• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.84.2-84.2
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• 2010

현재 국내에는 약 30여 개의 천문관련 시설이 운영 중에 있으며 매년 2-3개의 시설이 추가로 건설 되고 있다. 대부분의 시설은 천체투영관과 천체망원경을 중심으로 건설, 운영되고 있지만 일부 천문관련 전시물을 포함하고 있는 곳들도 많이 있다. 하지만 천문관련 전시는 대부분 형식적인 설명패널이나 단순한 원리를 보여주는 전시물들로 이루어져 있어 실질적으로 천문교육에 활용되고 있는 곳은 거의 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 현재 국내외 천문관련 시설에서 이루어지고 있는 전시물의 현황을 분석하고, 최신 연구 결과를 쉽게 전달하고 교육 효과를 높일 수 있는 새로운 형태의 전시물 개발 가능성에 대해 논의해 보고자 한다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 국립과천과학관 및 국립대구 광주과학관의 천문관련 전시물 제작에 이용될 예정이다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.925-934
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• 2016

For students, astronomy is not only interesting but also difficult to learn. However, there is a limit in learning astronomy in a school science setting since astronomy is vast subject. Fortunately, science museums can be helpful in overcoming this limitation. Experiences in science museum provide something that any descriptions or illustrations cannot give. Therefore, to maximize the educational effect, it is necessary to look at astronomical exhibits regarding the educational aspects and complement them. For these reasons, the purpose of this study is to investigate characteristics of exhibitions related to astronomy and how much the exhibitions reflect the contents of their science curricula. We selected famous science museums in Korea, America, and Japan and analyzed characteristics of their astronomy exhibition. We analyze these characteristics in the aspects of exhibition technology & media, presentation method and activity types. Also, this study figures out how content of exhibitions are connected to school science curriculum. The results are summarized as follows: First, Science Museums of America and Japan utilize interactive exhibits to raise participation. It implies that Science Museum of Korea needs Interactive Exhibits that provide a realistic experience of the universe. Second, the astronomy exhibits reflect some of the learning elements of their science curricula concerned with astronomy. However, these astronomical contents are included selectively and not according to their required curriculum. It means that many students lack the opportunity to study Astronomy in their schools. Therefore, the astronomy museum must reflect learning elements of science curricula concerned with astronomy in the exhibits.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.86.1-86.1
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• 2010

2000년대 초에 일반인들을 위한 천문대인 대전, 영월, 김해에 시민천문대가 개관하던 당시 우리나라에는 시민천문대를 운영했던 전례가 없었다. 당시 시민천문대는 중소도시에서 지방과학관 사업의 일환으로 국비지원을 받아 건립하였기 때문에 입장료를 내고 관람을 하는 과학관 개념으로 운영되는 것이 자연스러웠다. 그러나 천체관측을 중심으로 진행하는 천문대는 운영자의 조작과 설명을 필요로 하기 때문에 단순히 전시물을 관람하는 기존의 과학관 운영과는 많은 차이가 있었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 2008년부터 김해천문대에서 관람중심의 운영을 탈피, 프로그램 중심의 운영을 시도하여 다양한 프로그램을 개발, 운영을 통해 많은 발전을 이루었다. 본 발표에서는 김해천문대에서 그동안 추진해 온 프로그램 중심으로의 운영 변화 과정과 그 결과를 보고하고 향후 발전시켜 나아갈 방향에 대해 소개할 예정이다.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.329-340
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to analyze the terms which were described in panels for astronomic article on exhibition at the Gwacheon National Science Museum, and to clarify that the terms were appropriate and easily understandable or not. In research, totally, 965 terms were collected in 52 panels(14 panels in planetarium, 17 panels in national history part, and 21 panels in traditional science part). All terms were categorized to 4types, as 1.Standard/Scientific terms, 2.Non-Standard/Scientific terms, 3.Standard/Non-Scientific terms, 4. Non-Standanrd/Non-Scientific casual words, based on 'Dictionary of Standard Korean' and 'Terminology of Astronomy'. And questionnaires survey was done to 24 in-service teachers at elementary school, middle school, and high school to clarify that the level of the terms are appropriate to students. The results of this study show that accurate scientific terms were 68.5%, and many of students had difficulty in understanding those scientific terms in the panels because of unfamiliarity. Therefore, in order to make students get more interest and better understanding, it is proposed to minimize scientific terms and to substitute them to casual terms which were related with practical life.