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프랑스 평생교육에 대한 소고 - 우리 사회의 시사점을 중심으로 - (The overview of lifelong education in France and implications for Korean society)

  • 이경수
    • 비교문화연구
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    • 제49권
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    • pp.201-228
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    • 2017
  • 우리나라가 산업화와 경제 발전을 가장 우선시 하던 시기에는 그것을 주도할 소수의 엘리트를 양성하는 데에는 대학이 최적의 시스템이었다. 하지만 우리 사회도 언제부터인지 평생학습사회로 변모하였고, 적어도 평생학습사회에 걸맞은 고등교육을 전담하기에 지금의 대학은 더 이상 이상적인 시스템이 아니다. 우리 정부도 그러한 변화의 필요성을 인지하고 관련 정책들을 추진하는 과정에서 발생한 사건이 지난 해 이화여대 사태였다. 본고는 이화여대 사태의 원인을 대학 및 대학 구성원들이 평생학습사회에 대한 이해와 공감대가 충분히 형성되지 못한 상태에서 평생교육이라는 주제를 대학에 성급하게 도입시키려 했던 것에서 기인한 것으로 보았다. 이에 대한 대안을 모색해보고자 우리보다 앞서 평생교육 시스템을 구축하고 관련 정책들을 펼치고 있는 프랑스의 경우를 살펴보았다. 물론 프랑스도 평생교육이라는 복합적인 주제와 관련하여 공교육의 역할을 새롭게 규정하고 조정해야만 하는 과제가 여전히 남아 있음은 분명하다. 하물며 평생학습사회에 대비해야 할 필요성을 절실히 느끼기 시작한 우리의 경우에는 프랑스의 경우를 교훈 삼아 정책을 세우고 추진할 필요가 있어 보인다. 특히 교육의 공공성이라는 측면에서 평생교육에 대한 국가의 책임을 분명히 인식하고 대학에 재정적 지원을 늘림으로써 교육의 공공성을 확보해가는 것이 필요하다. 그리고 무엇보다도 평생학습사회에 임하는 대학의 태도가 바뀌어야 하고, 그 구성원들의 인식이 이제는 바뀌어야 한다.

대학이 지역에 미치는 영향 지표 개발을 위한 탐색적 연구 (An Exploratory Research on Measuring the Local and Regional Impacts of Universities)

  • 신진영;이종호
    • 한국지역지리학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.437-449
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    • 2017
  • 대학의 새로운 책무로서 지역사회 공헌이 중요한 이슈로 부각됨에 따라 해외 대학들은 이를 지표화하여 자체 평가 및 대외 홍보에 적극적으로 활용하고 있다. 최근에 한국의 대학들도 대학 자원 이용을 확대하고 대학과 지역의 민관 단체 및 기업들과의 협력을 강화하기 위한 여러 사업들을 추진하고 있으나 맹아기에 머물고 있는 수준이다. 이에 본 연구는 대학이 지역에 미치는 사회경제적 영향에 대한 외국 대학 및 기관의 적용 사례를 분석하고, 이를 토대로 한국 대학에 적용 가능한 평가 지표를 발굴하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 정부 및 독립 기구 차원에서 대학이 지역에 미치는 영향을 종합적으로 분석한 대표 사례인 영국고등교육위원회(HEFCE)가 수행한 대학 지역 영향 평가에 대해 고찰하고, 다양한 지표를 활용하여 대학의 지역 영향에 대한 백서를 발간하고 있는 북미와 유럽의 대표적인 대학인 미국 로체스터 대학과 영국 버밍엄 대학의 사례 분석을 통해, 한국의 대학에 적용가능한 공통 지표를 추출하였다. 그 결과, 대학의 지역 영향 평가 지표로 6개 분야(경제적 영향, 연구, 교육, 문화예술봉사, 지역발전, 대학 특성화)에 24개 항목을 도출하였다. 이 지표들은 대학정보공시서비스인 '대학알리미'와 대학별 보유 자료를 통해 확보 가능하여, 한국 대학에 적용 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

