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The Characteristics of Science Courses in Alabama's High School Credit System (미국 앨라배마 주 고교학점제에서 과학 교과의 특징)

  • Daeun Jang;Jongseok Park
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2024
  • There are many expectations and concerns regarding the introduction of the high school credit system as an educational innovation. To address concerns about the management of science courses in the high school credit system, we analyzed the characteristics of Alabama's science curriculum to identify potential implications. By analyzing Alabama's science curriculum, curriculum guide, and high school curriculum catalog of Madison City Schools, we found that, first, the system offers a variety of science subjects and operates on a non-graded basis. Second, the curriculum provides essential college and career preparation for all students in grades 9~12. Third, it consistently covers the same academic core ideas across grade levels in a logical progression. Fourth, it emphasizes interdisciplinary connections to enhance science and engineering literacy. The implications of these findings for managing science courses in Korea's high school credit system are, first, that Korea's system lacks course diversity compared to the U.S., making it is necessary to offer a wider variety of courses. Second, students should be guided to choose science subjects aligned with their career paths. Third, a hierarchy of science subjects should be established to reduce the burden between courses. Fourth, consideration should be given to interdisciplinary connections with other subjects to foster students' scientific literacy. Based on these suggestions, it is necessary to explore the appropriate provision of science courses in the Korean high school credit system.

A Study on the Improvement Plan for Activation and Analysis of BIM Education in Specialized High School (특성화 고등학교 BIM 교육 현황 분석 및 활성화를 위한 개선방안)

  • Jung, Ji-Won;Kim, Jin-Ho
    • Journal of KIBIM
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2017
  • In order to meet current AEC(Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industrial demand, BIM related NCS(National Competency Standards)'s study module in architectural design and construction has been created and it has been applied into the NCS-based curriculum of Specialized High Schools and Meister High Schools from March 2016. Therefore, the goal of this study is to identify the limitations BIM education in the Specialized High School and to find out the improvement plan for activation. Analysis of previous research literature and current education curriculums in the Specialized High School, and questionnaire survey of related teachers have been conducted. Finally, this paper investigated the case of BIM education in 'S' Technical High School where BIM education is carried out. This paper suggests the following three points in conclusion: 1) Updated curriculum reflecting NCS and industrial demand is necessary, 2) Continuing BIM education for teachers and financial support is necessary to get the qualified teaching capacity, 3) Curriculum reflecting BIM's possibilities needs to be developed across the interdisciplinary subjects to maximize its effect.

Two Aims of Medical Humanities Education: Good Doctors and Happy Doctors (인문사회의학 교육의 두 목표: 좋은 의사, 행복한 의사)

  • You, Hojong
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2015
  • Recently, medical humanities education has begun to take up an increased proportion of the Korean medical curriculum. Many people now agree that not only basic medicine and clinical medicine but also medical humanities is needed in medical education. The aims of medical humanities education should dawn now. 'Medical humanities' can be roughly defined as "the interdisciplinary study and activity at the intersection of the humanities, social science, arts, and medicine." People tend to assume that the aim of medical humanities education is to produce good doctors, that is, physicians who contribute to society. Actually, cultivating good doctors is one of the proper aims of medical humanities education. In addition to it, another aim of medical humanities education should be cultivating happy doctors. Nowadays, many of Korea's physicians feel unhappy. In such a situation, medical humanities education should be aimed at developing happiness in medical trainees.

Physical Therapy in Hospice (호스피스와 물리치료)

  • Chu Min;Im Bok-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.189-201
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    • 1991
  • Hospice, a concept of care for dying patients, focuses on providing comfort measures rather than aggressively searching for a cure. Hospice addresses symptom control from a wholistic view under the direction of an interdisciplinary team. Physical therapy fits with many of the tenets of hospice, such as the interdisciplinary team, inclusion of the patient and family as the care unit, provision of treatment in various in and out patient settings, and attention to the comfort of the patient. Physical therapy educators must recognize the need for medical ethics, psychosocial and medicolegal issues to be incorporated throughout the curriculum.

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Education, Role, and Prospects of Advanced Practice Nurses in Hospice and Palliative Care in South Korea

  • Kwon, So-Hi;Park, Myung-Hee;Kim, Hyun Sook
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2021
  • Hospice palliative care refers to holistic care provided by an interdisciplinary team aimed at improving the quality of life of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases and their families. Among interdisciplinary team members, hospice advanced practice nurses (APNs) trained as master's-level advanced nursing professionals are leaders who play an important role in providing patient-centered care and improving the quality of services. The Medical Service Act revised in 2018 requires the scope of practice of APNs in each field to be specified in the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Accordingly, discussions on the role and scope of practice of hospice APNs are actively underway. In this review, the curriculum of hospice APNs, their work responsibilities and roles, and their current status are reviewed, and the future direction of the hospice APN system is also discussed.

