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A Study on the Improvement of Environmental Education Policy for Activating Sustainable Development and Environmental Education in Seoul (서울시 지속가능발전과 환경교육 활성화를 위한 환경교육 정책 개선 방안)

  • Nam, Young-Sook;Ji, Seung-Hyun
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to improve environmental education policy through analysing environmental education policy in Seoul. According to the results, it should be considered in suggesting improvement of Environmental Education policy in Seoul as follows. First, according to the analyses of paradigm of environmental education policy, it does not in part depend on implication of education for sustainable development. Second, according to the analyses of driving force on the environmental education policy, The state of integration between formal education and non formal education has not been mature yet. Third, according to the current state on the environmental education policy, it is urgent to strategic approach to activate school environmental education. Consequently, It is necessary to indicate a new paradigm shifts for review and revisions of policy and practice in support of sustainable regional development in Seoul. It is also desirable to provide new infra structure which included basic framework, guideline, practical programme so as to enhance environmental education. Thus it would be possible to contribute to activating education for sustainable development.

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A Study on Usefulness of Convergent Education Curriculum for Gifted Children in IT

  • Jun, Woochun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2016
  • In the present knowledge and information society, knowledge and use of information and communication technology(ICT) is very important for every citizen. Also, for national power of a nation, IT-related industries need to be supported since those industries can be reconstructed in a short period of time unlike other industries. In this sense, identification and education of gifted children in IT become a serious national issue. Since 2013, gifted education has been conducted as a form of convergent education by government policy. However, there have been controversies on convergent education for gifted education. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the usefulness of convergent curriculum for gifted education in IT. For this purpose, gifted children in IT in a gifted education center are analyzed. By comparing the entrance ranking and graduation ranking, it is concluded that the current convergent gifted curriculum may not be efficient.

Case Study on Competency-based Maker and Design Education using Marine Robot (해양로봇 활용의 역량중심 메이커 및 설계 교육 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.12-19
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    • 2021
  • Recently, the need of the future education in youth and univesity is rapidly increasing according to 4th industrial revolution. However, the maker and design education as a kind of youth and university future education has the following problems: it is implemented as an interesting convergence education including software education, it is managed by integrating youth and university competencies, it is composed in the form of blended class of consilient subject and nonsubject, it requires considering satisfaction in competency measurement and management, it is connected with entering school and getting job. To solve these problems, a case study on competency-based maker and design education using marine robot, which is based on the process-based learing method, integrated competency of youth and university, blended-type curriculum in terms of online and offline, is executed. To verify the competency-based maker and design education, the satisfaction survey in subject and nonsubject is performed. Study results show the example of the marine robot-based maker and design education and the need for additional study.

Analysis of Undergraduates' Creative Problem Solving with or without IT Convergence Education (IT 융합 교육 유무에 따른 대학생의 창의적 문제 해결 역량 분석)

  • Kim, Sungae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.372-374
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    • 2019
  • Recent college education in the face of the Fourth Industrial Revolution highlights problem-solving skills or creativity over the passing of professional knowledge. In addition, the need for convergence education is growing further as high-tech information and communication technologies are converging to create innovative changes. In this study, after IT convergence education was conducted and after general convergence education was conducted, the difference in creative problem solving capabilities was compared and analyzed. The study found that students who received IT convergence education had higher creative problem solving capabilities than general convergence education, and showed a statistically significant difference. In order to foster creative problem-solving skills, universities will need to promote IT convergence education in various courses.

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Revitalization Plan for IT Education according to Analysis of Demand by Students and Parents (학생 및 학부모 수요 분석에 따른 정보교육 활성화 방안)

  • Ahn, Seong-Hun
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.505-514
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a revitalization plan for IT education was studied. Currently, IT industry is the most important field of the export industry in korea. But IT education in korea has been neglected. To grasp the demand of students and parents for IT education, a survey was conducted. A majority of students and parents agree with opinion that should be strengthened IT education at school. Also, a majority of students and parents agree with a plan to set up special purpose high school for IT education. In this paper, a revitalization plan for IT education is proposed according to result of survey. It is expected to help the breeding gifted young man for IT.