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미국이민 한국인의 건강증진 생활양식과 관련된 변인 분석 (Predictors of Health Promoting Lifestyle for the Korean Immigrants in the U.S.A)

  • 김명자;송효정
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.341-352
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    • 1997
  • The study was to examine the relationships among health promoting lifestyle, level of anxiety, and perceived health status and to reveal those variables. affecting health promoting lifestyle in Korean immigrants in the United States. The subjects were 425 adults chosen from Korean religious and social organizations located in New York from April 25th through July 5th. 1996. Data analyses were conducted by using Pearson correlation coefficients, t-test, ANOVA, and stepwise multiple regression. The results were as follows : Health promoting lifestyle was significantly different according to age, religion. occupation, and the length of residence in the US. Those insured and those with no chronic conditions revealed a significantly higher score in health promoting lifestyle. Significant differences in the level of anxiety were found according to education, marital status, occupation, family income, and the length of residence. Those with no chronic conditions experienced a significantly lower level of anxiety. In the subscales of the health promoting lifestyle profile, self-actualization and interpersonal relationship revealed higher scores, whereas the scores of stress management, health responsibility, and exercise were lower. Those subjects whose perceived health status was very good, showed the lowest level of anxiety and the highest score on the health promoting lifestyle profile. Negative correlations were observed between the health promoting lifestyle profile and the level of anxiety, and between the perceived health status and the level of anxiety. Health promoting lifestyle was significantly predicted by the level of anxiety(22.0%), age(2.0%), health insurance(1.1%), respectively.

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Abnormal Cervical Cytology and High-Risk HPV DNA among Bangkok Metropolitan Women

  • Tangjitgamol, Siriwan;Kantathavorn, Nuttavut;Kittisiam, Thannaporn;Chaowawanit, Woraphot;Phoolcharoen, Natacha;Manusirivithaya, Sumonmal;Khunnarong, Jakkapan;Srijaipracharoen, Sunamchok;Saeloo, Siriporn;Krongthong, Waraporn;Supawattanabodee, Busaba;Thavaramara, Thaovalai;Pataradool, Kamol
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제17권7호
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    • pp.3147-3153
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    • 2016
  • Background: Many strategies are required for cervical cancer reduction e.g. provision of education cautious sexual behavior, HPV vaccination, and early detection of pre-invasive cervical lesions and invasive cancer. Basic health data for cervical cytology/ HPV DNA and associated factors are important to make an appropriate policy to fight against cervical cancer. Aims: To assess the prevalence of abnormal cervical cytology and/or HPV DNA and associated factors, including sexual behavior, among Bangkok Metropolitan women. Materials and Methods: Thai women, aged 25-to-65 years old, had lived in Bangkok for ${\geq}5$ years were invited into the study. Liquid-based cervical cytology and HPV DNA tests were performed. Personal data were collected. Main Outcomes Measures: Rates of abnormal cytology and/ or high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) and factors associated with abnormal test (s) were studied. Results: Abnormal cytology and positive HR-HPV were found in 6.3% (279/4442 women) and 6.7% (295/4428), respectively. The most common abnormal cytology was ASC-US (3.5%) while the most common HR-HPV genotype was HPV 16 (1.4%) followed by HPV 52 (1.0%), HPV 58 (0.9%), and HPV 18 and HPV 51 at equal frequency (0.7%). Both tests were abnormal in 1.6% (71/4428 women). Rates of HR-HPV detection were directly associated with severity of abnormal cytology: 5.4% among normal cytology and 13.0%, 30.8%, 40.0%, 39.5%, 56.3% and 100.0% among ASC-US, ASC-H, AGC-NOS, LSIL, HSIL, and SCC, respectively. Some 5% of women who had no HR-HPV had abnormal cytology, in which 0.3% had ${\geq}$ HSIL. Factors associated with abnormal cytology or HR-HPV were: age ${\leq}40$ years, education lower than (for cytology) or higher than bachelor for HR-HPV), history of sexual intercourse, and sexual partners ${\geq}2$. Conclusions: Rates for abnormal cytology and HR-HPV detection were 6.3% and 6.7% HR-HPV detection was directly associated with severity of abnormal cytology. Significant associated factors were age ${\leq}40$ years, lower education, history of sexual intercourse, and sexual partners ${\geq}2$.

