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The Operational Status of the 7th Elective-Centered Curriculum  

Kook, Dong-Sik (Graduate School of Education, Chungbuk National University)
Lee, Sang-Gi (Graduate School of Education, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.26, no.8, 2005 , pp. 771-776 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to survey the status of the 7th elective-centered curriculum and find problems in operating the system. 485 students in the tenth and eleventh grade were randomly selected as subjects. The results are as follows. (1) Among the students, 29% of them selected their science subject without considering their future jobs, 48% did it without enough overview of the system, and 25% did without clearly understanding the details the choice centered curriculum. (2) Among the students who participated in the survey, 65% of them showed positive responses concerning the needs of individual choice centered curriculum and 96% said it increased their participation in class. However, only 39% believed that operating this type of curriculum is realistically possible. (3) 89% of students selected their science subjects accordingly with the college preparatory courses and 14% selected based on their hopes. (4) The percentage of science subjects chosen are 40% for chemistry, 25% for biology, 22% for Physics, and 13% for earth science, but 74% of students wanted to change their choices. These results showed that students recognized the object of the 7th curriculum, but selected science subjects as a means of getting into college entrances, rather than carefully considering their future and aptitude.
Keywords
the 7th elective-centered curriculum; students' perception; science subject choice;
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