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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2019.40.5.518

A Case Study of Service Education Activities Applying Mathematics into a Place-Based Earth Science Program: Measuring the Earth's Size  

Yu, Eun-Jeong (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
Kim, Kyung Hwa (Changdeok Girls' Middle School)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.40, no.5, 2019 , pp. 518-537 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the implications of a place-based earth science program integrated with Mathematics. 11 pre-service earth science teachers and 22 middle school students participated in the service education activities of earth science for 30 hours focusing on the measurement of the earth's size through earth science experiments as part of the middle school curriculum. In order to minimize errors that may occur during the earth's size measurement experiments using Eratosthenes's shadows length method of the ancient Greek era, the actual data were collected after triangulation ratios were conducted in the locations of two middle schools: one in remote metropolitan and the other in rural area. The two schools' students shared the final estimate result. Through this process, they learned the mathematical method to express the actual data effectively. Participants, experienced the importance and difficulty of the repetitive and accurate data acquisition process, and also discussed the causes of errors included in the final results. It implies that a Place-Based Earth Science Program activity can contribute to students' increased-understanding of the characteristics of earth science inquiry and to developing their problem solving skills, thinking ability, and communication skills as well, which are commonly emphasized in science and mathematics in the 2015 reunion curriculum. It is expected that a place-based science program can provide a foundation for developing an integrated curriculum of mathematics and science.
Keywords
Interdisciplinary math and science curriculum; Service education; Measuring earth size; Place-based education; Future school in Seoul;
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