• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.501-507
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• 2018

This study was conducted to identify a relationship between Helicopter Parenting, Critical thinking disposition, and Learning Competences of Nursing students. This was a descriptive analyzed study, data were collected from April 3 to 14, 2017, study subjects were 208 nursing students in nursing colleges located C and I city, using self-reported questionnaires. The results of the study showed the mean scores of Helicopter parenting and critical thinking were $73.94{\pm}13.88$, $113.30{\pm}12.33$. And learning motivation, cognition, behavior were consisted in learning competence, learning cognition (F=3.62, p=.014) and learning behavior (F=4.07, p=.008) were statistically significant differences in school score. Helicopter parenting and critical thinking were a significant negative relationship (r=-.14, p=.043), according to critical thinking of learning cognition (r=.43, p<.001) and behavior (r=.42, p<.001) were a significant positive relationship. Based on the results, they were taken a baseline data for developing a Parent-Parenting Education Program to enhance on critical thinking and learning competence of nursing students and a Clinical Nursing Empowerment Program.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.356-363
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• 2014

This study attempts to measure the critical thinking disposition and problem-solving ability levels of dental hygiene students and to investigate their correlation. A self-administered survey was conducted with respect to dental hygiene students from three-year colleges in Busan, Ulsan and the Gyeongsangbuk-do region between April 2013 and May 2013. A total of 649 surveys were subject to a final analysis. Critical thinking disposition of the dental hygiene students resulted in a score of 3.20 out of a total of 5.0. Freshmen, students with high academic performance results, students with good interpersonal relations, students with a high level of satisfaction regarding major subject and clinical training and students with no clinical training experience showed a high score for critical thinking disposition. Problem-solving ability of the dental hygiene students resulted in a score of 3.06 out of a total of 5.0. Students with high academic performance results, students with good interpersonal relations and students with a high level of satisfaction regarding major subject and clinical training showed a high score for problem-solving ability. It was found that critical thinking disposition and problem-solving ability had a pure correlation. The critical thinking disposition appeared to problem solving, interpersonal relations, major factors affect satisfaction, was a critical thinking disposition, academic factors affect the ability to problem solve. Regarding education for dental hygiene students, the reinforcement of training to increase critical thinking and problem-solving abilities is necessary and the development of an educational curriculum and change in educational environment that can increase interpersonal skills and communication skills is necessary.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.63 no.3
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• pp.239-260
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• 2011

It is very interesting phenomenon that despite a broad consensus on the need for social worker to take cultural aspects into professional practice, thus to be a culturally competent, a number of materials criticising the concept of cultural competence have emerged in these days simultaneously. The main purpose of the study is to clarify such phenomenon, which means that this article is trying to analyze the contents of such critical discourse on cultural competence and the validity of those contents. The result of the study finds out that most of the arguments can be categorized into three aspects: epistemological, ethical, ontological, and that most of the main ideas of the critical discourses have been borrowed from a branch of critical social work theories, especially highly influenced from Foucault and Derrida. This article argues that critical discourses have some significant problems which make a conflict with traditional values and tenets in social work as a human service profession. First, epistemologically, the critical discourse fails to differentiate the matter of discovery from that of justification, which brings the cultural competence to the brink of agnosticism. Second, ethically, insisting that there should be no foundational criteria for cultural hierarchy in term of rightness or goodness, the critical discourses reveal their intrinsic limitations in solving ethical dilemmas and conflict in real world, which can be considered as a kind of evasion of responsibility in disguise of cultural relativism. Third, in practical vein, critical discourses are largely in effective in specifying the concrete model to realize their own ideas, and furthermore they unintentionally promote context-blind perspectives that eclipses the significance of structural and systematical impacts on the cultural identity.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.275-282
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to improve work performance conducted at an actual clinical site by determining the relationship among critical thinking disposition, problem solving ability, and work performance. In this study, 335 dental hygienists completed self-administered survey. Final analysis was conducted with a total of 331 responses, excluding 4 questionnaire with unreliable responses and non-responses. The results indicated that as the age, educational background, and work experience of the subjects increased, their critical thinking disposition and problem solving ability scores increased and were statistically significant. For work performance, average total score was high for age, educational background and work experience, but only age and work experience were statistically significant. Critical thinking disposition, problem solving ability and work performance of the subject were relevant, and all of them were significant. Work performance was also influenced indirectly by mediating problem solving ability in critical thinking disposition. In other words, both direct and indirect effects were significant, and the existence of partial moderating effect was verified. Thus, in order to improve work performance of dental hygienists, a multilevel educational process that can simultaneously improve critical thinking disposition and problem solving ability of dental hygienists needs to be developed. Therefore, it is expected that the new dental hygiene company will be able to perform without any sense of disparity in the clinical field; this will solve the gap between dental hygiene education and practical skills.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.595-616
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• 2023

