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An Analysis on the Recent Research Trend in Korean Elementary Science Education (한국초등과학교육의 최근 연구 동향 분석)

  • Lee, A-Ram;Hong, Young-Sik
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.260-268
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    • 2013
  • With the development of science and technology, an effort to investigate the current research trend of elementary science education will lead to future directions for elementary science education. This study set out to analyze papers published in Elementary Science Education by quantity, subject and methodology for the last ten years. The results were as follows: First, the number of papers has continuously increased for the last 30 years. Second, as for categorization by the functions of elementary science education, the number of papers was mainly published in the field of teacher education, which was followed by learning processes and teaching methods in the order. Third, in the field of the research subjects of elementary science education, many researches were conducted on scientific inquiries and concepts traditionally emphasized in elementary science education, and on gifted education recently implemented as part of national policy. Fourth, as for categorization by the methodologies of elementary science education, a survey study was the most popular, being followed by experimental study and literature study in the order. In recent years, researches based on the case study methodology have visibly grown in numbers, which seems to part of efforts to find implications with new methodologies among researchers facing limitations with the old ones in the middle of uniqueness called education.

Introducing the History of Science in Modem Korea into the Elementary Classroom (한국 근현대 과학사의 초등교육 활용 방안)

  • Moon, Man-Yong
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.197-212
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility of introducing the history of science in modern Korea into elementary education. Although there are many studies on applying a history of science to science education, they do not pay attention to the history of science in modern Korea. I survey research papers on the history of science in modern Korea and science education based on a history of science, and elementary science textbooks in Korea, Japan and the US. When we apply the history of science in modern Korea into elementary education, elementary students will recognize science has close relations to Korean culture and history and they will develop the familiarity with science. I show there are 3 ways using the history of science in modern Korea in elementary education: 1) Applying Korean scientists' research contents to science education, 2) Measures to evaluate Korean scientists correctly, 3) Materials for science education programs for gifted elementary students.

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Analysis of Elementary and Secondary School Teachers' Recognition about Engineering Education in Elementary and Secondary School (초.중등학교 교사의 초.중등 공학교육에 대한 인식 분석)

  • Kim, Young Min;Huh, Hye Yeon;Lee, Chang Hoon;Kim, Ki Soo
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze elementary and secondary school teachers' recognition about engineering education in elementary and secondary school. For this, we surveyed elementary and secondary school teachers. The result of this study is as follow. First, most teachers perceived that engineering positively affect national competitiveness and development. They also found that engineering education helps student to select natural science and engineering field career. Moreover, they perceived that engineering contents are not applied in elementary and secondary schools curriculums, hence it does not stimulate interest in engineering. Therefore, they perceived that if engineering education contents are systematically applied in formal curriculum, it will have a positive effect on current engineering education. Second, most teachers perceived that roles of engineering education are to make students learn creative design and problem solving process and inform about the engineering field career. They perceived that the best grade to start engineering education is 4~6 grade in elementary school and the best way to apply engineering education is through distributing engineering education contents to related subjects. They also perceived that technology subject has the most relation to engineering education and science subjects; mathematics subject follow after.

The Effects of Science Lesson Applying STEAM Education on the Creativity and Science Related Attitudes of Elementary School Students (융합 인재 교육(STEAM)을 적용한 과학수업이 초등학생의 창의성과 과학 관련 태도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Si-Ye;Lee, Hyeong Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.60-70
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    • 2013
  • As the necessity of creative and convergent people who will lead the future society is emphasized, STEAM education is becoming an issue as new science education method. The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of science lesson applying STEAM education on the creativity and science related attitudes of elementary school students. In this study, the science lesson applying STEAM education meant integrated lesson included 'Creative planning' and 'Emotional experience'. The study subjects were four classes of the 4th grade of D elementary school in Busan. Two classes including 43 students were experimental group and the others including 40 students were comparison group. For the purpose of study, 'The state change of water' unit in the 4th grade elementary science text book was analyzed and recomposed applying STEAM education. And the recomposed unit was applied to experimental group, whereas comparison group was taught traditional science lesson. The results of this study were as follows. First, the science lesson applying STEAM education influenced significantly the improvement of the creativity of elementary school students. Second, the science lesson applying STEAM education influenced significantly the improvement of the science related attitudes of elementary school students.

A Survey on Pre-service Elementary Teachers' Attitudes towards Science Teaching (초등 예비교사의 과학 교수에 대한 태도 조사)

  • Yoon, Hye-Gyoung;Na, Jiyeon;Park, Heonwoo
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.193-207
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service elementary teachers' attitudes towards science teaching using 'Dimensions of Attitude Toward the Teaching of Science (DAS)'. After confirming the factors and reliabilities of the translated questionnaire by pilot test (N=68), the survey was administered online at one national university of education in Korea (N=527). The pre-service teachers generally thought elementary science education is important and did not believe gender difference in students and in teachers. Science education majors than other majors, males than females, and those who completed high school science track than humanity track had more positive attitudes toward science teaching in elementary school. The extent of teacher education curriculum completion had a little effect on the pre-service teachers' attitudes toward science teaching. The implications for teacher education were discussed.

