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A Study of Impacts on Students' Scientific Attitude by Specialized Thematic Science Club Activities

지역 특화 주제형 과학동아리 활동이 학생들의 과학적 태도에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Sang Woo (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Lim, Sung Man (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Wee, Soo Meen (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • 김상우 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 임성만 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 위수민 (한국교원대학교 지구과학교육과)
  • Received : 2017.09.14
  • Accepted : 2017.10.19
  • Published : 2017.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of specialized thematic science club activities on the students' scientific attitudes. The subjects of this study were ninety students from two high schools in Korea. The study group consisted of forty experimental groups and forty six science clubs with no special topics. The mean, standard deviation, t-value, and significance were compared with the corresponding sample t-test. First, specialized thematic science club activities showed positive effects on students' scientific attitude. Although the average scores of the scientific attitudes of the experiment group and the control group were improved before the operation of the club, the increase of the experimental group which operated the specialized topic was larger than that of the control group and there was a statistically significant difference. In the analysis of sub-elements of scientific attitude, the increase of the experimental group was larger than that of the control group. There were no statistically significant results in the control group, but the experimental group showed significant differences in openness, creativity, and cooperativeness among the subordinate factors of scientific attitude. Second, to investigate the effects of the specialized thematic science club activities on the scientific attitude in school, family, and social situations solving the problems of daily life as well as solving the science problems, there was no significant difference within the group, but there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental group with the specialized topic and the home and school situation. This result indicated that the scientific attitudes required to solve problems in the home and school have improved positively.

이 연구의 목적은 지역 특화 주제형 과학동아리 활동이 학생들의 과학적 태도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위한 것이다. 연구 대상은 우리나라 남부에 있는 소도시 소재 2개의 인문계 고등학교에 재학생 중인 92명이었다. 연구를 위해 지역 특화 주제를 정하여 운영하는 2개의 과학동아리 46명을 실험집단, 지역 특화 주제를 정하지 않고 일반적인 수업을 운영하는 2개의 과학동아리 46명을 통제집단으로 선정하였다. 조사 내용은 과학에 대한 정의적 영역 중 과학적 태도와 관련된 검사지를 이용하여 대응표본 t-검증과 독립집단 t-검증을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 첫째, 지역 특화 주제형 과학동아리 활동은 학생들의 과학적 태도에 긍정적인 효과를 나타냈다. 실험집단과 통제집단 모두 과학적 태도의 평균점수가 동아리를 운영하기 전보다 향상되었지만 지역 특화 주제를 운영한 실험집단의 상승 폭이 통제집단의 상승 폭보다 더 컸으며, 통계적으로도 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 지역 특화 주제형 과학동아리 활동이 일상생활의 문제를 해결하는 학교, 가정, 사회 상황에서의 과학적 태도에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 동아리 운영 전후에 실시한 검사 결과 통제집단에서는 유의한 차이가 없었지만, 지역 특화 주제를 운영한 실험집단에서는 가정과 학교 상황에서 통계학적으로 유의한 차이가 있었다. 따라서 지역 특화 주제형 과학동아리 활동이 학생들의 과학적 태도에 많은 긍정적 영향을 끼치므로, 현장에서 과학동아리를 운영하는데 있어 하나의 프로그램으로 고려될 수 있다는 시사점을 도출할 수 있었다.

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