농촌주민의 흡연 및 음주 실태와 이에 영향을 미치는 요인분석 (An Analysis of Determinants of Smoking and Drinking of Community people in Rural area)

  • 남철현
    • 보건교육건강증진학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.48-59
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    • 1989
  • The study was designed. to analyse the factors effecting to smoking and drinking of community people in rural area. The study has been surveyed through interviews by trained college students for 1,846 residents who live in rural area(Eup or Myun office is located)for 20days(from 3rd. to 22M. in August, 1988) The summary and conclusions are as follows. 1. The number of answers on the questionaires was 1846. And the percent of man was 55.7 %(woman 44.3 %). Among age group 20-29 years group with 30.4 % was larger than any other group. Anaverage age of answers was 38.6 years. 2.In the period of residence, 21.5 % of the residents lived within 5 years(This group was larger than any other group). In occupations, workers in agriculture and fishing was more than other job occupants. In education, the percent of high school graduates was 44.0 %(higher than any other group) 3.The smoking rate of rural residents was 41.8 %and man's smoking rate was 76.0 % (woman's smoking rate was 7.6 %). These rates were higher than the rates in 1985 (The smoking rate of nation was 32.0 %). First of all, woman's smoking rate increased rapidly 4.As for smoking amount, in male 52.8% of smokers smoked a cigarette case (20 cigarettes) in a day, and 16.9 % of smokers smoked more than one cigarette case. In female 42.5 % of woman smokers smoked a half case in a day and the rate of non-smokers diminished to 77.8 % 5.The rate of non-smokers in 21-29 years group was higher than any other group and a smoking rate increased as an age increased. However, a smoking amount decreased as an age increased. This suggests that people are more concerning about their health as their ages increase.. 6.The smoking rate of college graduates was 58.8 %(higher than any other group) and in a smoking amount 36.4 % of college graduates, 29.8 % of high school graduates smoked more than a cigarette case in a day. This shows that people in a higher education group smoke more than those in other groups. 7.As for non-smoking rate, students, service job workers, company employees, and teachers was 54.1%, 43.4%. 40.1% and 39.5%. respectively. As for smoking rate, workers in agriculture and fishing was the highest level of all job employees. Public officers smoked less than the workers in agriculture and the smoking rate of teachers was less than that of public officers. with regard to smoking amount. above one cigarette case in a day was 39.9 % in public officers, 39.2 % workers in agriculture and fishing, 37.9 % in businessmen, 34.2 % in teachers, 31.9 % in service job employees and 31.6 % in a company employees. 8.The variables which had an effect on smoking were sex (B=.1701), job(B=.1688), education(B=.1671), age(B=.1125). These variables were significant in P<0.05 statistically. Explanatory variance level was 19% 9.The drinking rate of community residents was 61.8% and man's drinking rate was 81.7%(woman's drinking rate was 38.9%). As drinking rate 18.0%(the highest rate) of man drinkers drank 3 bottles of beer in a general drinking and 12.1% of them drank more than 10 bottles. 12.1% (the highest rate)of woman drinkers drank 2 cups of beer. The rising rate of woman's drinking of alcohol was remarkable. 10.Each non-drinking rate of age groups was 27.6% (in 20-30 years group), 28.0% (in 30-39 years group), 28.9%(in 40-49 years group) and 32,6%(in 50-59 years group), 10,7%(the highest rate) of 20-29 and 30-39 years groups drank above 3 bottles. 7.5% of 20-29 years group and 7.7% of 30-39 years group drank above 10 bottles. In 40-49 years group, 14.4 % of them drank a bottle and 8.1% of them drank above 10 bottles. In 50-59years group, 14,2% of them drank 2 bottles and 5.3 % of them drank above 10 bottles. This shows that a drinking rate decresed as an age increased. 11.Non-drinking rate was higher as an education level was lower. Each non-drinking rate of non-educated group, elementary school group, middle school group and high school group was 41.0 % of high school graduates and 14.5 % of college graduates drank 3 bottles of beer. 9.7 %(the highest rate) of college graduates drank above 10 bottles, in general drinking. 12.Each non-drinking rate of businessmen, farmers, service job workers, and students was 31.3%, 28.2%, 26.8% and 25.9%. However, Each drinking rate of public officers, company employees and teachers was 73.3 %, 72.2 % and 68.4 %. This tells us that the drinking rate of mental workers is higher than that of physical workers. 14.9 % of farmers and 14.4 % of public officers drank 3 bottles at a time. 10.5 % of teachers and 9.9 % of public officers drank above 10 bottles. 13.The variables which affect on drinking were sex(B=.1545), education(B=.1476), job(B=.1064), and age(B=.1052). These variables were significant in the level of 0.05 % and explanatory variance level was 18 %. 14.Government have to educate people and demonstrate the health hazards caused by smoking and over-drinking. Especially, No-smoking campaign for woman and education not to over drink for professional job workers are necessary.

