• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.535-550
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was the identifying differences between physicists' expectations and teachers' representations about the primary physics concepts in elementary schools. For this, the material subjects analyzed were the 7th curriculum, the textbooks of elementary school and the texts using at the department of physics in many universities. The primary physics concepts extracted from the texts were to be fundamental and basic. Also, they were restricted to the domain of dynamics. And besides, the human subjects were physicists, professors and students majoring physics of the graduate school, researchers of institutes or laboratories and elementary school teachers. At the result of this study showed the scholars and teachers have the different opinions.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.329-339
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• 1996

We examined the science education system in North Korea from the elementary to the high schools. We also analyzed the physics textbooks used in North Korea and compared the results with the textbooks used in South Korea. We compared the goal and system of physics education, and the content, order of study, and volume of the textbooks. Physics education starts at the 4th year at the elementary school, and is taught through the whole school years in North Korea. The science process skills are regarded to be important and figures, tables, problem sets, experiments, and sample solutions are exclusively used in the textbooks. Electomagnetism occupies the largest portion in physics textbooks, but subjects related to the application of physics are more stressed. There are a few subjects which are included in the North Korean textbooks but not in the South Korean textbooks. We have compiled about 60 North Korean physics words which are different from the South Korean words used in the textbooks. Overall, there will be not much difficulty in integrating the physics education system and physics textbooks after the two Koreas are unified.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.217-235
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• 2022

본 연구는 차기 교육과정 개정을 앞둔 시점에서 지난 몇 차례 동안의 초등학교 물리 영역에서의 교육과정 변화를 분석하고 초등 과학 교육과정의 쟁점을 논의하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 제7차 교육과정부터 2015 개정 교육과정까지 내용 요소의 변화를 분석하고, 2015 개정 교육과정 이후 수행된 교육과정 연구들을 살펴보았다. 더불어 물리교육 전공 교수 3인이 교육과정 분석 결과에 대해 논의하였다. 연구 결과 제7차 교육과정 이후의 초등 물리 교육과정은 전반적으로 내용이 축소되거나 어려운 개념들이 삭제하거나 상위 학교급으로 이동하는 형태로 변화가 이루어졌다. 과학 교육과정 쟁점은 현 교육과정의 내용 적정성과 난이도, 수학 교과와의 연계성, 누리과정과 초등 1,2학년 통합 교육 과정과 연계문제, 성취기준 서술어 문제를 다루었다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.331-339
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to make a list of scientific terms to decrease students' difficulties of science learning. By using inductive method, database has established from elementary school science textbooks and laboratory observation books. All terms from physics area of science textbooks and laboratory observation books at the levels of grade 3 to 6 were analyzed based on the Standard Korean Dictionary (1999) and Book of Physics Terminology (2005). As a result, we made a list of 204 scientific terms by grade level. Those were 51 words for grade 3, 55 words for grade 4, 56 words for grade 5, and 42 words for grade 6. And there were some incongruities among textbooks, the Standard Korean Dictionary and the Book of Physics Terminology.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.199-216
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 초등학교 과학 교육과정에 현대 물리 내용을 도입하는 것의 가능성을 논의하였다. 초등학생에게 현대 물리를 지도하는 것이 왜 필요한지 현대 물리 도입의 필요성을 논의하였고, 실제로 초등학생에게 현대 물리를 지도한 외국의 사례와 연구 결과를 살펴보았다. 그리고 구체적으로 우리나라 초등학교 과학 교육과정에 현대 물리를 도입하기 위한 몇 가지 방안을 제안하였다. 현대 물리는 학생이 경험하는 다양한 일상적 상황과 연계될 수 있으며, 학생들이 배우고 싶은 내용으로서 과학에 대한 흥미와 호기심을 높일 수 있다. 또한, 아직 고전적 자연관이 굳어지지 않은 초등학생에게 현대 물리를 도입하면 새로운 자연관 형성을 도울 수 있다. 최근 현대 물리를 초등 수준에 도입하기 위한 해외의 몇몇 프로젝트에서도 학생의 이해와 흥미 증가에 관한 긍정적인 결과를 보고하고 있다. 연구자들은 초등학생 수준에서 이해가 가능할 것으로 생각하는 몇 가지 주제에 대해 구체적인 내용수준과 지도방안을 간략하게 제안하였다. 이러한 제안은 후속 연구를 통해 적절한 자료개발과 경험적이고 실증적인 연구를 통해 그 가능성과 효과가 입증되어야 하지만 현대 물리 도입 가능성에 대한 논의를 진전시킬 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of the contents which were presented in the physics exhibits of the following three museums; Seoul National Science Museum, National Science Museum and the Exploration Center. The main findings of this research were as follows: Firstly, it was found that 73.7% of the exhibits were composed of 'dynamic exhibits', 87.6% of the exhibits were 'active involvement type exhibits', 48.3% of the exhibits were 'interest induction type exhibits' and 42.8% of the physics exhibits were composed of exhibits related to optics. Secondly, it was found that many elementary students seemed to have difficulty in understanding and executing the activities in the physics exhibits.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2009

