Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of dental hygiene students on the importance of character education, their level of character development and needs for that education in an effort to provide information on how to ensure the efficiency of character education. The subjects in this study were 180 selected dental hygiene students who took a course in "college life and character." After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed by a SPSS 23.0. The findings of the study were as follows: First, as for awareness of the importance of character education, they placed the most importance on the virtue of filial piety and attached the least importance to the virtue of courage. Second, regarding awareness of the importance of character education by general characteristics, what type of high school they graduated from and whether they were religious or not made no differences to that, and there were differences according to academic year. Third, as to the current level of character development, they were most excellent in etiquette and caring. Fourth, the characteristics of the subjects made no differences to their current level of character development. Fifth, in regard to correlation between awareness of the importance of character education and the current level of character development, there was a positive correlation between it and every item except faithfulness. Sixth, as a result of analyzing their needs for character education, they gave top priority to moderation, followed by filial piety, faithfulness, responsibility, courage, wisdom, law abiding, justice, etiquette, respect, cooperation and caring. The results of this study should be used as basic data for character education.
본 연구는 일부 치위생과 학생들의 중요도 인식과 인성발달의 수준, 인성교육 요구도를 분석하여 효율적인 인성교육을 실시하기 위한 자료로 활용하기 위해 '대학생활과 인성'교과목을 수강한 180명의 치위생과 학생을 대상으로 조사하였다. 수집된 자료를 SPSS 23.0으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 인성교육에 대한 중요도 인식에서는 효도 덕목이 가장 높게 나타났고, 용기 덕목이 가장 낮게 나타났다. 둘째, 조사대상자의 특성에 따른 인성교육에 대한 중요도 인식은 출신고교계열, 종교유무에서는 차이가 나타나지 않았으며, 학년별로 차이가 나타났다. 셋째, 현재 인성발달의 수준에서는 예절과 배려가 가장 높게 나타났다. 넷째, 조사대상자의 특성에 따른 현재 인성발달의 수준은 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 인성교육의 중요도 인식과 현재 인성발달 수준의 상관관계는 성실을 제외하고 모든 항목에서 정적인 상관관계를 나타냈다. 여섯째, 인성교육의 요구도 분석 결과, 절제, 효도, 성실, 책임, 용기, 지혜, 준법, 정의, 예절, 존중, 협동, 배려의 순으로 나타났다. 이상과 같은 결과를 향후 인성교육에 기초차료로 활용하여 효율적인 인성교육을 실시해야 할 것이다.