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노인의 성에 대한 교육중재프로그램이 간호학생들의 지식 및 태도에 미치는 효과 연구 (A Study on the Effect of Sexual Education to Nursing Student Knowledge and Attitude to the Sex of the Aged)

  • 오진주
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 1998
  • This study uses [the instrument of ageing anxiety] in order to find if a negative prejudice against the old affects the attitude toward sex of the aged. The result shows no significant relation between ageing anxiety and the knowledge of and attitude toward sex of the aged. However, it does show that the higher the ageing anxiety is, the lower the knowledge of sex and the more restrictive the attitude toward it. The knowledge of and attitude toward sex of the aged shows meaninggul changes after education. Nursing students who were educated come to have more knowledge about and are more open to it. This result supports the preposition of this study. As society grows older the endeavour to guarantee a high-quality life for the old is necessary and the old should be regarded as an entity which has its own characteristic desires. Especially for the old to enjoy a good life as a sexual being, the mystical barriers about sex and old age ought to be removed. In the future the old themselves may maintain sexual desires regardless of age and society will be required to correct its prejudice against the old having sex. Particularly nursing students, as an effort to provide the old with overall care, should examine the elderly's sexual desires in a physical, psychological, and social context and consider the normal sexual changes occuring during the aging process and finally integrate this information into their nursing plans. In order to fulfill this role successfully they should overcome their own prejudice and educate themselves about this particular problem. As the proportion of the old becomes bigger and the concern about the quality of their life grows, sex among the old will become more important in the nursing field. By putting an educational mediation programme into operation with nursing students and estimating the effect, this study supplies the foundation to activate new educational programmes. In short it tells us that education can be a practical method to confront the myth and conventions concerning sex among the aged.

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Elastography for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: a Useful Tool for Small and BI-RADS 4 Lesions

  • Liu, Xue-Jing;Zhu, Ying;Liu, Pei-Fang;Xu, Yi-Lin
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제15권24호
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    • pp.10739-10743
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    • 2015
  • The present study aimed at evaluating and comparing the diagnostic performance of B-mode ultrasound (US), elastography score (ES), and strain ratio (SR) for the differentiation of breast lesions. This retrospective study enrolled 431 lesions from 417 in-hospital patients. All patients were examined with both conventional ultrasound and elastography. Two experienced radiologists reviewed ultrasound and elasticity images. The histopathologic result obtained from ultrasound-guided core biopsy or operation excisions were used as the reference standard. Pathologic examination revealed 276 malignant lesions (64%) and 155 benign lesions (36%). A cut-off point of 4.15 (area under the curve, 0.891) allowed significant differentiation of malignant and benign lesions. ROC (receiver-operating characteristic) curves showed a higher value for combination of B-mode ultrasound and elastography for the diagnosis of breast lesions. Conventional ultrasound combined elastography showed high sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for group II lesions (10mm${\leq}20mm$). Elastography combined with conventional ultrasound show high specificity and accuracy for differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions. Elastography is particularly important for the diagnosis of BI-RADS 4 and small breast lesions.