The Development of Instrument for Evaluating Web Site about Elementary Science Education (초등학교 과학 교육을 위한 웹사이트의 평가 도구 개발)

  • Song, Myung-Seub;Choi, Gwang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.201-209
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for evaluating quality of the web site about elementary science education. Eight experienced specialists (three elementary science education specialists and five elementary school teachers engaging) in elementary science education verified content validity twice. The evaluation criteria for elementary school science were considering aspects of the characteristic and the quality of web site. The evaluation criteria can be categorized as being in five areas, fifty-seven items. The five areas were a purpose, a credibility, an efficiency, a data-type, an interactivity. Four web sites were analyzed for the subject of this study. Evaluators were nine elementary school teachers, who were educated in the use of instrument. The developed evaluation instrument in this study is considered valid and reliable. The content validity is 91.1%, and the reliability has a Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ of .82. The developed evaluation instrument in this study will verify the quality of web site, provide teachers and students with efficient information about elementary science education. In addition it suggests guidelines about design and devise web site to instructional developer or subject-matter expert.

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The Development and Application of Sex Education Contents Available to Elementary Science Class (초등 과학수업에서 활용 가능한 성교육 콘텐츠의 개발 및 적용)

  • Yoo, Tae-Yang;Park, Jae-Keun
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2010
  • This study reflects the demand of content elements related to "Human Reproduction" in elementary school science curriculum, and verifies its effects by developing and applying sex education contents available to elementary science class. The developed contents is composed of three sections in reference to the contents guideline for teachers. The contents include anatomical knowledge related to human reproduction and reflect social and cultural context of sex ethics. The first section: "How was I born?", second section: "Amazing changes in my body" and third section: "Healthy body, healthy mind." In the result of analysis of changes in sex knowledge and attitude after applying the contents, it showed statistically significant differences between experimental and comparative class. Thus, the developed contents made positive influence on improvement in elementary students' knowledge and attitude of human reproduction. However, it showed little difference in the effects of sex education contents by the grade and gender. In conclusion, if the sex education contents developed through this study is actively applied, it is expected to provide the elementary students with knowledge of the anatomic difference between male and female, its social and cultural understanding and responsibility for sex ethics. In addition, it is considered to be used as effective education programs and materials in elementary school science curriculum.

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The Effects of Science Lesson applying STEAM Education on Creative Thought Activities and Emotional Intelligence of Elementary School Students (융합인재교육(STEAM)을 적용한 초등과학수업이 창의적 사고와 정서지능에 미치는 영향)

  • Bae, Jin-Ho;So, Kum-Hyun;Yun, Bong-Hee;Kim, Jin-Su;Han, Guk-In;Kim, Sung-Gil;Lee, Kyung-Rae;Lee, Jong-Hwa;Oh, Dong-Ju;Kim, Hae-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.762-772
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of science lesson applying STEAM education on the creative thinking activities and emotional intelligence of elementary school students. The study subjects were two classes of the $3^{th}$ grade of S elementary school in B Metropolitan City. One class including 26 students was experimental group and the other including 27 students was comparison group. For the purpose of study, the lesson unit 'The world of animals' was practised, the reorganized unit applying STEAM was applied to experimental group, whereas comparison group was taught traditional science lesson. The results of this study were as follows. First, the science lesson applying STEAM education influenced significantly the improvement of the creative thought activities of elementary school students. Second, the science lesson applying STEAM education influenced significantly the improvement of the emotional intelligence of elementary school students.

Development of Project-based Robot Education Program for Enhancing Interest toward Robots and Computational Thinking of Elementary School Students

  • Kim, Seong-Won;Park, Hyeran;Lee, Youngjun
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.247-255
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, we propose the effect of project-based robot education program on the interest toward robots and the computational thinking of elementary school students. Software education is being actively carried out around the world in order to cultivate software talents in accordance with the 4th industrial revolution. As a result, the importance of robots in education has increased, and education using robots has been actively introduced. However, the activities of simply assembling and repeating robots in schools were not effective in enhancing elementary school students' interest toward robots and computational thinking. Therefore, it is necessary to overcome traditional teaching-learning methods and to develop robot education. So, in this study, the robot education program that introduces project-based learning was developed for improvement of interest toward robots and computational thinking of elementary school students. In order to verify the developed education program, 114 elementary six grade students were selected as research subjects and the traditional teaching-learning method and project-based learning were applied to the experimental and control group. As a result, project-based learning was more effective for elementary school students' interest toward robot than traditional teaching-learning method. In computing thinking, the experimental group showed a significant improvement, but there was no statistically significant difference in the post-test.

Survey on Teachers' Perception and Operational State for Elementary Science Online Remote Classes (초등 과학 온라인 수업 운영에 대한 교사들의 인식과 운영실태)

  • Kim, Hye-Ran;Choi, Sun-Young
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.522-532
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    • 2020
  • The aims of this study were to do a survey on teachers' perception and operational state for elementary science online remote classes and suggest ways to improve the elementary science online remote classes. The survey was based on responses from 100 teachers who have taught elementary science online remote classes for the first semester of 2020 for COVID-19. The questionnaire used in this study consisted of four parts: general informations of participants, the operation status of elementary science online remote classes, teachers' perceptions on the operation of elementary science online remote classes, ways to improve elementary science online remote classes. As a result of this study, elementary teachers taught elementary science online remote classes on the main use of content utilization type. And they had a difficulty in conducting elementary science online remote classes because of lack of contents, absence of elementary science online remote classes teaching methods, learner management and heavy workload. Therefore, to improve elementary science online remote classes the Ministry of Education and regional offices of education have to develop and provide high-quality contents reflect the characteristics of elementary science subjects, introduce a rent-an-experiment equipment system, and build a science class platform providing frequent real-time interaction between teacher and student.