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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2022.41.2.186

Consideration on the Contents of the Electromagnetism Domain in the 2022 Revised Elementary School Science Curriculum  

Cheong, Yong Wook (Gyeongsang National University)
Yoon, Hye-Gyoung (Chuncheon National University of Education)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.41, no.2, 2022 , pp. 186-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the science curriculum about to be revised in 2022, this study aimed to guide curriculum revision by addressing suggested approaches to the electromagnetism education in elementary school science curriculum. The core concepts of electromagnetism are "electric field" and "magnetic field" as a medium of force, but the current curriculum does not properly describe the core concepts of electromagnetism. Mechanics and electromagnetism should be linked in elementary schools to form science curriculum based on core concepts to solve this problem. Additionally, the nine aspects of technology extracted in this study offer various educational contexts to match the development of engineering technology based on electromagnetism. However, the current curriculum does not comprise these various contexts and focuses on the limited content of electric circuits using light bulbs. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the scope of the curriculum to better mirror real-life technology. Through the use of more diverse materials and contexts, the scope and level of STS education as well as conceptual learning could be expanded. Finally, in the case of electric circuit learning, various issues such as difficulty in connecting electric circuits and electric field concepts, representativeness of electric circuit, students' learning difficulty, and phenomena-oriented learning should be considered.
Keywords
2022 revised curriculum; elementary school science curriculum; electromagnetism;
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