• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.26-40
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• 2008

This study aims to analyze the science content in secondary school environmental education(EE) textbooks and the environment-related content in secondary school science text- books. Firstly, a total of 73 EE and science textbooks for secondary students were reviewed, which three kinds of textbooks, secondary school EE textbooks and the 10th grade "Science" textbooks, were finally selected for analysis. Three researchers separately analyzed the textbooks using NAAEE framework(1996) for the development of EE materials. In condition that there was a disagreement in their opinion, they had discussed until they came to an agreement. The results showed that secondary school EE textbooks contained more and deeper science concepts than the 10th grade "Science" textbooks, which were evaluated better in all perspectives of the analysis framework. The 10th grade "Science" textbooks had more various teaching and learning activities than EE textbooks. It it expected that the new EE textbook developers should consider the ultimate goal of EE which focused the affective perspectives rather than the cognitive perspectives.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2012

The Purpose of this study was to analyze STS contents in elementary school science textbooks according to 6th, 7th and revision 2007 national curriculum. The contents of STS were analyzed by the STS elements of Yager and the STS topics of Piel's standard. Major findings from the analyses are as follows: (1) The STS contents in the science textbooks of the 6th curriculum took up 13.7% and increased to 18.3% in the 7th and 19.0% in the revision 2007, which showed that the textbooks followed the goal of the national curriculum faithfully. (2) Based on the STS elements by Yager's standard, most of STS content is focused on 'Application of science', 'Social problems and issues' and 'Local and community relevance'. (3) Based on the STS topics by Piel's standard, most of STS contents are focused on 'Effect of technological development' and 'Society of science'. These results indicate that recent STS education trends are reflected on the 6th, 7th and revision 2007 textbooks well. However, it is suggested that some improvement is needed, such as diversification of topic.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.453-464
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• 2019

In this study, the types of inquiry activities in the $5^{th}$ & $6^{th}$ grade science textbooks according to the 2015 revised science national curriculum were analyzed and compared according to grade level and science area. Science textbooks for elementary school $5^{th}$ & $6^{th}$ graders contain quite diverse types of inquiry activities, which are student-centered inquiry activities. There were comparatively higher proportions of inquiry types such as experiment & observation and simulation, but relatively lower of inquiry types of investigation-discourse & presentation, discussion, expression. Elementary science textbooks are expected to cultivate science key competencies for elementary school students. Considering the science area, the motion & energy, substances, earth & space, and integration areas had the most experiment & observation among activity types, while the life area had the most simulation activities. Even in some area of the 6th grade science textbook, there was little or no data interpretation, discussion, and simulation activities. In order to achieve the goal of elementary science education, science textbooks should be developed considering the revision of future elementary science curriculum.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.77-89
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• 2004

This study aims to consider interrelations and reasonability to inquiry elements of environment units in 10th Science textbooks of 7th curriculum on the basis of their inquiry contexts, processes and activities. Frequency of inquiry contexts is 59.9% of the highest value in natural environment context but is 4.0% of the lowest one in techno-industrial context. Measurements, inferences, predictions, experiments, data-interpretations, correlations, conclusionreveals in inquiries are in all the textbooks, but observations and classifications, hypothesis generations, controlling variables, experimental designs and generalizations are not in some textbooks. Discussions, experiments, investigations in inquiry activities are included in all the textbooks. However, inspections are not appeared in the all the books. Based on the above results, social and techno-industrial inquiry contexts in the varied scopes are necessary in the environment curricula with a unified direction. Inquiry processes with pro-environmental behaviors as a last goal might be given into the curricula, having tasks that could be understand unified inquiries. In addition, inspections with effectiveness might be thrown into the scene of education.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.549-557
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• 2014

In this study, the readability of the texts in the third and the sixth grade science textbooks developed under the 2007 revised science curriculum were analyzed in terms of word and sentence units. In the word unit analyses, the levels of the words in the texts were classified into four categories, 1st to 4th levels. In the sentence unit analyses, the sentences in the texts were classified either a simple sentence or compound/complex sentences, and the average length of the sentences was also calculated. The results indicated that more than 90 percents of the words in the 2007 revised science textbooks were classified as the 1st to the 3rd levels. However, both the kinds and the frequencies of the words in the 2007 revised science textbooks were increased in comparison of those in the 7th science textbooks. In particular, it was found that the increasement in the 3rd grade science textbook was noticeable. The ratio of the compound/complex sentences in the 2007 revised science textbooks were increased in comparison of those in the 7th science textbooks. The average length of the sentences in the 2007 revised science textbooks was also increased.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.479-490
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• 2014

In this study, we investigated the characteristics of the reading materials in the elementary school science textbooks in order to obtain implications for the effective use of them. The reading materials in the elementary school science textbooks developed under the 7th and the 2007 revised National Science Curricula were analyzed. The criteria for classifying the reading materials were the type of theme, purpose, students' activity, the type of presentation, the type of images, the role of images, and readability. The results indicated that the reading materials in the 2007 revised science textbooks are more systematic than those in the 7th science textbooks in terms of their length and their distribution among energy, matter, life, and earth areas. It was also found that various types of reading materials are presented in the 2007 revised science textbooks covering new themes such as frontier science, job opportunity and career, and environment. In addition, the reading materials in the 2007 revised science textbooks introduce more visual images and the readability of them are also better than their counterpart. However, several limitations were still found to exist in the reading materials of the 2007 revised textbooks; most of them are non-inquiry and explanatory; most of the visual images are illustration and/or pictures. Educational implications are discussed.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.811-824
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• 2007

