• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2009

In this study, we investigated the elementary school students' perceptions toward scientific and/or technological professions in the views of accuracy, complexity, and diversity, and compared them by the students' grades and their science-related career aspiration levels. We also studied the relationships among the students' perceptions toward scientific and/or technological professions and their cognitive (science achievement), affective (enjoyment of science lessons, attitude to scientific inquiry, self-efficacy), and behavioral (participation in science-related activity) characteristics. The subjects were 369 students of 4th and 6th grades at three elementary schools in Seoul. The results revealed that the students were relatively well aware of what works and professions in science and/or technology were, but they did not have good understanding of them in the views of complexity and diversity. The 6th graders had better perceptions toward science and/or technological professions than 4th graders, although they showed the lower scores of attitude to scientific inquiry. Moreover, the higher science-related career aspirations were, the higher scores in all tests of the perceptions and the personal characteristics were. The students' perceptions toward scientific and/or technological professions were found to have relationships with their cognitive, affective, and behavioral characteristics. The multiple regression analysis of the personal characteristics on the perceptions toward scientific and/or technological professions indicated that science-related activity, science achievement, and self-efficacy were significant predictors. Educational implications are discussed.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.890-900
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 다양성, 정확성, 구체성 측면에서 학생들의 과학 및 기술 관련 일하는 장소와 직업에 대한 인식을 조사했다. 연구 대상은 서울, 대구, 광주광역시에 소재한 중학교 1학년 185명, 중학교 3학년 192명,고등학교 1학년 198명이었다. 연구 결과, 학생들의 과학 및 기술 관련 일하는 장소에 대한 이미지는 주로'일반적 관점'이었고, 실험실, 공장, 정비소 같은 몇 가지 장소에 편중되어 있었다. 이러한 이미지들은 구체성 측면에서 학년별로 유의미한 차이가 없었다. 또한, 학생들은 과학 및 기술 관련 일하는 장소에 대한 이미지에 영향을 주는 요인으로 대중 매체나 학교 교육 등을 제시했다. 학생들이 제시한 과학 및 기술 관련 직업 예시들은 몇 가지 직업에 편중되어 있었고, 그 수도 적은 편이었다. 학생들은 과학 관련 직업을 정확하게 인식하고 있었으나, 기술 관련 직업에 대해서는 모호한 인식을 지니고 있었다. 이에 대한 교육적 함의를 논의했다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.307-317
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• 2008

In this study, we investigated the elementary school students' perceptions of the scientific and technological professions by using the 'drawing scientific and technological workplaces'. The subjects were 401 students of 4th and 6th grades at three elementary schools in Seoul. The results revealed that many students drew the interiors of laboratories or factories as scientific and technological workplaces, and explained the nature of the work- place, but students' images were superficial and general. Most students' drawings also exhibited the stereotypical images of science and technology as androcentric and negative perceptions. Students were mainly inclined to perceive that the works relevant to science were experiments, and the works relevant to technology were productions and repairs. Most students answered more than two examples of scientific and technological professions, but their responses were not various and were biased toward basic scientists, blue-collar workers, and repairers. Educational implications of these findings were discussed.