• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.443-456
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• 2022

This study explores the possibility and development plan for science career education in the lower grades of elementary school. Accordingly, science career education programs were developed and applied. We investigated changes in perception and interest in science before and after the programs, and analyzed surveys, research journals, student worksheets, and interview records. Science career education programs for lower-grade elementary school students have a positive effect on the perception of scientists and science. Moreover, they influence students' interest in science. Lastly, students' perception of this program was positive and gave high marks to all parameters such as interest, participation, and understanding of the program.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.427-439
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• 2019

In this study, we investigated how scientists and teachers engaged in mentoring program are conducting research ethics education and how they are creating an ethical educational environment. A questionnaire survey was given to 32 scientists and 44 teachers conducting mentoring programs for gifted high school students. In the content of research ethics education, most of the respondents opined that they should teach against falsification, plagiarism, and fabrication. Teachers were most likely to teach ethical decision-making in each step of the research process. Most of the scientists said that they should teach how to write research note. For the difficulties, the teachers pointed out the challenging system that focuses only on college entrance exams while the scientists answered that it was difficult to recognize research ethics as the problem of the students themselves. For the teachers, the most affective factor in creating an ethical research environment is the amount of time to teach research ethics while for the scientists, it is the ethics of the mentors. For creating an ethical research environment, the teachers responded with making an atmosphere wherein failure is tolerated, and the scientists responded with increasing the degrees of freedom in results. For the difficulties of creating an ethical research environment, the teachers were constrained by research time while the scientists were pressured about the results. These results provide implications for ways to teach research ethics and for ways to create an ethical research environment in the mentoring program for science-gifted students.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.17-24
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to examine the perception of science educators (science research experts and science teachers) about invention education in science education. The instrument in surveying their perception consisted of the necessity of invention education in science education, the connection between invention and science education, and the demand for in-service invention education for science teachers. Subjects were 119 science educators (67 science teachers and 52 science research experts). They perceived positively about including invention educational content in school science education. They perceived that invention education was highly related to science education. Even though science educators have almost average level of understanding invention education, they demand in-service invention education for science teachers. Most of them referred informal courses to formal ones for school science education. Considering real life, engineering design, creative thinking in science education, invention method, and educational strategies can be effective for science education.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.5 no.2 s.10
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• pp.49-67
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• 2005

With increasing interest on scientists and the influence of science technology, their role in the modem society has been expanding. Scientists work in the laboratory as researchers, work in their expertise area as professionals, and work socially as social agents. Scientists are responsible to keep up the regulations during the research, and also are responsible for the results of the research. Therefore, there is a need of contemplation in terms of what their identity is and what their responsibilities are. Despite of this need, there hasn't been much discussion or education on the scientists social role or responsibilities as of now. This study purported to contemplate on the scientists role and responsibility, its qualification, and what it means to be a scientist as a social agent. Also the study further explored the efficient educational strategies and methods relevant to the contemplated issues.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.1406-1409
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• 2012

최근 학문간 융합을 통한 STEAM 융합인재교육에 관한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. STEAM 교육은 과학, 기술, 공학, 예술 그리고 수학의 학문 영역을 유기적으로 융합하여 차세대 학습자들이 미래 사회에 필요한 핵심역량을 높일 수 있도록 하는 교육방식이다. 국가적인 차원에서 창의적인 융합인재를 위한 미래형 과학기술 교육을 중요하게 여기고 있으며, 과학기술 교육 패러다임에 변화를 기대하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 융합형 인재양성을 위한 집단지성 기반의 STEAM 교육 방안을 연구하고, 학습자의 과학기술에 대한 흥미와 이해를 높이고 융합적 사고와 문제해결 능력을 배양하기 위한 지능로봇 교육과정을 제시한다. 또한 집단 학습자들 간의 교육 적용 사례를 소개하고, 학습자의 만족도 분석을 통하여 검증하였다. 향후 본 연구의 결과로 집단 학습자의 학습 성취도를 향상시키고, 융합형 과학기술 인재양성 교육방안으로 발전하기를 기대한다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.341-356
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• 2022

This study aims to derive the implications of actor-network theory in science education research. To this end, previous studies applying the actor-network theory were analyzed. The study results show that educational research using actor-network theory can be divided into three main approaches. First, ANT was used as an epistemological perspective to construct an educational method or perspective, Second, ANT was used as an ontological perspective to recognize non-human agency, Third, ANT was used as a methodology for educational research. Based on the results, the possibility of contributing to science education research is discussed. As a new theoretical point of view, we hope that actor-network theory will be meaningful in science education practice and empirical research.

• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.770-782
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• 2022

This study analyzes the depictions of scientists and teachers' thoughts on the 2015 revised elementary school science authorized 3rd-4th grade textbooks from the perspective of gender equality, and suggest improvements for the 2015 elementary school science authorized 5th-6th grade textbooks as well as a 2022 revised elementary school science curriculum. The data consist of representations of scientists found in seven elementary science textbooks provided to 3rd- and 4th-grade students in 2022 as well as in-depth interviews conducted with three elementary school teachers and responses from 32 teachers in Gyeonggi-do. Of the 23 scientists depicted in the textbooks, three (13.0%) are female and 10 (43.5%) worked in the inquiry domain, which was the largest group. When the teachers were asked about their perceptions of the gender ratio of scientists in the textbooks, their answers revealed that they had lower perceptions of female scientists compared to male scientists; moreover, they had no or very little teaching experience concerning female scientists. Furthermore, the teachers' thoughts on improving the gender ratio of scientists depicted in the textbooks differed considerably by the teachers' gender. Based on these findings, it was concluded that during the process of producing textbooks, writers and members of society need to agree on the gender ratio of scientists to be represented, and a social consensus is needed to identify and introduce the achievements of previously unknown female scientists towards gender equality.

• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.260-266
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• 2007

대개 학교에서 이루어지는 과학 실험은 추상적인 과학 지식이 실제에 어떻게 적용되는지를 보여주기 위한 것이다. 그러나 많은 경우 학습자들은 실험을 하더라도 그 실험이 어떤 의미를 가지고 있는지 이해하지 못한다. 이 연구는 초등 예비교사를 대상으로 하였으며 실험 활동과 관련된 과학사를 연극의 형태로 도입하여 실험 내용에 대한 이해를 증진시키고자 하였다. 먼저 전자기 유도에 관련된 몇 개의 실험을 실시한 후 패러데이의 전자기 유도 발견에 관한 짧은 과학 연극을 준비하고 실시하였다. 그리고 이러한 과학 연극의 도입이 이전에 실시한 실험 내용(실험 결과와 이에 대한 해석)을 이해하는데 도움이 되는지를 알아보기 위해 실험 직후, 과학 연극 실시 직후 동일 검사지를 실시하여 비교 분석하였다. 또한 과학 연극을 실시하는 것이 과학 학습에 도움을 주는지에 대한 예비교사들의 의견도 설문을 통해 조사하였다. 연구 결과 과학 연극을 실시한 직후 이전에 실시한 실험의 내용을 이해하고 그 실험으로부터 얻은 지식을 적용하는 능력이 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 연극 공연자가 관람자에 비해 실험에 대한 이해가 더 많이 증가하였지만 통계적으로는 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 또한 80% 이상의 참여자가 과학 연극이 실험 내용의 이해에 도움이 되는 것으로 안식하였으며 공연자가 관람자보다 더 긍정적으로 인식하였다. 참여자들의 반응으로부터 어떠한 점에서 과학 연극이 과학 학습에 도움이 되는지, 과학 연극의 장점과 한계점이 논의되었다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.753-763
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• 2018

The image of scientists that learners have has an important impact on science learning and on science-related career choices. The image of the scientist was mainly analyzed using the drawing analysis method. Drawing analysis has limitations on drawing, mainly analyzing the external image of scientist. Science teachers' images of scientists and their perception of science-related careers are important factors in students' science learning and science-related career choices. However, research on science teachers is lacking. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the usefulness of measurement tools by developing and applying a scientist image measurement tool through the semantic analysis method, and to discuss the educational implications of the research by investigating the image of scientists and science-related professions of secondary pre-service science teachers. The subjects of the study were 79 male and 55 female for a total of 134 students in the 2nd and 3rd grades majoring in science education at a teachers college. The results of the research show that the image measurement tool consisted of four components: 'ability,' 'evaluation,' 'activity,' and 'emotion,' in 24 items. As a result of applying the developed measurement tool to the secondary pre-service science teachers, the image of the 'evaluation,' 'ability,' and 'activity' elements of the scientist were high, but 'emotion' was low. There was no statistically significant difference according to gender. It is found that science-related career perceive them as 'hard,' 'professional,' 'smart,' and 'complex.' In particular, male students perceive themselves as 'hard and difficult' while female students perceive it as 'challenging and complicated'. Finally, we discussed the usefulness of using the image measurement tool of the scientists, the image of the scientists of the secondary pre-service science teachers, and the educational implications on science-related career.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.39-57
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• 2001

In this study, gifted children's perceptions of scientists were investigated. The subjects were 91 elementary students who were registered in educational program for the gifted. This study was conducted using Draw-A-Scientist-Test (DAST) and questionnaires about the life of scientists. As the results, most scientists were depicted as well-featured and young people. There was a tendency that boys mainly described scientists as male, but girls as female. Many of the students perceived scientists as those who did significant works to try to help other people and pursue the novelty The general perceptions of the gifted on scientists were positive. Majority of students, however, perceived that scientists worked indoors with glassware or chemicals. Relatively, fewer students described books, other materials, and technologies including computer. Many of the students perceived scientists＇work as research or invention. Concerning working pattern, students mainly replied that scientists worked alone. In order to make students＇restricted perceptions enhance for opened and flexible manner, various educational methods need to be implemented.