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A Case Study of the STEAM Educational Outreach Program Development and their Application (융합인재교육(STEAM)의 아웃리치 프로그램 개발 및 운영 사례)

  • Seo, Won-seok;Lee, Chang-hoon
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.38-45
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to conduct a case study of the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) outreach program development and their application. This program was operated by 184 middle and high school students at C University on October 2014. The major results of these studies were as follows: First, The theme of the outreach program consisted of four engineering areas, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, architectural engineering, and mechatronics (robot) engineering; moreover, the materials for the students' workbook, the guidebook for teachers, and the program operation manual for staffs in a university were developed by working with four authors and ten subject matter experts. Second, the satisfaction level with the contents and activities was ranged from 4.24-4.31 out of 5 points. Third, the vitalizing activation plan was discussed for the sustainable development and operation of the STEAM outreach program.

Development and Effectiveness of STEAM Outreach Program based on Mathematics (수학을 기반으로 하는 STEAM 아웃리치 프로그램 개발과 효과성)

  • Hwang, Sunwook;Kim, Namjun;Son, Jeongsuk;Song, Wonhee;Lee, Kapjung;Choi, Seongja;Lew, Kyounghoon
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.389-407
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    • 2017
  • Many researches related to STEAM education have been actively conducted for developing elementary and secondary school students' comprehensive and logical thinking ability in relation to creativity education in Korea. Each sub factor of STEAM education requires creative thinking with the ability to be merged together to solve problems as integrated or combined forms in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Also, these STEAM activities and experiences should be carried out at various places outside the classroom in school. Although various educational programs to enhance mathematical creativity have been emphasized for elementary and secondary school students, recent tendency to focus on classroom learning in the school makes it difficult to develop creative thinking ability of students. This research is mainly based on the result of the project "Development and Administration of STEAM Outreach Program in 2016" supported by KOFAC(Korea Foundation for the Achievement of Science & Creativity). The purpose of this research is to develop a STEAM outreach program including students' activity books, teachers' manuals and administration manual that can maximize STEAM-related interest of students, and to provide a chance for elementary and secondary school students to experience creative thinking based on sub factors of STEAM. The STEAM competency total score and the perception of convergence education were significantly increased for all students participating this program, but some sub factors showed different result by school levels. The STEAM outreach program developed by this study is designed to emphasize STEAM education especially 'based on' mathematics in order to provide students with the opportunity to experience more interest in the field of mathematics and will be able to provide an interesting creative STEAM outreach program that utilizes a variety of activities which, we expect, would help students to consider their career in the future.

Safety Education in the Curriculum of Construction Programs

  • Awolusi, Ibukun;Sulbaran, Tulio;Song, Siyuan;Nnaji, Chukwuma;Ostadalimakhmalbaf, Mohammadreza
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.508-515
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    • 2022
  • Construction safety education will continue to attract the interests of construction educators, researchers, and industry professionals due to its immense influence on accident reduction and prevention. A well-educated workforce with a thorough understanding of safety requirements and procedures is needed to develop and apply effective safety and health programs as well as devise strategic means of preventing injuries, illnesses, and fatalities on construction projects. The objective of this research is to evaluate construction safety education in the curriculum of construction programs in the United States. An analysis of construction safety courses across accredited construction programs in the U.S. is conducted to synthesize important details and common themes. A nationwide characterization of the safety courses presented followed by an assessment selected a few programs as a pilot study. Critical elements of the courses such as course titles, course year, credit hours, topics covered, and alignment with professional certification or outreach training courses are characterized. Findings from the study reveal the similarities and variations that exist among safety courses taught in different construction programs in the U.S. These findings could result from several influencing factors, which could be the subject of further investigations geared toward improving safety education in construction programs.

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An Introduction of Robotics Education in Tufts University -Workshops at CEEO- (Tufts University의 로봇활용교육 사례 소개 -CEEO의 Workshop을 중심으로-)

  • Hong, Kicheon
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.171-178
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    • 2016
  • I will introduce robotics education, Novel Engineering, STOMP have hosted in CEEO at Tufts University. CEEO is a leading center for Robotics Education in all over the USA. So far lots of universities and centers have adopted these programs. CEEO have hosted many workshops for students and teachers every summer vacation. And Simple Robotics course is required for every Engineering department freshmen. Novel Engineering(NE) is not familiar to us. I think that NE will be a good tool for integrating reading literacy and engineering. When teachers design a engineering class, members of STOMP help teachers achieve the goals of class. Software Education has been widely spreaded for last several years in South Korea. If our country adopts these programs government-widely. I think that It will be able to contribute to foster SW-talented persons.

