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A Comparative Analysis of Students' Evaluations of Online and Offline Capstone Design Course

  • Kim, Moon-Soo
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.12-21
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    • 2022
  • The College of engineering's capstone design is student-team-centred learning based on project-based learning and is one of the most important courses for students aiming to be competent professional engineers capable of solving real industrial problems. Therefore, in order to resolve the capstone problems, various face-to-face contacts such as frequent industrial site visits, multiple meetings with diverse people including team members, and repeated contacts with course-supervising and team-advising professors are prerequisite processes. However, according to the transition to fully online education due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, capstone design courses for 2020 and 2021 were also conducted online. Based on the modified students' evaluations of educational quality (SEEQ) with 3 perspectives such as curriculum, teaching-staff and students themselves, this study compares their evaluations of offline capstone designs from 2013 to 2019 and online capstone designs in 2020 and 2021 in the context of COVID-19. In 3 perspectives, the difference in students' evaluation of the online capstone between the beginning and the end of the course shows a positive effect, which is better than the offline capstone. Also, in various dimensions for each perspective, the online capstone shows a better evaluation than the offline capstone. These findings suggest that the online capstone design curriculum can be expected to have educational effects as well as students' satisfaction with the online curriculum in the future.

An Analysis of the STS Content in the Elementary Science Textbooks Developed under the 2007 Revised National Curriculum (2007 개정 교육과정에 의한 초등학교 과학 교과서의 STS 내용 분석)

  • Yang, Chanho;Lee, Jooseok;Noh, Taehee
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.154-163
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    • 2012
  • In this study, we analyzed the proportions of STS content, components, topics, and types of the activities of STS content in the elementary science textbooks developed under the 2007 Revised National Curriculum. The analyses of the results revealed that the percentage of STS content included was 15.9% by the number of pages, and 13.5% by the lesson hour. By the components of the STS content, the proportion of 'application of science', 'science-technology and our life' and 'social problems and issues' were large. Most STS topics were related to the 'effects of technological developments' and 'environmental issue', and the topics of 'family and population' and 'human engineering' were few. By the types of the activities, reading was the most, and investigation and writing were also found. Compared with those of the science textbooks developed under the 7th National Curriculum, the variety of components of the STS content increased, but the proportion of STS content and the variety of activities of STS content decreased in the science textbooks developed under the 2007 Revised National Curriculum.

Analysis of Multicultural Factors in Integrated Textbook for Elementary School- Around the First and Second Grades (초등학교 통합 교과서의 다문화요소분석 - 1, 2학년 통합 교과서를 중심으로 -)

  • Kang, hyun-joo;Kim, Chee-yong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.1221-1235
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    • 2018
  • This study aims to analyze the multicultural content of the Korean Elementary School Textbook revised in 2015. This study abstracted the framework of multicultural factors for analysis of multicultural contents from the research on "Revision Guidelines by Analysis of Multicultural Factors in Secondary Curriculum and Textbook". The analyzed textbook is the integrated winter textbooks for both the first and second grades revised curriculum in 2015. Several findings were represented as follows: first, the frequency of multicultural content displayed five times in first grade and nineteen times in second grade respectively. Second, the analyzed textbooks did not include contents directly associated with multiculturalism. Activities and experience is important in the acceptance of unfamiliar cultures Thus, multicultural contents' frequency of within textbooks is very crucial. Finally, the revised curriculum focused on activities and experiences about the theme and content in the textbook and was developed around block chassis. For teaching the textbook content, teachers must perfectly understand textbooks through teacher training. The textbooks of reflecting right values on multiculturalismIn. this respect, elementary school curriculum and textbook content should be improved by supplementary revision fitting for the growth of humanity in the multicultural era.

The Need for a New Curriculum in Clinical Genetic Education (임상유전학 교육에서 새로운 교과과정 개발의 필요성)

  • Lee, Chang-Woo
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.50-54
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    • 2014
  • It is becoming increasingly important for medical doctors to have a thorough understanding of human genetics and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic testing, counseling, and treatment. As genetic engineering and technology evolves, medical doctors will find themselves called in to counsel patients about a rapidly increasing number of diseases for which genetic testing and treatments are available. Medical doctors will need to master a new set of principles and clinical skills. A lack of knowledge about these issues and problems may lead to serious, lifelong or even fatal negative effects on patients. Medical genetics has moved from the study of rare conditions to the illumination of disorders that impact the entire spectrum of medical practice. This study demonstrates several areas in which medical genetics is clearly an important tool in medical practice and the necessity of establishing new curriculum for clinical genetic education in Korea. Medical students nearing graduation may lack genetic knowledge that is essential for daily practice because genetics has little or no place in clinical teaching. Medical schools should make extensive curriculum changes to increase students' awareness of clinical genetics and its ethical implications. The medical school curriculum will need creative new approaches to keeping up with the rapid pace of evolution of clinical genetics.

