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Directions towards sustainable agricultural systems in Korea

  • Kim, Chang-Gil
    • 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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    • pp.3-3
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    • 2017
  • The question of how to establish sustainable agricultural systems has become as prominent as questions related to water, energy and climate change. High input/high output agriculture has brought with it many adverse effects; the massive deterioration of soil and water in both quantity and quality, increased greenhouse gas emissions and an increased prevalence of unsafe foods. Additionally, urbanization and climate change has worsened the shortage of farmland and reduced the supply of agricultural water. Given these challenges, maintaining, conserving and efficiently using agri-environmental resources, through fostering of sustainable agriculture, have emerged as key tasks in solving these problems. What is needed therefore is research, based on systematic and comprehensive empirical analyses, that can propose plans and methods for establishing an appropriate sustainable agricultural system. The empirical analysis of sustainable agricultural system is approached separately from economic, environmental and social aspects. An analysis of environment effect reveals that the available phosphate level is 1.3~2.1 times greater than the optimal amount in rice paddies, upland fields and orchards. Further examination has revealed that the excess nutrient is polluting both ground water and surface water. Analytical results for economic feasibility show that factors of production have been invested heavily in the rice crop. Under these conditions, sustainable agriculture, including low-input agriculture, appears to be a possible alternative that will facilitate simultaneous improvements in both economic feasibility and environment effects. Analysis results for sociality reveal that social factors include the value of producer, association and interior networks. Social conditions are comprised of leadership, consumers' awareness, education and conflict solutions. In addition, analysis as to the degree investments contribute to improving agricultural value added has revealed that the direct payment program is the most effective instrument. Experts confirm that economic feasibility can be improved by scientific and well-reasoned nutrient management on the basis of soil testing. Farmers pointed to 'economic factors' as being the largest obstacle to switching to the practice of sustainable agriculture. They also indicate 'uncertainty with regards to sustainable agriculture technology' as an impediment to practicing sustainable agriculture. Even so, farmers who believe environmental and regional issues to be the most pressing problems have expanded their practice of sustainable agriculture. The keys to establishing sustainable agriculture system are classified into the following four aspects. Firstly, from an economic aspect, the research indicates that agricultural policy needs to be integrated with environmental policy and that the function of market making based on the value chain needs to be revitalized. Secondly, from an environmental aspect, there is a need for an optimal resource management system to be established in the agricultural sector. In addition, sustainable agriculture practice will need to be extended with attendant environmentally-friendly and sustainable intensive technology also requiring further development. Thirdly, from a social aspect, green agriculture management needs to be fostered, technology and education extended, and social conflict mediated. Lastly, from a governance aspect, it will be necessary to strengthen good governance, assign and share suitable roles and responsibilities, build a cooperation system and utilize community supported agriculture.

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대통령 국정수행 지지도 조사의 개선에 대한 연구 (A Study on Development of Presidential Preference in the Poll Survey)

  • 배종찬
    • 한국조사연구학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국조사연구학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 발표논문집
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    • pp.63-81
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구의 목적은 대통령의 국정 수행 지지도를 측정하는 문항의 구성과 조사 결과의 활용에 있어 현행 방식의 문제점을 지적하고 새로운 개선방안을 제시하기 위함이다. 대통령 지지도는 대통령 자신에 대한 정치적인 성취뿐만 아니라 국민과 관련된 정책 결정 및 추진에 있어 중요한 기준이 된다는 측면에서 매우 중요하다. 그럼에도 불구하고 기존의 대통령 지지도 측정 방식은 현실적인 체감 만족과는 상당한 격차를 느끼게 할 정도로 많은 문제점을 보여 주었다. 이 연구를 통해 첫째로 설문기획 측면에서 '대통령 국정 수행'을 평가하는 성격의 설문 구성은 부적절하다는 것을 도출할 수 있었다. '대통령으로서의 일'을 모르는 응답자들이 '잘하는지와 못하는지'를 알지 못하기 때문이다. 그리고 보기 척도에서도 응답자의 응답가능성을 기초할 때 4점척도 보기 구성보다 5점척도 보기 구성이 타당함을 밝힐 수 있었다. 둘째로 통계분석 측면에서 대통령 국정수행 평가 문항(잘하는 지와 못하는 지를 응답하는 문항)과 정책관련 문항, 직접적으로 대통령에 대한 지지도를 물어보는 문항과의 상관분석을 시도하였다. 이를 통해 결국 대통령 국정 수행 평가는 적절하지 않으며 대통령에 대해 직접적인 지지 여부를 물어보는 것이 가장 설명력이 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 결과활용 측면에서 대통령의 지지도가 '높고 낮음'은 언론 매체의 주관적인 판단에 의존할 것이 아니라 조사 자체의 응답자들을 대상으로 상대적으로 도출하여 대통령 지지도의 결과값과 비교하는 것이 더 설득력이 있다고 보았다.

