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Perceptions of Korean Science and Social Science Teachers Regarding Teachers/Learning Methods for Environmental Education (환경 교수학습법에 대한 과학과와 사회과 교사들의 인식)

  • 최경희
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.40-50
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    • 2001
  • To meet the objectives of environmental education, teachers especially have to perceive the importance of environmental education, comprehend various characteristics of teaching/learning methods, and be able to conduct classes by choosing proper teaching/leaming methods in accordance with a specific purpose and educational focus about environmental education. Therefore, it Bs necessary to investigate the current status of Korean environmental education and provide teachers with appropriate environmental teaching/leaming methods. To this end this study aims to examine Korean science teachers'perceptions'on environmental education and the kind of teaching/learning methods which can be utilized in environmental education. Teachers who completed the survey were 135 science teachers from middle and high schools in Seoul, and 126 social science teachers from Kyoungki province. The majors of the science teachers were in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and earth science. Also, there was one teacher who majored in special education. For social science teachers two majors were common, geography and general sociology. After analysis of the data from the surveys the results are as follows. First, science and social science teachers in middle and high school recognized the necessity of environmental education in school education. Second, most teachers had applied environment related topics to their subject of study occasionally, but they mostly concurred that environment related contents should be included in their textbooks. Third, science teachers agreed that field trip, discussion, and the STS approach were the most proper methods for environmental education, and social science teachers agreed that field trips, inquiry, and discussion were the most appropriate methods for a teaching environment. They realized that they should decide good teaching-learning methods appropriate to the objectives and content needed for effective environmental education as they selected different teaching-learning methods according to detailed environmental objectives and contents in their textbooks.

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An Analysis on Congruency between Educational Objectives of Curriculum and Learning Objectives of Textbooks using Semantic Network Analysis - Focus on Earth Science I in the 2009 revised Curriculum - (언어네트워크분석을 이용한 교육과정 목표와 교과서 학습 목표와의 일치성 분석 - 2009 개정 교육과정의 지구과학 I을 중심으로 -)

  • Chung, Duk Ho;Lee, Jun-Ki;Kim, Seon Eun;Park, Kyeong Jin
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.34 no.7
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    • pp.711-726
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate how congruently the learning objectives of Earth Science I textbooks match the 2009 revised Earth Science curriculum. For this purpose, we classified the learning objectives of curriculum and textbooks were into three factors including ability, cross-cutting concepts, and behavioral verbs. The text data were analyzed using the semantic network analysis method. The results are as follows. The learning objectives of textbooks with regard to ability factors mainly emphasized the cognitive and affective domain. In addition, the ability of inquiry performance was emphasized in the learning objective of the curriculum. The textbooks used various sub-frame of cross-cutting concepts in comparison with the curriculum. Both textbooks and curriculum used the term 'comprehension' the most as behavioral verbs. However, most behavioral verbs just remained at the level of cognitive system.

Development of a Educational Project-Based WebSite Using Multimedia Materials (멀티미디어 자료를 활용한 교육용 프로젝트기반 웹사이트 개발)

  • Lee, Seung-Soo;Yu, Jeong-Su
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.537-545
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    • 2004
  • In spite of the fact that project-based learning has had positive effects on improvement of creation power and expansion of the spirit of inquiry, the project-based learning lesson was difficult to carry out in the classroom. The web overcomes time and space limitations in traditional schools. This study has developed and implemented an online project-based website of children's education, based upon the extensive classroom use of multimedia materials to further students participation and interest in projects of discovery. The developed website shows the entire process used through out the project. This paper presents the project's activities and students' learning, using multimedia and web. This study was conducted in fourth grade of an elementary school for a month. The results of this study suggest that the effects of using the project-based website were improved self-directed learning and generation of new ideas.

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Software Teaching.Learning Strategy for Improvement of Software Adaptability (SW 적응력 향상을 위한 SW 교수.학습 전략)

  • Yoo, In-Hwan;Koo, Duk-Hoi
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.501-510
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    • 2004
  • The activation of the latest ICT(Information and Communication Technology)education has been putting more importance on the education of the application SW(software). By the way, the geometric progression of knowledge and the fast development of computer technology have continuously created new SW. Accordingly, the previous traditional SW learning paradigm runs into various problems. This study starts from the recognition of such problems. In this study, the SW adaptability is defined as the ability that learners can efficiently find and apply the suitable functions of SW to those problems in the problematic circumstances as well as promote retention and metastasis. With these premises, this paper makes an inquiry into the teaching-learning method. Besides, This paper explores the SW usability and the principles of UI(User Interface) design and deduces the SW learning strategy. Furthermore, it probes problems of the SW teaching-learning of the demonstration practice method and proposes the inquiring master for SW adaptability teaching-learning model.

