• Journal of vocational education research
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.281-300
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• 2011

This study tried to look into what are happening in the 'class for the talented in invention' using COS-R developed by VanTassel-Baska. Teaching and learning activities within the classroom were observed and analyzed in terms of teacher's observation and teacher's observation, respectively. Based on results of this study, conclusions are as follows. First, it was founded that there are some commonalities between teacher observations and student observations. Based on teacher observations, differentiated teaching activities considering individual characteristics are rarely observed, and for students, it was true. Therefore, supplying a special training program for teachers are needed in order to make teachers and students engage in changing their teaching and learning behaviors. Second, on the side of teachers, they usually emphasize the importance of curriculum planning and implementation, problem solving, creative thinking et al. However, they barely stress the characteristics of research methods, critical thinking, and considering individual characteristics and the level of intellectual ability. Third, on the side of students, they frequently respond to solving problems and critical thinking at the same degree. On the other hand, systemic efforts of considering individual differences and adapting to them have been less regarded in both teaching and learning. In sum, for the successful 'Invention gifted classroom', establishing an educational environment to consider individually guided instruction and taking a balance among various factors embedded in teaching and learning situation should be required.

• 한국사회정책
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.141-172
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• 2016

This study examines the employment conditions and labour experience of elementary after-school care teachers in South Korea. Based on the empirical data collected through in-depth interviews with after-school care teachers in Gwangju Metropolitan City, the study considers multifaceted problems faced by after-school care teachers in their workplace. The after-school care class is part of educational policies initiated and rapidly expanded by the Ministry of Education, resulting in the substantial increase of non-regular school workers. The irregularization of after-school care teachers illustrates that the common problems faced by female non-regular workers, such as social discrimination, exclusion and inequality, are also transplanted into the typical public sector. In the case of Gwangju Metropolitan City, during the past two years there have been evident increases both in under 15-hour short time contract care teachers and outsourcing of care classes. Temporary part-time contract care teachers suffer relentless job insecurity and experience poor working conditions, exclusion and discrimination within the workplace and labour alienation. In order to minimize the organized resistance of care teachers, school authorities implicitly individualize and isolate care teachers through hierarchization, the division of labour and the spatial division of classes between indefinite and temporary contract teachers.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.79-97
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• 2015

Curriculum may be defined as everything students learn at school or the specific plan of a subject that students are supposed to learn. The purpose and goals of the curriculum or who is in charge of developing the curriculum may differ by country. This study aimed at comparing the mechanisms in which the Home Economics curriculum is implemented in Korea and the Unite States at different levels. Considering that Korean government now supports increased autonomy of schools, allowing them to execute curricula according to their educational environments, it is meaningful that the advantages and disadvantages of the implementation mechanisms of two countries are explored. Specifically, middle schools in a City of Kyung-gi Province in South Korea and three states(Wisconsin, Ohio, and Washington states) in the United States are examined. The curriculum documents at different levels as well as study plans used by actual teachers are compared for this purpose. In case of South Korea, the nation state is in charge of curriculum development and the curriculum document defines the educational contents to detail in order to provide standardized learning experience to students. This type of closely controlled system warrants standardized educational contents and thus allows nation-wide assessment using standardized measures. On the other hand, it is difficult to accommodate diversities among students in terms of aptitudes and learning styles, and also limits creativity enhancement or integrative approach to teaching and learning. In comparison, curriculum in the United States is rather loosely defined, and more autonomy is granted to schools and teachers. Each of these two different systems may have advantages and disadvantages of their own. The findings of this study is expected to provide implications to curriculum development as well as to the development of framework and guidelines to the curriculum implementation.

• 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.01a
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• pp.548-557
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• 2004

7차 교육과정에서 국민공통기본교과 수업에서의 정보통신기술을 10%이상 활용하도록 하는 목표를 제시하고, 2001년부터 연차적으로 실시되어 현재 2003년에는 5,6학년에까지 실시되고 있다. 이에 각 시도 교육청에서는 교육감 인정도서를 개발하여 보급하고 각 학교는 이를 학교운영위원회를 거쳐 재량활동 교재로 활용하고 있다 이에 초등학교 컴퓨터 검인정교과서들을 비교 분석하여 시 도별 초등학교에서 사용되고 있는 검인정교과서의 구성과 내용상의 차이점, 그리고 정보통신기술교육운영지침에 맞게 구성되어 있는지를 고찰해 보고자 하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.16
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• pp.311-330
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• 2003