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인도네시아 산림 모라토리엄 분석: 산림 거버넌스를 중심으로 (An Analysis of Indonesia Forest Moratorium: With particular reference to Forest Governance)

  • 장상경;배재수
    • 동남아시아연구
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.49-92
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    • 2013
  • In May 2010, Indonesia and Norway signed a Letter of Intent on "Cooperation on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation(REDD)." In the LoI, Norway agreed to offer Indonesia a sum of USD 1 billion with a view to encourage Indonesia to significantly contribute to the successful implementation of REDD+. On 20 May 2011, correspondingly, Indonesia announced the 2011 'Forest Moratorium' (the Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011) which was valid for the following consecutive two years. By means of the 2011 'Forest Moratorium', Indonesia aimed at significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, forest degradation and peatland conversion. In so doing, it also sought to improve forest governance. Meanwhile, concerned stakeholders also raised various questions about the effectiveness of the 'Forest Moratorium'. As an extension of the 2011 'Forest Moratorium', Indonesia announced the 2013 'Forest Moratorium'(the Presidential Instruction No. 6/2013) for another two-year period on 13 May 2013. Indonesia's 'Forest Moratorium' is concerned with stakeholders at various levels, who may play a role of significant 'agent' in the process of implementing the 'Forest Moratorium'. This mechanism of the 'Forest Moratorium' should be understood in the light of forest governance. Employing stakeholder approach, therefore, this article attempts to analyze Indonesia's 'Forest Moratorium' in the light of forest governance. In this regard, it analyzes the detailed contents of the 'Forest Moratorium', the process of making the 'Forest Moratorium', current development of the Indicative Moratorium Map for suspension of new concessions on forest land, and contesting views of various stakeholders. At the same time, it also talks about how 'weak' forest governance had influence upon Indonesia's 'Forest Moratorium'. In so doing, this article consequently attempts to evaluate Indonesia's 'Forest Moratorium' and also put it into perspective in terms of improving forest governance. The 2013 'Forest Moratorium' fundamentally represents a radical policy that is designed to suspend new concessions on forest conversion for another two-year period and its detailed contents attempt to reflect on various stakeholders from related industries and environmental NGOs. However, there are challenging factors in the process of implementing the 'Forest Moratorium', that is, 'weak' forest governance and also a discrepancy between forest planning maps designated by central and regional governments. The announcement of the 2013 'Forest Moratorium', as an extension of the 2011 'Forest Moratorium', may functionally strengthen and improve Indonesia's forest governance. However, at the same time, there is a practical limit due to the fact that it is merely a Presidential Instruction that lacks legal binding.

소규모 기업에 있어서 지식소싱 전략이 기업성과에 미치는 영향 고찰 (An Examination of Knowledge Sourcing Strategies Effects on Corporate Performance in Small Enterprises)

