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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2018.38.2.203

The Aspects of Small Group Decision-making Process based on Reading News Reports: Focused on Climate Change related Socio-scientific Issues Activity  

Kim, Jong-Uk (Seoul National University)
Gwak, Je-Yeon (Seoul National University)
Kwon, Ji-Yeon (Seoul National University)
Ha, Yoon-Hee (Seoul National University)
Lee, Jeong-A (Seoul National University)
Kim, Chan-Jong (Seoul National University)
Choe, Seung-Urn (Seoul National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.38, no.2, 2018 , pp. 203-217 More about this Journal
Abstract
The research objective of this study is to analyze the aspects of small group decision-making process based on reading news reports in the context of the socio-scientific issues (SSI) activity related to climate change. Twenty-two high school students from Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, were asked to read two news reports on the UN climate change conferences and take a stance on joining the Paris Agreement both as an individual and as a small group. The news reports were analyzed in terms of genre, discourse, and style adapting the critical discourse analysis (CDA) and the decision-making processes of the small groups were examined on recognizing a problem and evaluating alternatives and decisions. The results from analyzing the news reports denoted that the Paris agreement is not only related to finding ideal solutions to climate change, but rather, connected to political or economic interests and power relationship. In the stage of recognizing a problem, meanwhile, different frames which students recognize the Paris agreement and discourses in the foreground of the news reports were the critical causes in terms of identifying the problem. In the stage of evaluating alternatives and decisions, the equity and fairness were the criteria for the small group discussions. This study implies the necessity of the scientific literacy instruction to develop the ability to critical reading in the context of the SSI.
Keywords
decision-making process; socio-scientific issues; critical discourse analysis; climate change; news report; media text;
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