오해, 어린이들의 선천적인 지식과 능력 및 그 발달 과정, 학교에서 진화적으로 생소한 지식과 능력을 학습하는데 있어서 겪는 어려움, 진화론적 관점이 과학교육에 주는 시사점 등을 다루고 있다. 교육에 대한 진화론적 관점은 아직까지 발달의 초기단계에 있지만, 현재 당면한 교육 관련 문제들이 왜 생기게 되었는지 그리고 이를 해결하기 위한 효과적인 수업전략은 무엇인지에 대한 새롭고 흥미로운 이해의 틀을 제공한다. 교육에 대한 진화론적 관점을 지지하는 학자들은 당면한 문제들에 대한 해결의 실마리를 어린이들의 선천적인 학습 동기와 사고 성향 그리고 과거 수렵채집사회와 현대사회에서의 어린이들의 교수-학습 방식의 불일치에서 찾고 있으며, 앞으로 많은 경험적 연구가 이루어짐에 따라 현장의 수업을 개선하는데 매우 유용한 정보를 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

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