A Study on the Development and Effect of Korean Language Education Program Based on Multiple Intelligences

The purpose of this study was to develop and apply a Korean language education program based on multiple intelligences in a bid to foster the multiple intelligences, self-efficacy and achievement motivation of elementary schoolers in regular language arts class. It's basically meant to create the educational conditions for every child to exert his or her abilities. Two research questions were posed: 1. What should be the objectives, content and teaching-learning methods of a Korean language education program based on multiple intelligences? 2. What effect does a Korean education program based on multiple intelligences have on children's multiple intelligences, self-efficacy and achievement motivation? The subjects in this study were 58 Students in two different third-grade classes in M elementary school in the city of Daejeon. A Korean language education program based on multiple intelligences was implemented during a 4month period of time, and an inclusive approach of multiple intelligences and cooperative learning were applied. The major findings of the study were as follows: First, in order to develop a Korean education program based on multiple intelligences, the kinds of themes that could cover multiple intelligences in an inclusive way were selected in consideration of the learning objectives of the major units of a third-grade language arts textbook(second semester) of the 7th national elementary language arts curriculum. And then an inclusive Korean education program was prepared, which consisted of four stages: problem awareness, problem-solving planning, problem solving, and reflection/application/development. Second, the Korean education program based on multiple intelligences had a positive effect on the children's multiple intelligences, self-efficacy and achievement motivation and suggested some of new directions for school education that typically stressed linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences only.

다중지능에 기초한 국어교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과검증

본 연구의 목적은 초등학교 정규 국어수업시간에 적용 가능한 다중지능에 기초한 국어교육 프로그램을 개발하고, 개발한 프로그램을 교실현장에 적용하여 그 효과를 알아보려는 데에 목적을 두고 있다. 이를 위해 대전시에 위치한 M초등학교 3학년 1개 학급 실험집단(남자 13명, 여자 16명, 총 29명)에 프로그램을 전개하고 프로그램에 참여하지 않은 3학년의 1개 학급 통제집단(남자 14명, 여자 15명, 총 29명)의 사전, 사후 검사를 비교해 본 결과, 다중 지능에 기초한 국어교육 프로그램을 통해 아동의 다중지능과 자기효능감, 성취동기가 향상되었다. 이상의 연구결과를 볼 때, 다중지능에 기초한 국어교육 프로그램은 다중지능과 자기효능감, 성취동기를 증진시키는데 효과적일 뿐만 아니라 언어와 논리-수학적 지능만을 강조하던 전통적인 학교교육 현장의 개선에 시사점을 안겨준다.