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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2021.42.2.201

Analysis of Polar Region-Related Topics in Domestic and Foreign Textbooks  

Chung, Sueim (Eunhaeng High School)
Choi, Haneul (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
Choi, Youngjin (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
Kang, Hyeonji (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
Jeon, Jooyoung (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
Shin, Donghee (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.42, no.2, 2021 , pp. 201-220 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this study is to increase awareness and interest regarding polar science and thereby aid in establishing the concept and future direction of polar literacy. To analyze the current status, textbooks based on the common school curriculum pertaining to polar topics were reviewed. Six countries that actively conduct polar science, namely Korea, France, Japan, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom, were chosen. Subsequently, 402 cases in 110 science and social studies (geography) textbooks of these countries were analyzed through both quantitative and qualitative methods. Based on the obtained results, the importance of polar research in geoscience education and the need for spreading awareness regarding polar research as an indicator of global environmental changes were examined. It was found that the primary polar topics described in the textbooks are polar glaciers, polar volcanism, solid geophysics, polar infrastructure, and preservation of geological resources and heritage. This demonstrates that the polar region is a field of research with important clues to Earth's past, present, and future environments and is also a good teaching subject for geological education. However, an educational approach is needed for systematically laying emphasis on polar research. The implications of this study are manifold, such as the establishment of a cooperative system between polar scientists and educators, extraction of core concepts for polar literacy and content reconstruction, discovery of new polar topics associated with the curriculum, diversification of forms of presentation in textbooks, and development of an affective image that is based on correct cognitive understanding. Furthermore, through the continuance of polar topics in textbooks, students can improve their awareness regarding polar literacy and polar science culture, which in turn will serve as the driving force for sustainable polar research in the future.
Keywords
polar region; polar literacy; Arctic; Antarctic; textbook; geoscience education;
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