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The Effect of Problem-Based Learning on Student's Creativity in Middle School Science Class (중학교 과학수업에서 문제중심학습이 창의력에 미치는 효과)

  • Oh, Hee-Jin;Kim, Sang-Dal;Lee, Yong-Seob
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of Problem-Based Learning on Student's Creativity Ability in Middle School Science Class. The experimental group had Problem-Based Learning classes for six weeks and control group had traditional inquiry instruction for the same period. The results of this study presents that Problem-Based Learning is significantly effective for the improvement of creative skills test and creative tendencies. And PBL group student's had positive thinking for PBL. It's not easy to generalize these results because of many different variables. but the results suggests that teachers should make an effort to improve student's creativity applying Problem-Based Learning. And it's necessary to develop many kinds of problems and teacher's instruction method to enrich creativity in the process of Problem-Based Learning.

The Effect of Teaching Experience in After-School Learning Programs: Implication for the Development of Mathematics Teacher Education Program (대학생 교사제의 효과 분석: 사범대학 수학교사교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 제언)

  • Ju Mi-Kyung
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.45 no.3 s.114
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    • pp.295-313
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    • 2006
  • University teacher education programs have sought for ways of how to improve student teaching in order to supply mathematics teachers with practical theory to achieve the goals of the current educational reform in school mathematics. In this context, the purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of student teachers' teaching experience in the after-school mathematics programs and the ways of how to develop the after-school learning programs as an effective site for learning to teach based on the inquiry into student teachers' own teaching experience. For the purpose, data were collected through the interviews with the student teachers who had taught after-school mathematics class. In addition, data were collected through survey, class observation, and seminal meetings with the student teachers in order to supplement the findings from the interview analysis. Data analysis focused on the student teachers' experience with teaching in after-school mathematics classes, that is, what and how they had learned as teachers, what kinds of difficulties they encountered in their teaching and supports that they expect to improve their learning through teaching. The analysis shows that the teaching experience in the after-school programs had positively contributed to their development as future mathematics teachers. Specifically, the after-school programs provide the site for learning through teaching at the early stage of teacher education program. The after-school programs provided the students teachers for the opportunity to participate peripherally in educational practice of school. Through the participation, the student teachers developed positive attitudes toward teaching career and became to have more solid ideas about how to teach mathematics. Based on the analysis, this research provides following suggestions concerning how to improve student teaching. First, it is necessary to provide student teachers to participate into the practice of teaching at the early stage of teacher education programs. Second, it is important to give students teacher opportunity to participate in teaching at peripheral and legitimate positions. Finally, it is necessary to construct mentoring networks to support student teachers to move from a peripheral position toward a center of teaching practice.

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Exploring Science Teachers' Epistemological Understanding of Science and Science Teaching and Learning (과학 및 과학 교수학습에 대한 과학교사의 인식론적 이해의 탐색)

  • Lee, Sun-Kyung;Yu, Eun-Jeong;Choi, Jong-Rim;Kim, Chan-Jong;Han, Hye-Jin;Shin, Myeong-Kyeong
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.218-233
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study was to explore science teacher's epistemological understanding of science and science teaching and learning, from the perspective of inquiry as the process of scientific knowledge building. Three science teachers participated in this study. The data were collected from individual in-depth interviews and classroom videotaping. The results show a case involving coherent and consistent data. It showed that the teacher's epistemological understanding of science and science teaching and learning consisted of five categories: scientists doing science with scientific thinking; scientific thinking as the process of knowing; science learner in the learning process of scientific thinking; science teacher as a man/woman with good understandings of science; and teaching and learning as the process of knowing science. Based on the results, discussions and implications about science education and science teacher education were presented.