The Critical Consciousness Scale (CCS) is a scale developed by Diemer and colleagues (2017) that can measure the capacity of the oppressed or marginalized people to critically analyze their social and political conditions, support societal equality, and take action to change the perceived inequities. In this study, we validated the CCS for Korea by adapting and localizing the scale and validating it among university students. Content validity was verified by having five individuals with master's and doctoral degrees in psychology evaluate the suitability of the translated items. Afterwards, reliability and validity were verified through a survey of 314 university students nationwide using the CCS, along with the opportunity inequality recognition scale, recognition of the need for environmental change scale, social participation scale, and belief in a just world scale. To verify the scale's validity, exploratory factor analysis was conducted, confirming three subfactors. Then, a confirmatory factor analysis was carried out, where 14 items out of the original 22 were retained. The construct validity and reliability of these 14 items were found to be satisfactory. Additionally, in the correlation analysis between the CCS and similar scales, a significant clear relationship was found. The CCS showed a positive correlation with scales such as opportunity inequality recognition, need for environmental change recognition, and social participation, and a negative correlation with the belief in a just world scale. Based on these results, the CCS can be considered valid and reliable. Finally, the limitations and significance of this study were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.251-258
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine to identify the mediating effects of nursing professionalism in the relation between consciousness of bioethicscritical and critical thinking disposition. Data were collected by self-report questionnaires targeting 264 nursing students in two nursing colleges located in B and C city province. Data were analyzed with SPSS/PC ver 23.0 programs. There were significantly positive correlations between critical thinking disposition, nursing professionalism and consciousness of bioethics. Nursing professionalism fully mediated the relationship between critical thinking disposition and consciousness of bioethics. Theses results indicated that in order to improve the consciousness of bioethics of nursing students, it is necessary to develop and t est the program for improving not only on the critical thinking disposition but also on the nursing professionalism.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.213-224
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• 2017

This study was to examine the structural model of nursing student 's Professional self-concept, Critical thinking, Clinical Practice Satisfaction, Clinical competency and Clinical Practice Stress. The subjects consisted of 227 nursing students and data was collected through Structured questionnaires. Results, Critical thinking, Clinical Practice Satisfaction, Clinical competency and Clinical Practice Stress showed a direct effect on Professional self-concept for nursing students. Clinical competency and Clinical Practice Stress showed an indirect effect on nursing Professional self-concept. Clinical competency and Clinical Practice Stress showed a direct effect on Critical thinking and Clinical Practice Satisfaction. In this paper, we propose a new approach to nursing students 'self-concept in nursing. In this paper, we propose a new approach to nursing students' self-concept. And to develop and apply an intervention program that can reduce the stress of clinical practice.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.203-212
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of simulation practice education applying problem-based learning on problem-solving ability, critical thinking disposition, and learning satisfaction of nursing students. 63 nursing students taking the practice subject for integrated simulation at U University in K region were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire to collect data before and after the simulation practice. The simulation practice education applying problem-based learning was effective in improving problem-solving ability and learning satisfaction significantly and positive correlation was found among problem-solving ability, critical thinking disposition, and learning satisfaction; that is, the better problem-solving ability, the higher level of critical thinking disposition and learning satisfaction. While the results of this study conducted in nursing students at a single university cannot be generalized, it was confirmed that simulation practice education applying problem-based learning was an effective teaching method in improving problem-solving ability and learning satisfaction of nursing students. It is therefore necessary to give simulation practice education applying problem-based learning on a systematic and continuous basis with the objective of improving problem-solving ability and learning satisfaction and promoting critical thinking disposition.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.19-28
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• 2011

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of multimedia case-based learning on preservice teachers' critical thinking disposition and practices. Forty-nine students among the seventy-five preservice teachers who enrolled in the class, Introduction to Special Education, participated in this study. Pretest and a case were presented at the beginning of the semester and then 4 cases and multimedia learning resources were provided during 13 weeks. In addition, small and whole class discussion were used for learning activities to share their opinions. At the end of the semester, the posttest and practices regarding a new case data were collected. Results found that no significant difference in the critical thinking disposition survey, however, the multimedia group showed better practices in a new case than the control group. Suggestions and future research were discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.255-264
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• 2019

This study was a cross-sectional study done to determine the relevance and impact factors of critical thinking and nursing practice environment on clinical decision making among nurses. A survey was conducted for April 2017 with self-report questionnaire. Participants were 261 registered nurses working in one tertiary hospital. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and hierarchical regression analysis with SPSS/WIN(21.0). Factors affecting clinical decision making included age, educational background, position, work shift, clinical career. Clinical decision making had a positive correlation with critical thinking and nursing practice environment. And position, critical thinking and nursing practice environment accounted for 35.8% of the variance in clinical decision making. Therefore, quality management for developing nursing professionalism and administrative support for effective staffing and resource adequacy in addition improving critical thinking increase nurses'clinical decision making.