Risk Perceptions of Noncommunicable Diseases among Cambodian Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Bae, Sung-Heui;Hwang, Oknam;Jeong, Jieun;Yang, Youngran
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.259-268
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: In Cambodia, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for 64% of all deaths. A lack of risk perception of NCDs leads to poor measures of their prevention and management. This study aimed to investigate Cambodians' risk perceptions of NCDs based on the health belief model. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, and using convenience sampling, participants included 200 Cambodians aged 40 years or older. A face-to-face administered structured questionnaire was used to assess demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and risk perceptions of NCDs. Results: Of the constructs of NCD risk perception, perceived severity (88.2%) and benefits (86.3%) were high, but relative to these, perceived cues to action (64.1%), barriers (63.5%), and self-efficacy (58.1%) were low. Conclusion: It is important to improve perceived self-efficacy in government health promotion, outreach, and improvement programs and to reduce perceived barriers through medical tests either by facility-based delivery or via outreach health services in Cambodia.

A Study on the Strategic Plan for Honam Sea Grant College Program (호남지역 Sea Grant 사업단의 발전방향에 관한 연구)

  • Nam, Taek-Kun;Lee, Don-Chool;Yim, Jeong-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.183-189
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, the strategic plan for Honam Sea Grant College Program will be discussed. The main activity area of Hanam SGCP is research and development, education and public information, outreach. Honam SG theme areas and priorities of its activity area will be determined to enhance the sustainable use and conservation of marine and fishery resources for Honam region. In the education and public information, marine education program executed by MOMAF and relative institutions is introduced and suitable program direction will be suggested. The network composition between HSGCP and other institution in domestic or abroad is also tackled. An interchange of beneficial information is accomplished through the effective network with other organizations. Finally the result of survey to develop the pending problems of Honam area will be discussed.

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A Novel Engineering and Creative Learning Process Based on Constructionism

  • Hong, Ki-Cheon;Cho, Young-Sang
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2019
  • This paper shows that novel engineering (NE) is a creative learning process (CLP) based on Seymour Papert's constructionism. First, the paper introduces NE, CLP, and constructionism. Next, a sample NE lesson is explored. NE is an innovative way of integrating literacy into an engineering discipline that was developed by the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) at Tufts University. NE consists of seven steps: picking a book, identifying problems, designing solutions, building, feedback, upgrading solutions, and reconstructing stories. Lifelong Kindergarten by Mitchel Resnick of the MIT Media Lab describes CLP, and the four elements necessary for a lesson to be creative. NE can be viewed as one of the most creative, comprehensive learning models ever developed. NE integrates several paradigms in Korea, following all the constructs of both CLP and constructionism. The aim of this paper is to show that NE is based on both CLP and constructionism.

Quayside Container Cranes in Year 2013

  • Lee, Suk-Jae;Hong, Keum-Shik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.437-442
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, design specifications for a new generation container crane in year 2013 is investigated. After analyzing the trend of the development of container cranes from the 1950s to date, a prospective size for targeting year 2013 is proposed. Introductory specifications of the frame, trolley, hoist and spreader for the proposed new crane are discussed. Considering that the mega-ships will load and unload more than 15000 boxes at one stop, rough dimensions of the crane including outreach, rail gage, lift, backreach, etc. are also suggested. Although the sheer size of the cranes already present some challenges, the biggest challenge is to improve productivity by maximizing the moves per hour. For this, the speeds of trolleys and hoists, rail loads, stability, etc. are discussed.

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Construction Delay Risk and its Prevention Measures

  • Acharya, Nirmal Kumar;Lee, Young-Dai;Im, Hae-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.268-270
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this paper was to explore delay avoiding measures and strategies. The paper was based on previous work of authors on finding delay causes. Firstly, the paper has discussed about delay avoidance measures prescribed by the previous work. As the previous study identified five main causes of construction delays, various measures and strategies to overcome those delay problems have been discussed in sequence in the last sections. Major delay prevention strategies are: involving stakeholders in the project decisions, outreach program, realistic time and resource estimation, try to adjust the triple constraints of time, cost and scope, ensure fair and complete disclosure of information at an early stage of the construction project, contractor, itself should inquire about patent design errors prior to submitting its bid, owner should include in its contract with the consultant an indemnity (protection) clause etc.

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Design Criteria of a Future Container Crane for Megaships (초대형 선박용 차세대 컨테이너 크레인의 설계기준)

  • LEE SUK-JAE;HONG KEUM-Shik
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.18 no.6 s.61
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    • pp.101-107
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, the design criteria of future container crane for megaships are investigated. The current loading/unloading capacity of a typical container crane, roughly 30 moves/hr, is too law to meet the requirements of future super containerships, which are expected over 15,000 TEU. After examining the transition of containerships through the years and studying the research trend in developed countries, the specifications of the container crane that can Meet a 15,000 TEU containership are proposed. The structure, trolley and hoist mechanism, outreach, backreach, capacity, speeds, durability, and stability of the future container crane are described.