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A Longitudinal Study on The Influences of Free Semester on School Life Satisfaction and Interest in Classes

자유학기제의 학교생활만족감과 수업흥미에 미치는 효과에 대한 종단연구

  • Kwak, Yun Jung (Department of Counseling Psychology, Sejong Cyber University)
  • 곽윤정 (세종사이버대학교 상담심리학과)
  • Received : 2021.03.12
  • Accepted : 2021.04.02
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

This study examined the influences of participation in the free semester on school life satisfaction and interest in classes and whether the effect persisted longitudinally. The participants were students from middle schools located in large cities: 451 students in the experimental group and 466 students in the control group. Only the students of the experimental group participated in the free semester. The data were collected at the end of the free semester for three years, and the results are as follows. First, the school life satisfaction of students in the experimental group was significantly higher than those in the control group until the second year but not in the third year. Second, there was no difference in interest in the main subject classes between the experimental and control groups until the third year. Third, students' interest in art and sports classes in the experimental group was significantly higher than those in the control group until the second year but not in the third year. These findings suggest that long-term planning and management of the institution rather than short-term introduction is required for the continuous effects of the free semester.

본 연구는 자유학기제의 참여가 학교생활만족감과 수업흥미에 미치는 효과에 대해서 알아보고 그 효과가 종단적으로 지속되는지 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 연구 대상자는 대도시에 거주 중인 중학생으로서 자유학기제에 참여한 실험집단 451명과 자유학기제에 미참여한 통제집단 466명으로 자유학기제가 종료된 이후 매 년 3차년도까지 자료를 수집·분석하였다. 학교생활만족감의 분석 결과, 자유학기제 참여한 실험집단이 참여하지 않은 통제집단보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으며 이 경향은 2차년도까지 지속되었지만 3차년도에는 그 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 수업 흥미 중 주지교과 수업의 분석 결과, 3년 간 실험집단과 통제집단 간의 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 예체능 수업 흥미에 대한 분석 결과, 자유학기제 시행집단이 미 시행집단 보다 1차년도, 2차년도에는 통계적으로 유의하게 높았으나 3차년도에는 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 이러한 연구결과는 자유학기제의 지속적 효과를 위하여 단기적 운영에서 벗어나 장기적이고 체계적인 제도 마련과 운영이 필요함을 시사한다.

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