수학 교수.학습과정에서 사고력 신장을 위한 계산기의 활용 - 학생들의 수학화 발달에서 테크놀로지의 효과 - (The Use of Technology with a Calculator for Improving Mathematical Thinking in Learning and Teaching Mathematics - A Study of Students' Mathematization Using Technology -)

  • 고상숙;고호경
    • 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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    • 제46권1호
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    • pp.97-122
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    • 2007
  • This article provides how to implement the use of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) in a teaching a function at a school to improve students' mathematization for their mathematical thinking using technology, This study was planed to get research results using the mixed methodology with quantitative and qualitative methodologies. 120 middle school students participated in the study to bring us data about their mathematical achievement and disposition. Through the data analysis used ANCOVA, the students with the experiment of the mathematization and technology excelled the other groups of students who were not provided with technology or both of them. In analysis of the questions of the achievement test, the problems for vertical mathematization were presented harder for the students than the other problems for horizontal and applicative mathematization. The technology environment might have helped students manipulate the application of real-life problems easier. This means that teachers can put more careful assignment on vertical mathematization using technology. We also explored that learning and teaching under RME using technology encouraged students to refine and develop their informal functional concept and pursue higher thinking of formalization. The study results in a lot of resources for teachers to use into their teaching mathematics for improving students' mathematical thinking.

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미국교육에서 표준화시험의 역사적 전개와 시사점: 카네기재단의 역할 (A Historical Reappraisal on the Standardized Testing in the US Education Focusing on the Role of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)

  • 이윤미
    • 비교교육연구
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    • 제28권4호
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    • pp.51-82
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    • 2018
  • 이 연구는 오늘날 학교교육에서 평가관을 지배하고 있는 표준화시험에 대해 미국의 사례를 중심으로 그 역사적 전개과정에 대해 고찰하고 시사점을 논한다. 특히 20세기 초 과학주의의 확산과 함께 표준화시험이 학교교육의 개선을 위해 적용되는 과정에서 카네기재단이 행한 매개적 역할에 주목하고 있다. 20세기 이래 표준화시험은 미국교육에서 중요한 지위를 지니고 있으며, 지식, 학력, 책무성을 강조하는 본질주의적 교육관을 대표하고 있어, 아동중심성, 경험, 민주주의 등을 강조하는 진보주의적 교육관과 대치되기도 한다. 표준화시험을 중심으로 한 미국교육의 전개과정에 대한 이해는 2000년대 이후 학력평가가 국제적으로 강화되고 있는 흐름에 대한 분석의 기초로서 중요하다.

Associations between Poorer Mental Health with Work-Related Effort, Reward, and Overcommitment among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Abas Shkembi;Aurora B. Le;Richard L. Neitzel
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2023
  • Background: Effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment at work have been associated poorer mental health. However, nonlinear and nonadditive effects have not been investigated previously. Methods: The association between effort, reward, and overcommitment with odds of poorer mental health was examined among a sample of 68 formal United States waste workers (87% male). Traditional, logistic regression and Bayesian Kernel machine regression (BKMR) modeling was conducted. Models controlled for age, education level, race, gender, union status, and physical health status. Results: The traditional, logistic regression found only overcommitment was significantly associated with poorer mental health (IQR increase: OR = 6.7; 95% CI: 1.7 to 25.5) when controlling for effort and reward (or ERI alone). Results from the BKMR showed that a simultaneous IQR increase in higher effort, lower reward, and higher overcommitment was associated with 6.6 (95% CI: 1.7 to 33.4) times significantly higher odds of poorer mental health. An IQR increase in overcommitment was associated with 5.6 (95% CI: 1.6 to 24.9) times significantly higher odds of poorer mental health when controlling for effort and reward. Higher effort and lower reward at work may not always be associated with poorer mental health but rather they may have an inverse, U-shaped relationship with mental health. No interaction between effort, reward, or overcommitment was observed. Conclusion: When taking into the consideration the relationship between effort, reward, and overcommitment, overcommitment may be most indicative of poorer mental health. Organizations should assess their workers' perceptions of overcommitment to target potential areas of improvement to enhance mental health outcomes.