사진과 삽화는 현행 과학 교과서에서 핵심적인 시각적 표상 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 6차와 7차 교육과정에 따른 고등학교 지구과학 교과서에 사용된 사진과 삽화의 기능 및 구조를 비교 분석하였다. 기능 분석 결과, 6차와 7차 모두 예시적 기능이 차지하는 비율이 압도적으로 높았으며, 보충적 기능의 비율이 가장 낮았다. 7차의 경우 사진과 삽화의 기능들이 6차에 비해 다양해졌는데, 이것은 지구과학 II 보다는 I에서 보다 두드러지게 나타났다. 특히, 6차에서는 극히 미미하게 나타났던 보충적 기능과 설명적 기능이 7차에서는 증가하였으며, 장식적 기능 또한 전반적으로 증가한 것으로 분석되었다. 구조 분석 결과, 6차에 비해 7차에서 참조가 현저하게 감소하여 본문과의 연계성 면에서 오히려 퇴보한 것으로 분석되었다. 단독 사진이나 삽화에 비해 다중 구성의 비율이 증가한 것으로 나타났으나, 짝이나 연속 구성에서는 발전된 점이 나타나지 않았다. 앞으로의 과학 교과서 개발에서 사진과 삽화의 기능에서 탐구적 기능을, 구조에서 보완적 구성을 추가할 것과 사진과 삽화를 포함한 시각적 표상의 기능과 구조 측면을 과학 교과서 검정 준거로 활용할 것을 논의하였다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.414-426
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• 2004

이 연구는 9학년 과학교과서의 화학분야 탐구영역(탐구과정, 탐구활동)을 제7차 과학교육과정에서 제시한 탐구요소들에 근거하여, 교과서별, 단원별로 분석하였다. 연구의 목적은 제7차 과학교육과정에 제시된 탐구요소들이 중학교 최고학년인 9학년 과학교과서의 탐구영역에 반영된 정도를 알아보고, 다양한 탐구학습을 위한 교육적 시사점을 찾고자 하는데 있다. 9학년 과학교과서의 탐구영역에 대한 전체적인 탐구요소들의 분석에서, 기초탐구요소들은 분류를 제외하고는 제7차 중학교 과학교과서들에 비교적 잘 반영되어 있으나, 통합탐구요소들은 자료해석이 거의 절반을 차지하였다. 이와 같은 현상은 탐구과정과 탐구활동의 분석에서 유사하게 나타났다. 특히, 제7차 과학교육과정의 탐구활동유형으로 신설된 과제연구와 견학은 거의 반영되어 있지 않았다. 제7차 과학교육과정은 과학과의 교수방법 해설에서, 9학년을 탐구의 수준에서 고학년 과정으로 구분하고 있으나, 통합탐구요소들과 탐구활동의 유형들은 다양하게 반영되어 있지 못하다. 그러므로 9학년의 탐구학습은 본 연구의 자료를 바탕으로 탐구영역을 재구성하여 다양하게 운영하는 것이 바람직하다. 앞으로 통합탐구요소들과 탐구활동유형들이 9학년의 탐구영역에 활용되는 정도와 비율에 관한 연구가 계속되어야겠다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to select the basic words of physics for science education which were learned through everyday life or school education and be foundation of learning science. For this, we collected all words in the 'Wise Life' textbooks by 7th and 2007 National Curriculum, and extract the science words. As a result, there were 8,970 words in 8 textbooks of 'Wise Life', and about 18% of them, 1,585 words, were science words. There were 266 kinds of science words and most of them were biology words. And the textbooks by 2007 National Curriculum had more science words than by 7th's. Finally we selected 24 basic words of science only in the physics area by comprehensively considering difficulty, need and frequency.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.363-371
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• 2008

이 연구의 목적은 10학년 과학 교과서의 지구과학 용어들을 SWA 프로그램을 통해 분석하여 그 중 학생들이 어려워하는 용어들을 알아보는데 있다. 연구 목적을 위해, 먼저 11종의 10학년 과학교과서에서 지구과학 용어들을 추출한 다음, 표준국어대사전을 기반으로 한 SWA 프로그램으로 과학 전문어와 비과학 전문어로 분류를 하였다. 분류된 과학전문어와 비과학 전문어에 대해 560명의 10학년 학생들에게 이해하기 어려운 용어를 선택하도록 하였다. 프로그램을 통해 어휘의 수를 분석한 결과, 교과서별로 다소 차이는 있지만, 등급 외의 과학 전문어 빈도가 모든 교과서에서 다른 등급에 비해 가장 높았다. 또한 학생들에게 설문한 결과, 어렵다고 하는 용어들의 대부분이 등급 외에 속해 있었다. 이 연구 결과를 통해, 교과서 집필 과정에서 학생들의 인지 수준을 고려해야 하며 어려운 용어는 과학적 의미의 변화가 없는 범위 내에서 쉬운 용어로 대체되어야 한다는 것을 제안하였다.