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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2021.42.4.470

Exploring Alignments among International Baccalaureate, Next Generation Science Standards, and the 2015 Science Curriculum of Korea, Focusing on Elementary Science

Shin, Myeong-Kyeong (Gyeongin National University of Education)
Kim, Eun-Jeong (Seoryeong Elementary School)

Publication Information

Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.42, no.4, 2021 , pp. 470-475 More about this Journal

Abstract

This study aimed to explore alignments among three curricula based on the contents of the university level curriculum. The 2015 revised curriculum, International Baccalaureate(IB), and Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) were selected for this study, and a college textbook was analyzed to compare the curricula. As the age groups studying the curricular were different, we reorganized them according to school ages prior to conducting the study. The results of the analysis were: first, the contents of the 2015 revised curriculum did not sufficiently elaborate on the natural hazards related to humans, unlike the university level, IB PYP, and NGSS curricula. Third, there are different ways of introducing scientific vocabulary curricula, meaning that the number of scientific vocabularies in the 2015 revised curriculum was less than that in the IB, PYP, and NGSS.

Keywords

Alignment; 2015 Revised Curriculum; IB; NGSS; Elementary Science;

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