과학 교육의 출발점이라 할 수 있는 초등학교의 교육과정에서 자기학 단원이 어떻게 교육되는지 검토하였다. 초등학교에서 자기학은 3학년 1학기 자석놀이 단원과 6학년 1학기 전자석 단원에서 다루어지는 것을 알 수 있다. 과학 과목에서 자기 단원이 적절한 학년에서 교육되는지 검토하였고, 교과서의 내용을 분석하여 문제점과 대안을 제시하였다.

• 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.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2007

Research into scientific inquiry methods indicates that providing various types of inquiry methods can enhance students' science loaming in terms of providing students with actual science in various ways' more so than exposure to one type of inquiry method. This article develops a framework for an analysis of scientific inquiry types based on the nature of scientific enterprise. We selected three types of scientific inquiry: these were minds-on activities, hands-on activities, and experimenting. Elementary science textbooks in the 7th national science curriculum were analysed according to the following subject areas; earth science, physics, biology, and chemistry. A total of 61 teaching units from 3rd through 6th grade science textbooks were investigated. The frequencies of each type of scientific inquiry method were slightly different among four science subject areas. The most frequent type which appeared in physics and chemistry was the hands-on type, while the minds-on activity type was the most frequent type which appeared in earth science and biology.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.389-405
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze elementary school teachers' understanding, certainty, and familiarity with 13 key concepts of wave physics that are presented in textbook and teacher's guidebook. 123 elementary school teachers answered concept tests and questionnaires. In the results to these tests and questionnaires, teachers demonstrated a high level of understanding and high certainty in understanding with regard to the concepts of sound generation, effect of medium on wave, timbre, wavelength, and trough and crest of wave. For the topics of sound velocity, wave reflection and wave transmission, teachers demonstrated a high level of understanding but low certainty in understanding. With regard to sound propagation, teachers demonstrated a low level of understanding and an improperly high certainty in that low understanding. Teachers lacked knowledge, i.e., displayed a low level of understanding and low certainty in sound strength, sound frequency, constructive interference and destructive interference. In constructive and destructive interference, the teachers also displayed a low level of familiarity. We analyzed the differences in teacher's understanding, certainty, and familiarity according to teacher demographics defined by the teacher's gender, teaching experience with concepts of sound, career, curriculum track while in high school, and major in university. There were no significant differences in understanding, certainty, or familiarity as defined by gender, teaching experience, and career. However, these displays of knowledge were affected by the teacher's curriculum track in high school and their major. These results suggest that the teacher's understanding of, familiarity with, and certainty in wave physics concepts are more influenced by their learning experience than by their teaching experience. Therefore, we suggest additional learning opportunities for teachers (such as teacher training programs) in order to improve teacher knowledge and correct teacher misconceptions in wave physics.