  • 최병구
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.57-81
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    • 2008
  • Knowledge is an essential strategic weapon for sustaining competitive advantage and is the key determinant for organizational growth. When knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout the organization, it increases an organization's value by providing the ability to respond to new and unusual situations. The growing importance of knowledge as a critical resource has forced executives to pay attention to their organizational knowledge. Organizations are increasingly undertaking knowledge management initiatives and making significant investments. Knowledge sourcing is considered as the first important step in effective knowledge management. Most firms continue to make an effort to realize the benefits of knowledge management by using various knowledge sources effectively. Appropriate knowledge sourcing strategies enable organizations to create, acquire, and access knowledge in a timely manner by reducing search and transfer costs, which result in better firm performance. In response, the knowledge management literature has devoted substantial attention to the analysis of knowledge sourcing strategies. Many studies have categorized knowledge sourcing strategies into intemal- and external-oriented. Internal-oriented sourcing strategy attempts to increase firm performance by integrating knowledge within the boundary of the firm. On the contrary, external-oriented strategy attempts to bring knowledge in from outside sources via either acquisition or imitation, and then to transfer that knowledge across to the organization. However, the extant literature on knowledge sourcing strategies focuses primarily on large organizations. Although many studies have clearly highlighted major differences between large and small firms and the need to adopt different strategies for different firm sizes, scant attention has been given to analyzing how knowledge sourcing strategies affect firm performance in small firms and what are the differences between small and large firms in the patterns of knowledge sourcing strategies adoption. This study attempts to advance the current literature by examining the impact of knowledge sourcing strategies on small firm performance from a holistic perspective. By drawing on knowledge based theory from organization science and complementarity theory from the economics literature, this paper is motivated by the following questions: (1) what are the adoption patterns of different knowledge sourcing strategies in small firms (i,e., what sourcing strategies should be adopted and which sourcing strategies work well together in small firms)?; and (2) what are the performance implications of these adoption patterns? In order to answer the questions, this study developed three hypotheses. First hypothesis based on knowledge based theory is that internal-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. Second hypothesis developed on the basis of knowledge based theory is that external-oriented knowledge sourcing is positively associated with small firm performance. The third one based on complementarity theory is that pursuing both internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing simultaneously is negatively or less positively associated with small firm performance. As a sampling frame, 700 firms were identified from the Annual Corporation Report in Korea. Survey questionnaires were mailed to owners or executives who were most erudite about the firm s knowledge sourcing strategies and performance. A total of 188 companies replied, yielding a response rate of 26.8%. Due to incomplete data, 12 responses were eliminated, leaving 176 responses for the final analysis. Since all independent variables were measured using continuous variables, supermodularity function was used to test the hypotheses based on the cross partial derivative of payoff function. The results indicated no significant impact of internal-oriented sourcing strategies while positive impact of external-oriented sourcing strategy on small firm performance. This intriguing result could be explained on the basis of various resource and capital constraints of small firms. Small firms typically have restricted financial and human resources. They do not have enough assets to always develop knowledge internally. Another possible explanation is competency traps or core rigidities. Building up a knowledge base based on internal knowledge creates core competences, but at the same time, excessive internal focused knowledge exploration leads to behaviors blind to other knowledge. Interestingly, this study found that Internal- and external-oriented knowledge sourcing strategies had a substitutive relationship, which was inconsistent with previous studies that suggested complementary relationship between them. This result might be explained using organizational identification theory. Internal organizational members may perceive external knowledge as a threat, and tend to ignore knowledge from external sources because they prefer to maintain their own knowledge, legitimacy, and homogeneous attitudes. Therefore, integrating knowledge from internal and external sources might not be effective, resulting in failure of improvements of firm performance. Another possible explanation is small firms resource and capital constraints and lack of management expertise and absorptive capacity. Although the integration of different knowledge sources is critical, high levels of knowledge sourcing in many areas are quite expensive and so are often unrealistic for small enterprises. This study provides several implications for research as well as practice. First this study extends the existing knowledge by examining the substitutability (and complementarity) of knowledge sourcing strategies. Most prior studies have tended to investigate the independent effects of these strategies on performance without considering their combined impacts. Furthermore, this study tests complementarity based on the productivity approach that has been considered as a definitive test method for complementarity. Second, this study sheds new light on knowledge management research by identifying the relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies and small firm performance. Most current literature has insisted complementary relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies on the basis of data from large firms. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this study identifies substitutive relationship between knowledge sourcing strategies using data from small firms. Third, implications for practice highlight that managers of small firms should focus on knowledge sourcing from external-oriented strategies. Moreover, adoption of both sourcing strategies simultaneousiy impedes small firm performance.

ICC 중재에서 중재법원의 역할이 KCA 국제중재규칙에 주는 시사점(사무국, 중재판정부, 국제중재위원회의 업무분장을 중심으로) (Implications of the Role of the Court Under ICC Arbitration for the KCAB International Arbitration Rules(An Analysis focusing on the division of duties among the Secretariat, Arbitral Tribunal and International Arbitration Committee))

