• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.820-844
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• 2010

This study investigates the effect of GIS-integrated lessons on spatial thinking abilities and geographical skills using discourse analysis along with a comparative three-case case study method. A series of curricula were designed and implemented in an 8th grade classroom for a semester. The data collected consist of the dialogue transcripts of six consecutive GIS-integrated lessons. The transcripts were analyzed to identify the moves (speech acts) used by each student and to classify discourse content of spatial thinking and geographical skills. Based on three individual case studies, a cross-case study was performed to uncover any relationship between the phenomenon and the contexts. The empirical evidence from discourse analysis demonstrated that students were able to generate appropriate terms representative of spatial thinking and geographical skills although students appeared to possess primarily lower-order spatial abilities, followed by a moderate-level of spatial abilities. Considering that the unit was implemented in a biology class rather than a geography class the result reflected the fact that the student's spatial thinking and geographical skills were attributable to the GIS-integrated lessons. Thus, the results have a great implication for GIS-integrated lessons and geography education as an innovative tool for improving student's spatial thinking and geographical skills.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.105-141
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• 2004

The success of fiscal decentralization depends on an effective intergovernmental transfer system. This paper focuses on the Local Share Tax(LST), the primary intergovernmental fiscal transfer in Korea. The LST, by law, aims to mitigate horizontal fiscal imbalance among the local governments. As an attempt to test the fiscal equity of the LST empirically, net fiscal benefits of each county are calculated based on a simple model. While the LST contributes to horizontal fiscal measured traditional inequality indices, a geographical pattern of net fiscal benefits is observed. From these findings, the role of LST on fiscal equity needs to be carefully re-examined.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.412-431
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• 2008

The achievements of the medieval mappaemundi should be evaluated on their own terms and in the context of their purpose. Medieval mappaemundi expressed christian world view which reflected Augustinian theology. These Christian world view and Greek and Roman classical geography were combined to form the cultural barkground of the medieval mappaemundi. These maps had a function to organize physical space according to religious principles. The Christian concept of the world as a temporal phenomenon, derived from the simultaneous creation of time and space as described in St. Augustin's theology was represented in these maps. The purpose of this paper is to consider geographic characteristics of earthly paradise expressed in medieval mappaemundi and their cartographic characteristics. For this, firstly, we reviewed medieval Christian scholars' opinions on earthly paradise. Secondly, centered on geographic location and representation method, we examined cartographic characteristics of medieval paradise mapping, Thirdly, we considered the shift of paradise according to chronological change. Fourthly, we examined the reason why earthly paradise disappeared from world map after fourteenth century.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.534-553
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• 2011

Analogical thinking is a problem-solving strategy to use a familiar problem (or base analog) to solve a novel problem of the same type (the target problem). The purpose of this study is to provide new insight into geography teaching and learning by connecting cognitive science research on analogical thinking with issues of geography education and suggest that teaching with analogies can be a productive instructional strategy for geography. In this study, using the various examples of analogical thinking used in geography we defined analogical thinking, addressed the theoretical models on analogical transfer, and discussed conditions that make an effective analogical transfer. The major research findings include the following: a) the spatial analogy, indicating skills to find places that may be far apart but have similar locations, and therefore have other similar conditions and/or connections, can provide a useful way to design contents for place learning; b) representational transfer, specifying a common representation for two problems, can play a key role in solving geographic problems requiring data visualization and spatialization processes; and c) either asking learners to compare/analyze similar examples sharing common structure or providing them examples bridging the gap between concrete, real-life phenomena and the ideas and models can contribute to learning in geographic concepts and skills. The spatial analogy requiring both geographic content knowledge and visual/spatial thinking has the potential to become a content-specific problem-solving strategy. We ended with recommendations for future research on analogy that is important in geography education.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06c
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• pp.214-216
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• 2006

액세스그리드 프레임워크(AccessGrid Framework)는 지리적인 제한에 관계없이 가상적인 협업 환경을 제공하는 도구이다. 액세스그리드 프레임워크는 기존의 시스템이 갖추지 못한 사용자의 이동성 지원을 추가하고, 유비쿼터스 환경에 적절한 자동화 기능을 제공함으로써 액세스그리드 환경을 확장한다. 이들은 웹 서비스 기반의 기존 구현물인 액세스그리드 툴킷(AccessGrid Toolkit)을 적극적으로 활용하여 개발되었으며, 향후에 불안정한 종속성을 제거하여 개수될 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.412-414
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• 2003