IT Fusion Global Education Methods for Fostering Global Teachers (글로벌 교원 양성을 위한 IT 융합 글로벌 교육 방법)

  • Kang, Ju-Young;Kim, Seong-Baeg;Kwon, Sang-Chul
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.341-349
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    • 2016
  • To meet the requirements in the global age, the necessity and importance of global education in the field of education is rapidly increasing. However, according to the viewpoint on global education, a general consensus of its definition and model is not clear yet and the substantial outcome falls short of our expectation due to high cost, low effectiveness, and lack of persistency in the process of global education. Furthermore, there has been little research on global education for fostering global capabilities of pre-teachers. In this research, we compared and analyzed the ongoing global education programs for training global teachers in domestic universities. Also, through a study on IT fusion education system for tackling the difficulties in global education, we examined appropriate IT fusion education methods. In particular, beased on big data analysis techniques, we presented a recommendation system to complete a global curriculum, which can help a dual-degree or exchange student program.

Necessity and Way to Legislate an Information Technology Education Promotion law for Improvement of National Competitiveness (국가경쟁력 향상을 위한 정보교육진흥법 제정의 필요성과 입법 방향)

  • Ahn, Seong-Hun
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2011
  • Korea is a powerful nation in field of IT that has a 30 percent of world market. However Because of the IT education have been treated unimportant, korea has a shortage problem of manpower that develop core technology and software. Therefore, in this paper we propose a direction of the enactment of Information Technology Education Promotion Law to improve an education system and to promote education for IT. Also, we propose detailed contents to include in this law - the duty of country for a comprehensive planning of Information Technology Education, the organization of committee to promote Information Technology Education, a method to promote Information Technology Education in school and society, certification system of Information Technology using ability. Therefore, we expect that the result of this paper will contribute to enact an Information Technology Education Promotion Law that can improve an education system for IT.

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The Effects of Reemployment Trainees' IT Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Willingness (재취업 교육생의 IT창업교육이 창업의지에 미치는 영향)

  • Han, Seong-Soo;Kim, Jung-Joong
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2018
  • This research analyzed the effects of IT entrepreneurship education on the will to start a new business by reemployment trainees. A survey was carried out on 187 reemployment trainees from May 15, 2017 until July 15, 2017. The SPSS 22.0 Program was utilized as the analysis method, and a reliability analysis, frequency analysis, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis was carried out. Research showed that statistics for IT entrepreneurship education on the will to start a new business by reemployment trainees was higher than the overall average, and there was a positive correlation between IT entrepreneurship education and Willingness. Reemployment trainees' IT entrepreneurship education had a significant effect on the sub factor Entrepreneurship Willingness, but did not have a significant effect on sub factors such as education content, lecturer, and education facilities. This research is considered to be essential baseline data for managing entrepreneurship education programs that increases reemployment trainees' Entrepreneurship Willingness through IT entrepreneurship education.

The Content Analysis of Informatics Education as a General Education Course in Universities in terms of Information Technology (IT) Fluency (IT 유창성의 관점에서 대학 교양과정의 정보교육 내용 분석)

  • Noh, Hyun-A;Kim, Ja-Mee;Lee, Won-Gyu
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2012
  • It is required that university students acquire information technology in order to adapt to the information society. Therefore, it is inevitable for universities to provide students with an effective curriculum to improve IT fluency. The purpose of this study is to analyze the content of the informatics learning programs in universities in Korea in terms of IT fluency which is defined by National Academy of Science NRC99. Based on the information that the Academy Information Center announced, the content analysis was carried out from September 2010 to June 2011. According to the result of the analysis, 84 of 201 universities provide the informatics education as a mandatory course. 29 of them mainly provide the programs about word processors, spreadsheet, and presentation that are regarded as contemporary skills. These programs cover the fundamental concept, but the contents which require intellectual capabilities are rarely addressed. Moreover, the informatics education has mainly focused on elementary and secondary education. In this sense, it is valid to analyze the contents and current states of the informatics learning programs required in higher education.

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A Study on the Diagnosis and Improvement of Present Superintendent Election and Education Standing Committee System (현행 교육감 선거 및 교육상임위원회제도 진단 및 개선연구)

  • Joo, Chul-An
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.22-33
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    • 2014
  • This study is to diagnose the present superintendent election and education standing committee system for improvement based upon Constitutional values of local education system. The findings are the followings. To improve the election system of superintendent it is recommended to maintain present election system rather than change it drastically since the present system ensure relatively more autonomy, expertise, and political neutrality of local education system. However, the qualification such as years of educational experiences of superintendent candidates need to be restored. Regarding education standing committee it suggest that all or at least 2/3 members need to be educational representatives rather than general representatives. For superintendent as well as education standing committee election, it needs to elaborate the vote ballet such as change of candidates name order by voting place to reduce its effects to election results. It also needs to strengthen public management of election such as expenses and TV forums among candidates.