  • 안건형
    • 무역상무연구
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    • 제39권
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    • pp.179-220
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    • 2008
  • The notion of the 'court' is most unique to ICC arbitration. This paper focuses on what the court is and how it works and what the role and the duties of the Court under the ICC arbitration imply for the KCAB International Arbitration Rules. The Court is an administrative body that administers arbitrations taking place under the ICC Rules of Arbitration. The Court consists of 126 members from 88 countries around the world. Court members participate in decision-making process by way of attending the committee sessions and plenary sessions. At the Court's committee sessions, the Court fixes advance on costs; reviews the prima facie existence of arbitration agreements; fixes the place and language of arbitration, and the number of arbitrator(s); confirms and approves arbitrators; scrutinizes draft awards, determines the costs of arbitration; decides on extensions related to Terms of Reference, draft awards and correction and interpretation of the awards. At the Court's plenary sessions, the Court performs only two responsibilities: the challenge or replacement of arbitrators or the scrutiny of draft awards. The Court is required to scrutinize draft awards involving states or state entities, drafts with huge amounts in dispute or complex technical or legal questions, and as well as draft awards to which a dissenting opinion has been attached. Turning to the KCAB International Arbitration Rules, Article 1(3) provides that the KCAB shall establish an International Arbitration Committee. Further, it is provided that the KCAB shall consult with the said Committee with respect to challenge and replacement/removal of arbitrators pursuant to Article 1(3). The notion and role of the International Arbitration Committee was originally adapted from the Court to ICC arbitration, but its role was quite reduced in the process of enactment of its Rules. Accordingly, I examined the detailed roles of the Court to ICC arbitration in this paper and hereby suggest that the KCAB International Arbitration Rules shall be amended in the following ways: The Secretariat of the KCAB shall: fix advance on costs at the first stage and the costs of arbitration at the final stage of the proceedings; determine the number of arbitrators; review the prima facie of existence of arbitration agreement; confirm arbitrators; decide extensions related to time table, draft awards and correction and interpretation of the awards. I, also, suggest that the arbitral tribunals shall fix the place of arbitration and the language of arbitration and make a final decision on the validity of arbitration agreement. With regard to the International Arbitration Committee, it is desirable for its Rules to empower the Committee to recommend any prospective arbitrator and to review and decide challenge and replacement/removal of arbitrators.

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남성리더십과 여성리더십 스타일과 리더십 효율성에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Leadership Styles of Women and Men in Leadership Effectiveness)

  • 홍용기
    • 경영과정보연구
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    • 제29권4호
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    • pp.187-205
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    • 2010
  • 최근 여성리더십 연구의 필요성이 증대되고 있는 시점에서 부하들이 상사인 남녀리더에 대하여 어떻게 지각하고 있는 지 파악함으로써, 남녀 리더의 평가를 알아본다. 한편 평가하는 부하가 인식하는 리더십 스타일에 리더에 대한 평가가 어떻게 달라지는 지 규명해볼 것이다. 그러므로 본 연구는 남성리더와 여성리더의 리더십 스타일에 차이가 있는지, 남녀 리더십 행동 및 효율성에 차이가 있는 지를 비교한 연구라 할 수 있다. 분석결과를 보면 리더십 스타일에서 변혁적 리더십은 남성리더보다 여성리더가 더 높다고 평가되었다. 과제지향적 리더십과 거래적 리더십은 남성리더가 여성리더 보다 높게 평가되었다. 관계지향적 리더십의 남녀가 차이는 유의미하지 못했다. 남성리더와 여성리더에 대한 평가가 조사대상자의 성별에 따라 달라지는지를 알아보기 위한 분석에서 남성리더에 대한 남녀부하의 평가를 비교한 결과, 남성부하나 여성부하 모두 과제지향적, 거래적 리더십을 여성리더보다 남성리더 쪽에 높게 평가한 반면, 여성 부하들의 경우 여성리더가 남성리더에 비해 관계지향적 리더십과 변혁적 리더십을 더 높게 평가하였다. 리더십 효율성에 있어서는 남성리더와 여성리더 간의 경우 의사결정업무, 대인관계업무, 관계조정업무, 부하상담업무에서 남녀 간 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 남녀부하의 남녀리더십에 대한 리더십 스타일과 리더십 효율성에는 부분적인 차이가 존재하는 것으로 결론내릴 수 있다.