Relationships among Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Learning Organization Culture in One Korean Private Organization

  • LIM, Taejo
    • Educational Technology International
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.17-39
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and learning organization culture. This study was conducted in five sub-organizations of one Korean conglomerate company. One thousand employees were randomly and proportionately selected, with 669 useable cases obtained, for a response rate of 67%. The organizational commitment instrument used from the "affective, continuance, and normative commitment" scale (ACNCS) of Allen and Meyer (1990). The "Dimensions of Learning Organization Questionnaire" of Watkins and Marsick (1997) was used to measure learning organization culture. The short form MSQ (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire), developed by Weiss, Dawis, England, and Lofquist (1967), was the third instrument used. Descriptive statistics, correlational statistics, and inferential statistics (ANOVA and t-tests) were used. Organizational commitment (except for continuance) is moderately and positively related to job satisfaction and moderately and positively related to learning organization culture. In addition, learning organization culture is weakly to moderately and positively related to job satisfaction. No differences by age were found. Four-year college graduates are more likely to have higher creating continuous learning opportunities in learning organization culture than graduate school degree holders. Males are likely to have higher affective and continuance organizational commitment than females. Employees working in R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing (REM) are likely to have higher continuance organizational commitment than do other types of jobs. Employees are more likely to have higher learning organization culture and job satisfaction than assistant managers. Assistant managers have higher continuance organizational commitment than managers. Managers generally have higher organizational commitment, learning organization culture, job satisfaction than assistant managers. They also have higher learning organization culture than employees. Employees who had worked for less than four years in their current job and organization have higher promoting inquiry and dialogue in learning organization culture than those who have worked for ten years or more. Employees in the insurance organization have higher affective organizational commitment, learning organization culture, and job satisfaction than those of the other organizations. Finally, employees of the electronic company have higher continuance organizational commitment in learning organization culture than those of other companies. In summary, this research enables CEOs and HRD and HRM practitioners to view organizational commitment, learning organization culture, and job satisfaction as important variables in exploring diverse ranges of topics related to the workplace. And then, they can diversely apply their management, interventions and practices to fit these diverse characteristics.

A Comparative Analysis Study of IFLA School Library Guidelines Using Semantic Network Analysis (언어 네트워크 분석을 통한 IFLA의 학교도서관 가이드라인 비교·분석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Byeong-Kee
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to explore semantic characteristics of IFLA school library guidelines through network analysis. There are two versions, 2002 edition and 2015 revision of the guidelines. This study analyzed the 2002 edition and 2015 revision of the IFLA school library guidelines view point of semantic network, and compared characteristics of two versions. The keywords were to extracted from two texts, semantic network were composed based on co-occurrence relations with keywords. The centrality(degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality) was analyzed from the network. In addition, this study conducted topic modeling analysis using LDA function of NetMiner4.0. The result of this study is following these. First, When comparing the centrality, the 'Program, Teaching, Reading, Inquiry, Literacy, Media' keyword was higher in the 2015 revision than in the 2002 edition. Second, 'Inquiry' in degree centrality and 'Achievement' in closeness centrality which were not included in the 2002 edition top-ranked keyword list, have new appeared in 2015 revision. third, As a result of the analysis of topic modeling, compared to the 2002 version, the importance of topics on programs and services, teaching and learning activities of librarian teacher, and media and information literacy is increasing in the 2015 revision.

Comparative Analysis Study of Introduction to Industry textbook for Technical High School (전문계 고등학교의 현행 공업입문 교과서 비교연구)

  • Ahn, Seong-Ho;Choi, Won-Sik
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.44-86
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    • 2009
  • The major purposes of this study were 1) to present a desirable guideline for writers who would develop the new Introduction-to-Industry textbook through the comparative analysis of 4 different kinds of current Introduction-to-Industry textbooks, 2) to help educators, who make national college entrance exam in the vocational inquiry area, make good exam items with the results of the study, and 3) to offer effective methods of teaching and learning in the field of industrial education with them. Research method used in this study was mainly literature review with the scrutinization of the literature related to the Introduction-to-Industry textbooks. Results of this study showed that all textbooks compared do mostly comply with the national writer's specific guidelines for the Introduction-to-Industry textbooks. However there were varieties for the all textbooks in a sense of deployment balance for the contents of the textbook chapters. There were also considerable differences for the deployment of supplementary materials, evaluative materials, visual materials and etc. according to the characteristics of each textbook. The degree of the connectivity between the textbooks and the national college entrance exam in the area of the vocational inquiry was similar for the each textbook. However, it was not good enough for the students to study one textbook for the preparation of the exam in the vocational inquiry area because the problems in the exam were set in the range of covering the all different kinds of textbooks by the examiners.