Curriculum Development for Major of Mechatronics for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (공학교육 인증을 위한 메카트로닉스 전공 교육과정의 개발)

  • Lee Jeong-Woo;Jeong Yeon-Doo;Sim Byoung-Min;Chae Kyung-Duck;Han Seh-Beom;Hwang Yeong-Taik
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.5-15
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    • 2005
  • This paper describes the development of curriculum for the division of Mechatronics in Samcheok University to meet the requirement of Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea(ABEEK). The curriculum of the department of mechatronics in South Korea and overseas university is analysed and then the curriculum is developed considering the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, control engineering and computer engineering. And then the geopolitical condition of university is reflected in the curriculum. ABEEK requirements for major of engineering are also reflected. As a result, interdisciplinary curriculum that provides analytic capability and pragmatic qualification to students is developed.

An Analysis of Data Science Curriculum in Korea (데이터과학 교육과정에 대한 분석적 연구)

  • Lee, Hyewon;Han, Seunghee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.365-385
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    • 2020
  • In this study, in order to analyze the current status of the data science curriculum in Korea as of October 2019, we conducted an analysis of the prior studies on the curriculum in the data science field and the competencies required for data professional. This study was conducted on 80 curricula and 2,041 courses, and analyzed from the following perspectives; 1) the analysis of the characteristics of data science domain, 2) the analysis of key competencies in data science, 3) the content analysis of the course titles. As a result, data science program in Korea has become a research-oriented professional curriculum based on an academic approach rather than a technical, vocational, and practitional view. In addition, it was confirmed that various courses were established with a focus on statistical analysis competency, and interdisciplinary characteristics based on information technology, statistics, and business administration were reflected in the curriculum.

Exploration of Information Subject-centered Curriculum Integration Strategies for 21st Century Key Competencies Extension (21세기 핵심역량 신장을 위한 정보교과 중심의 통합 교육과정 전략 탐색)

  • Huh, Min;Lee, Tae-Wuk
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.253-261
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    • 2014
  • Recently as the focal point of interdisciplinary integration of learner's key competencies have been increased, it was the real solution to avoid excessive curriculum and reconfiguration of curriculum to provide actual learning opportunities. The purpose of this paper was to investigate information subject-centered inclusive education strategies for 21st century key competencies extension by Delphi study. As a result by a total 3 round Delphi method, information subject-centered curriculum integration for key competencies extension was to understand why they should be integrated and what can makes it com true. This elicited the consensual agreements of experts about information subject-centered curriculum integration aims, methods, contents, and evaluations ets. As a result, this study offers strategies of information subject-centered curriculum integration applicable to elementary and middle schools.

A Comparative Study on the Contents of Secondary Earth Science Curriculum between Mongolia and South Korea (몽골과 한국의 지구과학 교과 내용 비교 연구)

  • Gantumur, Ganchimeg;Kwak, Youngsun;Cha, Heeyong
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.621-630
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    • 2020
  • This study compared and analyzed the contents of secondary earth science curriculum in Mongolia and South Korea to check the contents of earth science education in both countries and to prepare basic data necessary for future earth science curriculum revisions. The research questions of this study are: first, to understand the changes and current operating conditions of earth science curriculum in both countries, to compare and analyze with other foreign cases, and second, to compare and analyze the contents of earth science and curriculum in both countries. The TIMSS evaluation framework is used to compare and analyze the earth science-related contents included in the science curriculum of middle schools. For analyzing the contents of high school, the contents of NGSS in the United States and the earth science curriculum contents of high schools in South Korea were mixed and the analysis frameworks were created and validated by experts. As a result of the study, countries that follow the Russian-style education system did not organize and operate earth science as an independent science subject, and deal with earth science-related content in the natural geography area of the geography subject. The earth science contents covered in middle school science curriculum in both countries, 18 of the 27 content elements of the TIMSS content analysis framework were matched in Mongolia and 20 in South Korea. In high school curriculum, the contents of earth science in Mongolia were described more briefly and not covered than in South Korea. In particular, the Mongolian geography curriculum dealt with many environmental issues. The emphasis on the operation method of the earth science curriculum in Mongolia and the contents related to the environment can be used as a reference when developing an interdisciplinary integrated curriculum of science and social studies in South Korea.

Development Education Implicit in Geography Curriculum in Japan (일본 지리교육과정을 통해 본 개발교육의 도입과 전개)

  • Cho, Chul-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.411-425
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    • 2015
  • Development education started in some of developed countries of Europe since 1960s. Japan was interested in the development education with realizing the impotance of quality of life in the late of 1970s after high economical growth in 1960s. Just like Eroupe, development education in Japan was done to citizen by development NGOs. But under close cooperation with JICA and MOE, development education was gradually absorbed in formal education. Development education in Japan is done through interdisciplinary studies and the subjects. Geography national curriculum and textbooks in Japan show that the subject aimed to nurture Japanese in the world in the period from the late of 1960s to the late of 1970s. Thus the period can be named the sprouting time of education of development. But with entering the late of 1980s, geography national curriculum started to focus on fostering global citizenship to students. The turn in the educational aims can be counted as practical start of education of development. And education of development through geography was extended the most in the late of 1990s. But in the recent revised geography national curriculum, emphasis on education of development is reduced a little. It can be told that education of development in Japan arrives at the level of the full growth.

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