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Exploring a Deeper Meaning in Service-Learning Pedagogy and Implementing it in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

  • Kwon, Yoo-Jin
    • International Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 2008
  • Service-Learning pedagogy includes community service and reflection as main components. Students can learn integration and application of knowledge beyond specific fields through experiences and reflection. The purpose of family and Consumer Sciences Education is related to connect theory and practice to improve individual, family, and community life. The curriculum focuses not only on content mastery in subjects, but also application of that knowledge to the real lives of students. Considering the purpose of service-learning as integration and application of knowledge, service- learning pedagogy can contribute to rethink family and Consumer Sciences Education. Reflection as a key component is examined for service-learning pedagogy. Exploring a deeper meaning of reflection in aspects of community connection, critical thinking, and transformative learning would extend the value of it and provide implications for implementing reflection in service-learning pedagogy in Family and Consumer Sciences Education.

A case study on the effect of service learning education program integrating engineering design and community service activities (공학설계와 지역사회봉사활동을 통합한 서비스러닝 교육프로그램 운영 사례 및 효과)

  • Jin, Sung-Hee
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to develop a service learning education program for engineers and to investigate its educational effects. This study reviewed the concept and characteristics of service learning and examined the service learning education programs operated in higher education environments. The Service Learning Education Program was developed by integrating engineering design and community service activities. This program has been applied to the engineering education from 2014 to 2016. As a result of the study, the learners' satisfaction with service learning activities, empathy ability, and engineering design ability were improved. Based on the research results, practical implications are suggested to the instructors who want to develop the service learning education program for engineering students.

Unification Tourism Management Class Module Developed by Community Based Learning(CBL) (지역사회경험학습(Community Based Learning: CBL) 기반 대학 통일관광경영 수업 모듈 개발)

  • Woo, Eun-Ju;Park, Eunkyung;Kim, Yeong-Gug
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.261-271
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    • 2020
  • Purpose - This study was to establish a unified tourism management class for university students based on Gangwon-do. Community based learning(CBL) was applied to provide a tangible and intangible resource of tourism resources the theoretical approaches and the actual experiences of the community. Design/methodology/approach - In order to design a unified tourism management module, this study applied qualitative research and quantitative research methods to collect information on the direction of the module. the study conducted in-depth interviews and then an online survey. Findings - According to the results of the study, the main parts should include necessity of unification, inter-Korean tourism, inter-Korean cooperation, inter-Korean economy, and international relations. Research implications or Originality - The overall composition of the unification tourism management class should be designed as the unification tourism management theory to acquire the subject knowledge, the field trip to the border area for experiential learning, and the assignment of the field study task to understand the community.

Factors Influencing Social Capital through the Enhancement of a Lifelong Learning City: Youngcheon and Andong City Case Study (평생학습도시 관련변인의 사회자본 영향에 관한 연구: 안동시와 영천시의 사례)

  • Kim Nam-Sun;Ahn Hyun-Sook
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.113-124
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    • 2006
  • This study examines the factors influencing social capital within a lifelong learning city as discussed in the Youngcheon and Andong City case study. Data was collected from 205 leaners in Andong City and 194 learners in Youngchun City. The data was then analyzed by the SPSS WIN 12.0 program. The statistical techniques used for this study were frequency, percentile, 1-test, and regression. The major findings of this study were as follows: To begin with, the learners in LLC were more likely to have positive attitudes toward the construction of a lifelong learning city. Second, the leaners in LLC were more likely to have social capital including norm and network. Furthermore, the learning opportunity had a positive effect in increasing the trust between learners. Learning support and support systems also had influence in increasing the social network between learners. Finally, support systems had a positive effect in improving the norm between learners.

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Design and Implementation of a Web-based Courseware for Learning Local Community through the Internet (지역과 사회 탐구 학습을 위한 웹 기반 코스웨어 구현)

  • Song, Su-Yeon;Lee, Ki-Jun;Lin, Chi-Ho
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2002
  • This papers is a study on design and implementation of a web-based courseware for learning Yungwol local community through the internet which is one of the self leading learning methods. Learners can learn Yungwol local community by using the web-based courseware and on the basis of this learning methods, learners can use them according to their wish at anytime and anyplace. The learner-centered teaching model can be offered by sharing, exchanging, and interacting the information each other. To achieve such purpose, two learning grounds are applied. One is the research learning ground which students can study for themselves in the course of searching for the changing cause which can affect to local community and culture. And the other is the experimental ground where is the changing cause searched from research learning ground. Social and physical environment of the lot of community can realized by surfing the network and e-mails producing web-based file through internet. If these web-based research community is more developed and used under the local area network school, self-leading research learning methods will be done regardless of the place and the time.

