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The Development and Use of Science Modules for Facilitating Students' Understanding of Science-Technology-Society: Students' Perception and Interest of News Article-Based Lessons (과학-기술-사회 관련성에 대한 이해 촉진을 위한 초등 과학 모듈의 개발 및 적용: 신문기사 활용수업에 대한 학생들의 인식과 흥미 조사)

  • Seo, Ji-Hye;Lee, Yong-Bok;Jang, Shin-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.83-92
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    • 2008
  • In this study, we developed elementary science education modules for facilitating students' understanding of the connected nature of Science-Technology-Society. For these modules, we particularly used news articles to make connections among science, technology, and society. We set up the development criteria as followings: connecting science-technology-society, aligning with national science curriculum, respecting students' interest, and appropriating the difficulty levels in terms and concepts. We also studied 4th grade students' perception of using these modules in science lessons. Most students perceived that using the modules in their science classes helped them link science-technology-society intimately and enhance their interest and motivation, as well as their self-esteem for studying science.

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The Attempt to Introduce Science-Technology-Society(S-T-S) Education to Korean Science Education (과학-기술-사회(S-T-S)교육 도입을 위한 시도)

  • Ha, Mi-Kyung
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.79-85
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    • 1991
  • According to the rapid change of the modern society, science & technology influences the society significantly. Thus, Korean education, especially the science education must be reviewed in the terms of that, the purpose of this article is to introduce social, environmental context's science education-STS education. STS education is to arise the ability of the democratic decision-making & participating in a discussion. The areas of this are knowledge, process, creativity, attitude, application. Also there are social issues approach & the social studies of science approach in the STS education. The social issues approach is the predominant approach to STS education; the social studies of science approach is often found in the form of goals & objectives for STS education. In order to introduce STS education to Korean science education,this author suggests the following; 1. The relation between science & society in science education must be emphasized more. 2. The study and development of STS education appropriate for Korean society must be preceded. 3. The new course about STS and technical education in the level of college must be developed.

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Perceptions of High-School Students and Science Teachers about Science-Technology-Society(STS) (고등학생들과 과학교사들의 과학-기술-사회(STS)에 대한 인식 조사)

  • Kang, Soon-Ja;Cho, Sun-Hyang;Yeau, Sung-Hee
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.451-460
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    • 1997
  • Various modern social problems are also related with science and technology. Thorough understanding about Technology-Society(STS) interactions is required to take informed action about how to deal effectively with these problems. In this case, there is a need for STS education. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of high -school students and science teachers about Technology-Society interactions and differences of their perceptions. It is my hope that this thesis will contribute to future "General Science" class in Korea. We obtained the data by a survey of 414 high school students who took "General Science" courses in Seoul and 54 of their science teachers. The survey was made using 10 multiple-choice items selected from the VOSTS (Views On Science-Technology-Society) item pool. The results of this study are as follow: 1. More than half of the students and teachers thought that science is exploring the unknown and discovering new things. Their perceptions about the science are somewhat stable, but about the technology various. 2. Most students and teachers thought that science and technology interact and complement each other. They also thought that the improvement in the quality of life needs investments in both science and technology 3. Most students and teachers thought social facts as community, government, and politics influenced scientists and scientific research. They also had a good understanding about the effects of science and technology on society. We can conclude from this that they had a Science-Technology-Society oriented viewpoint. 4. There are significant differences between the perceptions of boys and girls in following categories (p<.05): Influence of Community or Government Agencies on Scientists Influence of Politics on Scientists Role of Scieoce/Technology in Resolving Social Problems 5. There are significant differences between the perceptions of students and teachers in following categories (p<.05): Definition of Science Influence of Politics on Scientists

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Library Science Education and Competitive Intelligence in the United States

  • Fernando Elichirigoi;Yong-Jae Lee
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.183-198
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    • 2002
  • In this paper we discuss what Competitive Intelligence means, why it is growing in importance in the business world and how Library and Information Science Schools in the United States are responding to the opportunities presented by Competitive Intelligence. As a conclusion, we discuss some of the implications of our findings for Library and Information Science education in Korea.

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The Possibility of Science Education Using the History of Korean Science (한국과학사 자료를 이용한 과학교육의 가능성)

  • Lee, Myon-U
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.211-222
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    • 2003
  • Science has developed along with human society and history. In today's society ruled by pluralism, an educational approach using the historical materials which represent their own cultures will make science education more effective. The purpose of this study was to search for the meaning of science education related with a history of science, and to suggest the possibility for science education based on Korean history of science. The conclusions of this study is below: (1) The history of science is useful to teaching science in K-12 setting. That is because it was helpful to make a scientific concept and to invite student's interest about learning science. Moreover, it was most suitable to teach the nature of science as well as the relation between science and society. (2) A model which consists of 15 types of science education materials using Korean history was suggested. This model plays a potential role as a R&D framework of developing teaching & learning materials based on the history of Korean Science.

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A Study of the Analysis about Natural Disaster in Elementary Society and Science Textbooks (초등 사회 및 과학 교과서의 자연재해 내용 분석)

  • Kim, Hai-Gyoung;Moon, Byoung-Chan;Oh, Kang-Ho
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.89-101
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to analysis natural disasters which can be applied environmental education for elementary students. For this study, the elementary society and science textbooks were selected. The results of this study are as follows. the society textbooks contain 2 units of the natural disaster in the 4th and 5th grades. In the science textbooks, 5 units of the natural disaster were showed in 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. The learning quantities were 4 hours in society textbooks and 7 hours in science textbooks. In society textbooks, the contents relating meteorological disasters were dominance. But the science textbooks were showed both meteorological and geological disasters. In aims of learning, while the society textbooks were focused as damages, prevention, counter-plan and restoring plan of the natural disaster, the science textbooks were emphasized damages. the photos in society textbooks, meteorological disasters were superiority in number; especially the flood and heavy rain were 76%. In science textbooks, the photos about earthquake were prominent as 40%. For activating environmental education in elementary school based on these results, it can be suggested that the effects of natural damage as tsunami and global warming should add to elementary textbooks. And the elementary teachers need to understand contents and photos relating environment problem in the elementary textbooks.

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