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'문제 만들기' 활동을 통한 발명 교수·학습자료 개발 방향 탐색 (Exploring How to Develop Teaching & Learning Materials to Create New Problems for Invention)

  • 강경균;이건환;박성원
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제18권9호
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    • pp.290-301
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구의 목적은 문제 발견 능력 향상을 위한 발명 교수 학습자료 활동지를 개발하고, 발명 영재를 대상으로 '문제만들기' 수업의 효과를 분석하며, 질문 수준 향상을 위한 정책적인 제안을 하는 것이다. 이러한 연구 목적을 달성하기 위해 질문 만들기 활동지를 개발하고 만족도를 분석하였으며, 전문가를 통해 질문 수준 향상을 위한 전략을 분석하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. '질문 만들기'의 수업은 문제상황과 문제해결조건을 학생들에게 제시하고, 문제확인 단계, 아이디어 창출 단계, 아이디어 수렴 단계, 실행하기, 평가하기로 구성하였다. 이러한 창의적 문제 발견을 위한 교수 학습자료를 발명 영재 학생들에게 적용한 결과, 학생들의 만족도는 초등학생(M=4.56), 중학생(M=4.30), 그리고 전체 학생(M=4.33)의 만족도 평균이 4.30 이상으로 매우 높았다. 또한 발명 문제 발견을 활성화하기 위한 전략을 개발하기 위하여 '문제의 다양한 형태 찾기', '문제수준 향상을 위한 교수 학습방법 필요함', '문제 수준 향상을 위한 전문가의 도움이 요구됨', '참신한 문제에 대한 다양한 평가와 보상', '기관의 협력을 통한 질문시스템 구축 방안을 마련함', '아이디어를 대우하는 문화가 필요함' 등이 요구되며, '교육부, 미래부, 특허청, 중소기업, 지역사회 등의 협업과 지원'을 통해 교육적 여건이 마련되어야 한다.

웹 이용행태에 따른 사용자분류 가능성에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Possibility of User Classification by Web-Using Types)

  • 신목영;김병욱
    • 디자인학연구
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.317-328
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    • 2006
  • 지금까지 사용성과 관련된 웹 이용행위에 대한 예측이나 분석은 사용자의 인구통계학적 특성이나 사용정황의 특성만으로 주로 설명되어 왔다. 그러나 그러한 특성만이 행위를 유발하늑 요인으로 볼 수 있는지, 그렇지 않다면 어떠한 요인이 있으며 또한 그러한 요인들은 행위에 어떠한 특성을 유발할 것인지에 대한 의문으로 본 연구를 진행하였다. 이는 사용자 중심의 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인에서 사용자 특성을 정의하는데 중요한 요소로 활용되었던 사용자정보(User Profile)를 사용에 있어서의 특정유형과의 상관관계를 포함하는 사용자정보(User Profile)로 확장시킴으로써 구체적인 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인에 적용될 수 있도록 하기 위함이다. 연구내용은 첫째, 다양한 미디어에 따른 사용자를 이해하고 기존의 사용자 분류 방법을 고찰한다. 둘째, 웹 이용행태에 따른 사용자 분류를 위한 사용자 분류변수 및 변수 측정 척도를 마련하고 사례 연구를 통해 사용자 행위 특성을 추출하여 특성에 따른 사용자를 분류한다. 셋째, 실험을 통해 수집된 데이터를 바탕으로 분류된 사용자 집단의 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성을 밝혀 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성이 유발하는 행위의 요인을 규명하기 위해 행위 특성과 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성을 맵핑시켰다. 이를 통해 사용자의 이용행태에 따른 특성이 사용자정보(User Profile)특성 중 사용자의 일반 정보와 사용정황 뿐 아니라 개인성향이나 매체 사용태도와 성격유형 등도 영향을 끼칠 수 있다는 가능성을 발견할 수 있었다. 실험 설계상의 몇 가지의 문제점들이 발견되었으나 이를 개선하고 보완한다면 좀 더 명확한 사용행위에 따른 사용자정보(User Profile)특성을 추출할 수 있을 것이다. 따라서 사용자정보(User Profile) 특성으로도 사용자의 행위 유형을 예측할 수 있어 사용자 분류를 활용한 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인의 가능성을 확대시킬 수 있을 것이다.