그리드 자원 관리는 지리적 분산과 이 기종 컴퓨팅 자원의 활용 그리고 인터넷 웹 환경에 주안점을 두고 설계되어야 한다. 이를 위해서 기존 부분기능 위주의 모델을 포괄하면서도 전체적인 상호협력 동작에 기반한 3개 기본요소와 8기관의 그리드 자원 관리 모델을 제시한다. 이를 통해 전체적인 관점에서 그리드 자원관리를 평가할 수 있는 G값을 살펴보고, G값을 기준으로 하여 최적의 그리드 자원관리 방안을 모델링 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.39 no.6 s.105
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• pp.971-983
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• 2004

It is increasingly clear that student mastery of concepts and skills in geographic education is based on a complex set of variables. Sex and gender are the key variables. Much has been written about biological sex differences in learning, but less attention has been paid to the impacts of socio-cultural gender on learning geography. As such, the aims of this paper are two-fold. First, to examine theories which seek to explain why males and females might differ in their geographic and spatial knowledge or skill. Second, to examine the extent of sex differences and gender traits in the geographic learning. The results of study illustrate clearly that there are more similarities than differences between the sexes. Therefore, there are significant gender differences between the preferences of regions, contents, activities in the secondary geographic learning. The results also provide insights into improving contents and method of geographic education.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.135-150
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• 2016

This paper studied on the geographical distribution location arrangement and the social construction of Pungsu discourse and the Pungsu(Fengshui) management of royal tombs on the Joseon Dynasty from the historical, cultural geographical perspective. The Pungsu landscape of royal tombs during the Joseon dynasty was the direct result of the political dynamics among the king, his family, other royal families, and various groups of vassals. Pungsu was a important factor in deciding tomb sites or landscapes, but it was a secondary factor to politics in the Joseon Dynasty. The primary factor was politics, clearly showing Pungsu's status in social discourse. The royal tomb Pungsu is defined as the Pungsu discourse of the Joseon Dynasty period which is combined with Confucian ideology in Korean Pungsu history.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.464-480
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• 2012

This paper includes consideration for construction of Sejong City and seeking its alternative. Korean government has gone ahead with the relocation of 35 ministries of central government from Seoul metropolitan area to Sejong city for balanced regional development. But many specialists are worried about the spatial division of government function because such a spatial division would bring down the functional efficiency of central government. This paper proposes to make Sejong city the administrative capital city instead of the relocation of some ministries to Sejong city, and discusses the necessity and appropriateness to develop Sejong city as an administrative capital city.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.86-86
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• 2013

자연은 인류가 삶은 유지하는 터전이다. 자연을 사전에서 찾아보면 "1. 사람의 힘이 더해지지 아니하고 세상에 스스로 존재하거나 우주에 저절로 이루어지는 모든 존재나 상태, 2. 사람의 힘이 더해지지 아니하고 저절로 생겨난 산, 강, 바다, 식물, 동물 따위의 존재. 또는 그것들이 이루는 지리적 지질적 환경"의 의미를 갖는다고 풀이되어 있다. 이러한 자연에는 인간이 배울 많은 지혜로움이 존재한다. 최근 이러한 자연의 지혜로움을 배워 공학적으로 응용하려는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 특히 나노/마이크로 구조를 가지면 고유의 고효율/고기능 특성을 구현하는 자연의 표면을 배우고자 하는 연구가 활발하다. 연잎의 자기세정, 나방 눈의 반사방지, 몰포나비 날개의 구조색, 게코발바닥의 건식접착, 나미브사막 딱정벌레의 안개포집 등이 대표적인 나노/마이크로 구조를 기반으로 하는 기능성 자연표면의 대표적인 사례들이다. 본 발표에서는 이러한 자연의 나노구조를 기반으로 하는 기능성 표면과 이들이 어떻게 응용될 수 있는지 소개하고자 한다.