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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2014.34.6.0549

Selection of Integrated Concepts Across Science and Humanities Using the Delphi Method  

Kim, Jiyoung (Doonchon Middle School)
Park, Jieun (The Catholic University of Korea)
Yoon, Heojeong (Kyungpook National University)
Park, Eunmi (Gwangnam High School)
Bang, Dami (The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.34, no.6, 2014 , pp. 549-558 More about this Journal
Abstract
Integrated concepts that are broad enough to embrace facts, principles, laws, and concepts of multiple disciplines could become the core of integrated education. Integrated concept-centered education enables effective and practical learning. In this study, the Delphi Method was implemented targeting experts in science (physics, life science, chemistry, and earth science) and humanities (history, geology, economics, ethics, and politics) to find out the integrated concept that can be used to design the concept-centered integrated education in the Republic of Korea. 124 experts participated in this survey. Delphi survey was conducted for three rounds. In the first round, an open questionnaire was given to experts to collect feasible integrated concepts in each major field. Then, in the second round experts were asked to select integrated concepts that could be used practically in the field of their major. In the third round, the integrated concept with selection frequency over medium value were given. They were asked to evaluate the applicability of integrated concepts by using the Likert-scale questionnaire. Through this process, content validity was analyzed. As a result, five integrated concepts (change, interaction, space-time, energy, and equilibrium) were selected for the inter-science integration. And thirteen integrated concepts (conflict, community, relationship, structure, power, diversity, culture, change, society, interaction, freedom, justice, and equality) were chosen for the inter-humanities integration. Finally, for the science-humanities integration, seven integrated concepts (structure, diversity, change, interaction, cycle, system, and environment) were determined.
Keywords
integrated education; interdisciplinary concept; integrated concept; science-humanities integration; Delphi method;
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