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Exploring Effects of a Visual Material Driven by Earth-Based Perspectives on the Spatial Representation of 5th Graders

지구 기반 관점의 시각 자료가 초등학교 5학년 학생들의 공간 표상에 미치는 영향 탐색

  • Received : 2022.02.16
  • Accepted : 2022.06.10
  • Published : 2022.08.31
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Abstract

The 2015 revised science curriculum textbook of 6th graders describes 'day and night' as an astronomical phenomenon observed on a daily basis. Textbooks use only visual materials from a space-based perspective to explain the causes of day and night. This study aims to investigate what changes in spatial representations of 5th graders when additional visual materials of the Earth-based perspective were presented to them. It also shows that the Space and the Earth-based perspectives appear to be interconnected. The following are found in this study. First, when students were presented with a visual material of an Earth-based perspective, their spatial representations of both the Earth and the Space-based perspectives changed. Second, the visual material of an Earth-based perspective confirmed the possibility that students' spatial representation types could be different in many ways. Third, the effect on the spatial representation of each perspective is different depending on gender and the level of spatial representation.

2015 개정 과학 교육과정의 6학년 1학기 교과서에서는 일상적으로 관측되는 천문 현상인 '낮과 밤'이 생기는 원인에 대해 설명하고 있다. 교과서상에서는 낮과 밤이 생기는 원인을 설명하기 위해 우주 기반 관점의 시각 자료만 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 학생들에게 지구 기반 관점의 시각 자료를 추가로 제시하였을 때 지구 기반 관점과 우주 기반 관점의 공간 표상 형성에 어떤 변화가 있는지 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 첫째, 학생들에게 지구 기반 관점의 시각 자료를 제시하였을 때 학생들의 지구 기반 관점은 물론 우주 기반 관점의 공간 표상 또한 변화시킬 수 있다. 둘째, 지구 기반 관점의 시각 자료가 학생들의 공간 표상 유형이 여러 측면에서 달라질 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다. 셋째, 같은 지구 기반 관점의 시각 자료를 학생들에게 제시하더라도 성별, 공간 표상의 수준에 따라 각 관점의 공간 표상에 미치는 효과가 다르게 나타난다.

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