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Analysis of High School Students' Polar Literacy and Its Implications for Polar Education

고등학생들의 극지 소양 평가 결과 분석 및 극지 교육에의 시사점

  • Received : 2022.05.06
  • Accepted : 2022.06.24
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

This study suggests the need for polar literacy education as an effective conceptual system to explain climate change in terms of science education in line with the common effort of humankind to respond to global environmental changes. To this end, we investigated the status of polar literacy in high school students through quantitative tests and qualitative interviews and discussed the resulting implications. A total of 329 high school sophomore students from two high schools participated in a test consisting of 25 true and false questions developed by referring to the Polar Literacy Principles, while 13 students agreed to be interviewed. The results showed that a somewhat insufficient understanding and conceptual gaps appeared regarding several areas of the Polar Literacy Principles. Knowledge of the geographic features of the polar regions was weak, and little was known about the components and key characteristics of the cryosphere. The lack of understanding of these concepts results in the inability of students to link the operational mechanisms of polar and global climate change sufficiently. While accepting unsatisfactory concepts in the school curriculum without criticism from outside media, students perceived the mechanism of climate change as somewhat monotonous or distorted. Moreover, linguistic information, analogies, and visual observation were used as cognitive strategies to compensate for the ambiguous understanding of polar and climate change. Based on the abovementioned results, we argue that polar literacy education should be introduced as a new knowledge system that can be used to aid a systematic and comprehensive understanding of climate change within the school science curriculum. Additionally, we suggest the following implications: review the consistency of knowledge related to polar literacy in other subjects, provide critical standards for out-of-school media information related to climate change, examine students' misconceptions, and identify improved thinking strategies.

이 연구는 전 지구적 환경 변화에 대응하려는 인류 공동의 노력에 발맞추어 과학교육 측면에서 기후 변화를 설명하는 효과적 개념 체계로서 극지 소양 교육의 필요성을 제안한다. 이를 위해 현재 고등학생들의 극지 소양 현황을 양적 검사와 질적 면담을 통해 조사하고 시사점을 논의했다. 연구에 참여한 대상은 2개 고등학교 2학년 학생 329명으로 극지 소양 원리를 참조해 개발한 진위형 25문항으로 이루어진 검사에 참여했고, 이들 중 13명이 면담에 참여했다. 연구 결과, 극지 소양 원리의 일부 영역에서 다소 미흡한 이해와 함께 개념적 공백이 나타났다. 극지의 지리적 특징에 대한 지식이 견고하지 못하고, 빙권의 구성 요소와 주요 특성을 거의 알지 못했다. 이러한 개념의 결손으로 극지 변화와 전 지구적 기후 변화의 작동 기작을 잘 연결하지 못했다. 학교 교육과정에서 충족되지 못한 개념을 학교 밖 매체로 부터 비판 없이 수용하면서 기후 변화의 기작을 다소 단조롭거나 왜곡되게 인식했다. 한편, 극지와 기후 변화에 대한 모호한 이해와 함께 이를 보완하기 위한 인지 전략으로 언어 정보, 비유, 시각적 관찰 등을 활용했다. 이상의 연구 결과를 바탕으로 학교 과학 교육과정에 기후 변화를 체계적, 종합적으로 이해할 수 있는 새로운 지식 체계로서 극지 소양 교육을 도입할 것을 주장했다. 이밖에도 타교과의 극지 소양 관련 지식의 일관성 검토, 기후 변화를 다루는 학교 밖 매체 정보에 대한 비판적 기준 제공, 학생들의 오개념 점검 및 사고 전략 파악 등을 시사점으로 제시했다.

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본 연구는 2021년도 한국해양과학기술원 부설 극지연구소의 PAP 사업 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임.

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