Comparative Analysis on the STS Contents of the 6th and 7th primary Science Curriculum (제6차 및 제7차 초등학교 과학과 교육과정에서의 STS 내용 비교)

  • Kwon, Chi-Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2010
  • This study was carried out to examine the tendency about the relative importance of STS education of the 6th and 7th primary science curriculum. The results of the research are as follows. Primary science textbooks in the 6th curriculum, average 13.3% of the total pages was assigned to STS contents but it is increased to 24.2% in the science textbooks of the 7th curriculum. STS constituents of the 6th primary science textbooks come out orderly applications of scientific knowledge(47.1%), relevance of a community(40%), social problems and issues(11.8%). Of the 7th science textbooks, the contents about applications of scientific knowledge amount to 67.1% of the total STS constituent and relevance of a community(32.2%) rank behind it. The contents of other components are not enough. The 6th science textbooks contents about the effect of technological development amount to 35.3% of the total STS subject area, and environmental quality(20.0%), natural resource(15.2%), energy(11.8%), sociology of science(11.8%) ranks behind it. In the 7th science textbooks ranking is the effect of technological development(42.3%), natural resource(17.3%), energy(12.5%), sociology of science(12.5%), environmental quality(20.0%). There are few contents about population, human engineering and space research and national defense in the science textbooks.

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Analysing Digital Literacy Capabilities in Software Education Curriculum (소프트웨어 교육 교육과정에서의 디지털 리터러시 능력 분석)

  • Yu, Jeong-su
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2017.10a
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    • pp.383-386
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    • 2017
  • The abilities to effectively use and create technology to solve complex problems are the new and essential literacy skills of the twenty-first century. Digital literacy is an essential tool to support other subjects and all jobs. The digital literacy requires several thinking skills, an awareness of the necessary standards of behaviour expected in online environments, and an understanding of the shared social issues created by digital technologies. The government tried to cultivate communication ability to solve various problems creatively and efficiently through software education in the 2015 revised national curriculum and to raise communication ability and community consciousness through collaborative problem solving process. In this paper, we analyze whether the 2015 revised curriculum can develop digital literacy ability through educational contents of software curriculum.

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Advanced Software Education Curriculum for Non-IT Major University Students (IT 비전공자를 위한 심화 소프트웨어 교육과정 연구)

  • Kim, Moonseong;Park, Hyunchul;Lee, Woochan
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.139-147
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    • 2019
  • Software education is inevitable for the success of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and university education also requires innovation to cope with revolutionary change of the society. The number of students seeking employment in the IT field is steadily increasing regardless of the major of the student. However, the existing software-related courses offered by universities or private educational institutions are limited. This paper analyzes the existing software curriculum of several major universities for non-IT major students. In addition, in-depth surveys by students at Seoul Theological University is conducted to figure out the demand for the advanced level computer science subjects. Finally, new software education curriculum is proposed to fulfill the needs of non-IT major students and to improve the employment rate of non-IT major students seeking tech companies. The new curriculum will help to cultivate intermediate level IT experts that bridge the gap between advanced level IT experts and primitive level computer technicians.

A Case Study on Practical Teaching Methods for Engineering Design Education - A Practical Teaching Case of Artificial Intelligence Courses for Juniors in Computer Engineering Major - (공학설계 교육을 위한 현실적 교수학습 방법론의 적용 연구 - 컴퓨터공학과 3학년 인공지능 교과진행 사례 -)

  • Kim, Jinil
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2018
  • This paper proposes practical teaching methods for efficient progress of project-based learning in engineering design education. Engineering design courses consist of three categories; introductory, individual and capstone design courses. This study concentrates on the case of individual design courses. Individual design courses act as bridges between introductory and capstone design courses and deal with applicable projects based on theoretical frameworks. In this study, practical teaching methods are applied to Artificial Intelligence curriculum as an individual design course for Juniors in Computer Engineering Major. The results on application of practical teaching methods show relatively positive in all aspects.

A Study on the Infringement Incident Response Curriculum Model in IoT Environment (사물인터넷 환경에서 침해사고대응 교육과정 모델에 관한 연구)

  • Keun-Ho Lee
    • Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2023
  • The IoT environment is very vulnerable to security threats, and if an intrusion occurs, it can cause great damage. In order to strengthen the security of the IoT environment, a curriculum that considers the characteristics of the IoT environment is needed. In this paper, we propose a curriculum model for cyber incident response in the Internet of Things environment. The proposed curriculum model was designed as a model for security threats in the IoT environment, types of intrusion incidents, and incident response procedures. The proposed curriculum model is expected to contribute to improving security awareness in the IoT environment and fostering cyber incident response experts in the IoT field. The proposed curriculum model strengthens the security of the IoT environment and is expected to be safe through security incident response in the IoT.

Critical Review of 'Skills' in the 2015 Revised Science National Curriculum (2015 개정 과학과 교육과정의 '기능'에 대한 비판적 검토)

  • Kwon, Munho;Park, Jongseok
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.151-161
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    • 2020
  • The 'core concepts', 'generalized knowledge', and 'skills' are newly introduced in the 'contents system' of the 2015 revised national curriculum, and the 'skills' are not clearly defined in the science curriculum. There is a problem of uniformly presenting 'skills' in all 'areas' of science subjects. In this study, it was intended that the teachers' clear understanding of the 'skills' and the philosophy of the revised curriculum would be applied to the school classrooms through the critical problem recognition and consideration of 'skills' newly introduced in the 'contents system' of the 2105 revised science curriculum. First, we reviewed 'science and engineering practice' in the NGSS, which was a reference to the introduction to the curriculum, and identified the problems of 'skills' presented in the science curriculum. It also analyzed critically by comparing 'skills' and 'practices' with other subjects and previous curriculum. Based on this critical analysis, we suggested the following. First, introduce 'skills' items that can implement scientific key competencies, and clearly define each item. Second, present 'skills' that are appropriate according to the subject, 'area', 'core concept', and grade(group) and describe in detail how to apply 'skills' and, third, present 'skills' directly in 'achievement standards'.