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A Case Study of Service Education Activities Applying Mathematics into a Place-Based Earth Science Program: Measuring the Earth's Size

수학과 연계한 장소기반 지구과학 프로그램에 대한 교육봉사활동 사례 연구: 지구의 크기 측정

  • Received : 2019.09.01
  • Accepted : 2019.10.07
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

This study examined the implications of a place-based earth science program integrated with Mathematics. 11 pre-service earth science teachers and 22 middle school students participated in the service education activities of earth science for 30 hours focusing on the measurement of the earth's size through earth science experiments as part of the middle school curriculum. In order to minimize errors that may occur during the earth's size measurement experiments using Eratosthenes's shadows length method of the ancient Greek era, the actual data were collected after triangulation ratios were conducted in the locations of two middle schools: one in remote metropolitan and the other in rural area. The two schools' students shared the final estimate result. Through this process, they learned the mathematical method to express the actual data effectively. Participants, experienced the importance and difficulty of the repetitive and accurate data acquisition process, and also discussed the causes of errors included in the final results. It implies that a Place-Based Earth Science Program activity can contribute to students' increased-understanding of the characteristics of earth science inquiry and to developing their problem solving skills, thinking ability, and communication skills as well, which are commonly emphasized in science and mathematics in the 2015 reunion curriculum. It is expected that a place-based science program can provide a foundation for developing an integrated curriculum of mathematics and science.

본 연구는 중학교 교육과정에서 수학과 연계된 지구과학 실험 중 지구의 크기 측정을 중심으로 총 30시간 동안 지구과학 교육봉사 활동에 참여한 예비 지구과학교사와 중학생들에게 본 프로그램이 주는 의미를 살펴보고 혁신적 수업으로의 가능성을 탐색해 보았다. 중학교 과학 교과서에 소개된 고대 그리스 시대 에라토스테네스의 그림자 길이를 이용한 지구 크기 측정 실험에서 나타나는 오차를 최소화하기 위하여, 멀리 떨어진 수도권과 지방의 두 개의 중학교에서 삼각비를 이용한 탐구 활동을 수행 한 후, 실측한 자료를 두 학교 학생들이 공유하여 지구의 크기를 최종적으로 계산하였다. 이 과정을 통해 실측 자료를 효과적으로 표현하는 수학적 방법을 배우며, 반복적이고 정확한 자료 획득 과정의 중요성과 어려움을 체험하고, 도출된 결과에 포함된 오차의 원인들에 대해 토론하였다. 본 연구 결과는 학생들이 지구과학 탐구의 특성을 이해하고, 2015 개정 교육과정에서 과학과 수학교과에서 공통적으로 강조하고 있는 교과 역량인 문제 해결력, 사고력, 의사소통 능력을 함양할 수 있는 수학 과학 통합 프로그램 개발에 기초 자료를 제공할 것이다.

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