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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2015.35.1.0001

North Korean Defector Students' Science Learning in Angbuilgu Activity  

Lee, Ji-Hye (Ewha Womans University)
Shin, Dong-Hee (Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.35, no.1, 2015 , pp. 1-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine North Korean defector students' characteristics in science learning through their voice in an "Angbuilgu" program, one of the Korean traditional science knowledge (TSK). We compared them with two other groups of contrasting backgrounds. The Angbuilgu program contains meaningful questions of time, everyday-life knowledge, Korean TSK, and western modern science (WMS). The teaching strategy consists of interactions between teacher and students, and scientific experiments. We applied this program to three groups and analyzed: North Korean defector students, elementary science gifted students, high school students in an advanced class. The characteristics of their science learning show the following: First, their interpretation of time as nature itself in their everyday life. They have rich experience and are familiar with time in nature. Second, they prefer science with complementary, caring, and humanist perspectives, which is in contrast to other groups with preference to the updated and practical science. Third, they lack scientific concepts but possess an abundance of everyday-life knowledge. Their linguistic expressions are ordinary rather than scientific. Fourth, they are familiar with narrative thinking more than scientific thinking. The results show that the science program using Korean TSK can help them accept new scientific knowledge as well as cultural pride, which plays a role in reconfirming their identity as one ethnicity. We expect that the contents of Korean TSK can be an intercultural field between North Korean defector students and our science curriculum.
Keywords
Korean traditional science knowledge; Angbuilgu; North Korean defector students; everyday-life knowledge; intercultural field;
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