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Community Design Education for Sustainable Environment (건축교육헌장에 기초한 커뮤니티 디자인교육에 관한 연구)

  • Kimm, Woo-Young;Kang, Tae-Woong;So, Kab-Soo;Kim, Seung-Je
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2012
  • Community design education has covered the worldview dimension of the collaborative courses for sustainability draws on the architectural expertise developed in a network of community projects and therefore case studies of design education by the collaborative project-based learning in terms of participants, students, teachers and architects, such as 'Learning By Design' for the K-12 comprehensive program in Massachusetts addresses how a local society can make its community sustainable by both design and education. To understand that community design and education can provide professional development in all levels of skills and knowledge across disciplines and opportunities for collaborative learning and problem-solving, this research consists of case studies of the community design education including social systems that assist in organizing the local educational program as well as promoting the programs with public awareness of the community. It covers the UNESCO-UIA agenda of the community design and education that is to enhance the physical environment relating to human interaction by developing innovative alternatives of existing community and contributing voluntarily to neighborhoods through design. As the community design collaborative of design professionals and users is a structural approach to assess design quality, the cases address how to set up the architectural program in order to share pro bono design service and provide high-quality design resources available for sustainable environment.

An Instruction Model Design for School Community of Learning Utilizing Appreciative Inquiry (긍정탐색 모형을 활용한 배움의 학교공동체 수업모형 설계)

  • Kim, Hyo-Jeong;Park, Su-Hong;Heo, Seong-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.334-342
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    • 2016
  • This study performed an appreciative inquiry into models of instruction for the community learning. For this purpose, this study examined the principle of learning, instruction models for community learning, and appreciative inquiry. Next, draft appreciative inquiry models were built based on the principle of instruction models for the community learning. The previously designed appreciative inquiry models were revised and complemented through expert investigation by a focus group interview. This paper proposes a process of seven steps core learning activities. The seven steps were selecting a theme, interviewing for finding success story, analyzing an organization's success stories and deriving the core values, deriving future of the organization, sharing future of the organization, designing the ideal future of the organization consist of a practice, implement, and reflect. Because the proposed seven steps process is based on the literature and focus group interview, a follow-up study will be needed to verify the result.

For the Reflective Practice of Math Classes : Case Study on the Learning Community of Math Teachers in a School (수학 수업의 성찰적 실천을 위하여 : 학교 안 수학교사 학습공동체 운영 사례 연구)

  • Oh, Taek-Keun
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.105-126
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    • 2016
  • Math classes has been regarded as an independent area of a teacher and his/her students of a particular class. In Recent discussions about the professional development of teachers, for the improvement of practices, the point of view of that the community of teachers must work together is spreading. What are the considerations in organization and operation of learning communities for professional development of teachers? In this study, we analyzed the case of the learning community of math teachers in a Science Academy for the purpose of improving math classes to promote the participation of learners. Research results show that teachers share the principles and goals of mathematics teaching through the learning community. Also, through participation in learning communities, the members were practicing the lessons improved by reflection on the lessons of his/her and their colleagues. These results provide implication that it is important to provide opportunities for objectifying his/her classes through the learning community for a substantial improvement in math classes.

FedGCD: Federated Learning Algorithm with GNN based Community Detection for Heterogeneous Data

  • Wooseok Shin;Jitae Shin
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2023
  • Federated learning (FL) is a ground breaking machine learning paradigm that allow smultiple participants to collaboratively train models in a cloud environment, all while maintaining the privacy of their raw data. This approach is in valuable in applications involving sensitive or geographically distributed data. However, one of the challenges in FL is dealing with heterogeneous and non-independent and identically distributed (non-IID) data across participants, which can result in suboptimal model performance compared to traditionalmachine learning methods. To tackle this, we introduce FedGCD, a novel FL algorithm that employs Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based community detection to enhance model convergence in federated settings. In our experiments, FedGCD consistently outperformed existing FL algorithms in various scenarios: for instance, in a non-IID environment, it achieved an accuracy of 0.9113, a precision of 0.8798,and an F1-Score of 0.8972. In a semi-IID setting, it demonstrated the highest accuracy at 0.9315 and an impressive F1-Score of 0.9312. We also introduce a new metric, nonIIDness, to quantitatively measure the degree of data heterogeneity. Our results indicate that FedGCD not only addresses the challenges of data heterogeneity and non-IIDness but also sets new benchmarks for FL algorithms. The community detection approach adopted in FedGCD has broader implications, suggesting that it could be adapted for other distributed machine learning scenarios, thereby improving model performance and convergence across a range of applications.

An Exploratory Study of the Experience and Practice of Participating in Paper Circuit Computing Learning: Based on Community of Practice Theory

  • JANG, JeeEun;KANG, Myunghee;YOON, Seonghye;KANG, Minjeng;CHUNG, Warren
    • Educational Technology International
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.131-157
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    • 2017
  • The purposes of the study were to investigate the participation of artists in paper circuit computing learning and to conduct an in-depth study on the formation and development of practical knowledge. To do this, we selected as research participants six artists who participated in the learning program of an art museum, and used various methods such as pre-open questionnaires, participation observation, and individual interviews to collect data. The collected data were analyzed based on community of practice theory. Results showed that the artists participated in the learning based on a desire to use new technology or find a new work production method for interacting with their audiences. In addition, the artists actively formed practical knowledge in the curriculum and tried to apply paper circuit computing to their works. To continuously develop the research, participants formed a study group or set up a practical goal through planned exhibitions. The results of this study can provide implications for practical approaches to, and utilization of, paper circuit computing.