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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2013.34.4.368

Ways of Restructuring Key Competencies for a Revision of Science Curriculum  

Kwak, Youngsun (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.34, no.4, 2013 , pp. 368-377 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate ways of restructuring key competencies (KCs) in preparation for a revision of Korean science curriculum. Recently a number of countries have reformed their curricular using competencies as a key element because they believe that competencies-based curriculum helps students build up the necessary skills to live in the future society. Through literature reviews, in-depth interviews with experts and teachers, expert meetings, Delphi methods, and surveys with teachers, three major categories of KCs emerged as follows: Character competencies, Intellectual competencies, and Social competencies. For each major category, its definition, characteristics and teachers' comments are discussed. The specific components of KCs for each major category and implementing KCs should be determined at the subject- and teacher-level based on teacher professionalism. In the conclusion section, we suggested a couple of important points that deserve readers' attention when we reconstruct science curriculum by incorporating three major categories of KCs. When we develop a science curriculum in the future, we need to include three major categories of KCs, and set up KCs as a minimum set of goals for all students. We need to remember that specific components of KCs for each major category and linkage among KCs may vary depending on science topics and objectives.
Keywords
key competencies; competency-based science curriculum; character competencies; intellectual competencies; social competencies;
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