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과제대화록 작성하기를 통한 중등수학 예비교사의 예상하기 특징 분석 (Characteristics of Pre-Service Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Anticipating Through the Task Dialogue Activity)

  • 김지수;이수진
    • 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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    • 제27권3호
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    • pp.511-536
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    • 2017
  • 수학교실에서 효과적인 논의기반 수업을 구현하기 위하여 교사는 여러 가지 교수학적 행동을 취할 수 있지만, 그 기반은 학생들의 수학 학습에 대한 이해이다. 교사는 수업 중 유발될 수 있는 학생들의 다양한 문제 해결 접근 방법에 대비하여 수학 과제에 대한 학생들의 반응 및 교수학적 대처를 사전에 예상해보는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 교사들의 수학적 담화 조정 능력 신장의 일환으로 Spangler & Hallman(2014)의 과제 대화록 작성하기 활동을 보완하여 중등수학 예비교사들의 교과교육 수업에 적용하였고, 이 과정에서 관찰할 수 있는 예비교사들의 예상하기 특징을 학생 반응과 교수학적 대처 두 가지 측면에서 조사하였다. 그 결과, 첫째, 예비교사들은 수학 과제에 대한 학생들의 반응과 그에 대한 교수학적 대처를 예상할 때에, 그 과제와 유사한 혹은 동일한 수학과제를 가르쳐 본 과거 경험에 의존하는 경향을 보였다. 둘째, 연구에 참여한 대부분의 예비교사들은 한 가지 이상의 옳은 문제해결 방법을 예상하는 것에 어려움을 느꼈고, 문제를 옳게 해결한 학생들에 대하여 그들의 문제해결법을 묻는 것 외의 수학적 사고를 탐색하거나 확산할 수 있는 발문을 하는 것에 어려워했다. 셋째, 예비교사들은 학습자의 이해 수준에 맞추어 수업을 이끌어 나가는 것의 중요성을 인식하고 있으면서도, 학생들의 다양한 반응에 대한 교수학적 대처를 예상할 때 문제해결의 결정적 힌트를 제공하거나 절차적 지식에 치중한 발문을 하여 결과적으로 처음에 제시한 수학 과제의 인지적 노력 수준을 저하시켰다. 결론에서는 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로, 과제대화록 활동이 중등수학 예비교사들의 예상하기 능력 신장에 미칠 수 있는 긍정적인 영향과 예비교사 교육에 주는 시사점에 대하여 논의하였다.

음란매체가 초등학생의 성의식에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Obscene Media on Elementary School Student's Sex Consciousness)

  • 이기수;박영수
    • 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.119-130
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study was to serve as a basis for more effective sex education, by examining the influence of obscene media on elementary school student's sex consciousness. For attaining the purpose, the research questions were posed as follows: 1) What's general characteristics of elementary school students? 2) How much are elementary school students exposed to obscene media? 3) Is their sex consciousness different according to the degree of being exposed to obscene media and the appearance of secondary sex characteristic? The subject of study were the 400 male and female students who were in the sixth grade at elementary school in the city of Paju. The questionnaire survey was conducted to find out their general characteristics, sex consciousness and degree of being exposed to obscene media. The conclusions were as follows; 1) Basic Information 94% of the students investigated were living with their parents. The greatest number of their parents were in their fourties. Concerning the religion of their families, 47.5% belonged to Christianity or Catholicism. 47.3% got in touch with obscene media, which indicated that the harmful influence of that media was great. Their basic knowledge of pregnancy was very poor, as 27.2% weren't sure whether being pregnant could be caused only by shaking hands, hugging or kissing. 34.7% considered it a natural behavior to contact the other sex. Regarding their practice of sexual behavior, they'd have an experience of hugging or kissing. 2) Group Comparison The female students underwent the appearance of secondary sex characteristic faster than the male students. As a result of examining if their degree of being exposed to obscene media was affected by the presence or absence of secondary sex characteristic, no statistically significant difference existed in all the groups: the entire group, male student group and female student group. There appeared, however, statistically significant differences between male and female students, as the number of male student who hadn't yet been exposed to obscene media was less than that of female student who hadn't. And the number of male student who had been much exposed to obscene media was more than that of female student who had. 3) Sex Knowledge, Sex Attitude and Sex Practice The extent of making contact with obscene media didn't make statistically significant difference to the sex knowledge of all the groups. But more extent of getting in touch with obscene media led to more sex attitude and sex practice in the entire group. However, as a result of analyzing these things by the presence or absence of secondary sex characteristic, it's found in general that the group that had secondary sex characteristic possessed statistically better sex knowledge than the other group that hadn't. For the male students, there appeared little disparities in three subareas of sex knowledge, sex attitude and sex practice. For the female students, however, the group that had secondary sex characteristic owned better sex knowledge than the other group that hadn't, and the former group looked upon sex attitude as more natural.

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