2000년 1월 28일에 영재교육진흥법이 제정 ${\cdot}$ 공포되었고, 2002년 4월 18일에 영재교육진흥법시행령이 공포됨에 따라 본격적으로 공교육 차원의 영재교육이 실시되고 있다. 그에 따라 영재교육의 목적을 이룰 수 있는 적절하고 다양한 교수-학습 자료의 개발이 시급한 쟁점으로 부각되었고, 비로소 2002년 6월 15개 시${\cdot}$도 교육청이 한국교육개발원에 위탁해 영재학급과 영재교육원에 투입할 학년별 50차시 분의 초등학교 4${\sim}$6학년 영재 심화 교수-학습 자료를 개발하게 되었다. 하지만 영재교육의 내실을 기하고 활성화를 위해서는 좀 더 다양한 교수-학습자료가 지속적으로 개발되어야 하며 많은 시도가 있어야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 영재학급용으로 개발된 심화 교수-학습 자료에 제시되지 않은 내용을 중심으로 영재학급에 활용할 수 있는 초등학교 5${\sim}$6학년 수학 영재교육을 위한 학습자료를 개발하고자 한다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.165-185
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• 2008

In this paper we analyze various programs of our and other countries related with university-level program in mathematics. We develop two university-level programs 'Calculus I 'and 'Calculus II'. In detail we describe course of study, educational objectives of these programs.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.297-318
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• 2014

This study is designed for helping elementary school teachers have an insight into making or choosing questions of descriptive assessment in mathematics. For this, it is analyzed 30 descriptive mathematical questions produced by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education in 2011 and 2012 and 3rd to 6th grade students' papers marked by their teachers in charge from 2 elementary schools located in Gyeonggi Province. The main focus of analysis is the errors of students' answers and teachers' marking not from their own mistakes but from the defects of questions themselves. As a result of analysis, 7 cases of problematic situations are induced and they are reorganized into 3 categories as follow: i) case of not performing unique purpose of descriptive assessment, ii) case of inducing the problem of fairness of grading, iii) case of leading students erroneous direction.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.61-76
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to investigate the education system for science 34gifted/talented students in Korea. There are fifteen science gifted/talented education centers established in major universities, sixteen science high schools and one research center for the gifted education in science located at KAIST. To examine the selection procedure and the curriculum of the education centers and science high schools, the annual reports of the fifteen education centers and the annual plans of sixteen science high schools are analyzed. About 200 gifted/talented students are employed in the field of science, mathematics and information science at each education center, Multidimentional education system is developed for efficient way of teaching for the gifted. The curriculum and teaching method for each education center is unique and different from the science high schools that follow nationally given form. This study shows new selection method and unique curriculum for the science gifted/talented students employed in the education centers. Also, current situation of science high schools are reported in this study. Finally we suggest the systematic way of developing the education system for the gifted in science in korea.

• Education of Primary School Mathematics
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.63-80
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• 2009

In this study, we analyzed teachers' recognitions of the necessity of mathematical descriptive tests and their practices in the elementary schools. We then suggested several examples of improved formats of the mathematical descriptive evaluation. For analyzing teachers' recognitions and practices of mathematical descriptive assessment, we surveyed 104 elementary school teachers in Seoul. We collected the test items from the schools and analyzed them to find how they are practiced in the schools. The results were as follows. First, most elementary school teachers are basically recognizing the direction and the purpose of mathematical descriptive assessment. Second, the ratio of the descriptive test items was very low compared with the teachers' recognition of necessity of including descriptive items in the tests. Third, the teachers usually made the descriptive items with their colleagues using textbooks, test manuals for teachers, and the references that the office of education provided. Fourth, to enhance teachers' understanding of descriptive assessment, systematic training programs for teachers about the descriptive assessment should be continued. Finally, the office of education and research institutes should provide various types of test items and more teacher training programs on descriptive assessments.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.15-23
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• 2006

The current 7th Curriculum require elementary students to participate in an independent computer education class one time per week through means of discretion activity. However a national standard of this educational process has yet to be established, which has made regional provincial and city offices of education to choose textbooks for this purpose by discretion, that showed difference in quality, in operating education curriculums related to computer education for each classes in school such as continuing the repetitive contents without any rank or system. Also informatization education, which is one of national policies, might develop educational unbalance to young children who are to become the main characters in the future information society, due to excessive emphasis on aspect of using computer, which develops education mainly based on learning functions of applicable software. Therefore, we are proposing a discretion activity education curriculum model for utilization of computer education in elementary school which is showing regional difference based on former studies. This study will be helpful in substantiating of computer education in elementary schools in the future.