• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.1040-1054
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• 2011

This formative evaluation study presents a professional development program, "Earth Science Systems for Teachers (ESST)" held in a Midwest State in the United States. This study investigates how a professional development for urban teachers affects the teacher participants' perceptions of using the urban environment for their science teaching and their lesson unit development. The purpose of the program was to help urban teachers create science units using the urban geologic environment and its connection to urban students' everyday lives. The participant teachers' daily journal entries during the program, their lesson plans before and after the program, as well as their teaching reflections were collected as major data source. The teachers' daily journal entries were analyzed qualitatively and their pre-post lessons were analyzed quantitatively using a lesson plan analysis tool, Culturally Relevant Science Teaching Perspectives (CRSTP) was developed by the author. The lesson analysis tool was used to assess teachers' science lesson plans in the perspective of culturally relevant pedagogy and place-based pedagogy. The major findings include: 1) The teacher participants' field experiences in urban geologic sites and urban environments help the teachers to change their perceptions of using the urban environment as a teaching resource and 2) there were significant differences in their pre and post lesson unit scores based on CRSTP (P<. 01). The implications of this study are also discussed.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2015

This study was implemented for the purpose of analyzing the effects of Engineering Education Accreditation. Now, 15 years has passed adopting the engineering education system. We need to analyze the effect that this system has changed on the ground of engineering education, and it cultivated the human resource. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the survey were done on the professors, graduates, and workers. The results and conclusions of this study are summarized as follows: First, it is urgent need to change the system of accreditation, and to get the public trust on assessment. Second, it is necessary to make circumstance that engineering education accreditation is advertised to the industries, and the industry can join the development, consulting, evaluation of curriculum. Third, government needs to make the policy that gives the incentive to the industries, if they give some merits to the accreditation graduates. Fourth, certificate of program graduate is desired to spread the accreditation proliferation. Fifth, government should systemize that accreditation program can get advantage to be selected for the public finance business(e.g. BK, LINC).. It will impact the quality Improvement and accountability of engineering programs.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2008

This study is to consider the fundamental perceptions of pre-service elementary school teachers to natural environments. The recognition items of questionnaire for those environments include ones of water, atmospheric, soil, biologic and oceanic environments constituting of the earth system. From the results of the study, they affirmatively recognized biologic environment, but they showed highly negative recognitions to others. In other side, it is considered that their recognitions to natural environments were probably transferred by the things which involve press media, curricula and real lives. On the basis of the study results, systematic teaching-learning for natural environments is essential because the encouragement of eco-friendly attitude, one of main goal for environmental education, is budded from basic understandings to natural environments. Affirmatively environmental worldviews for elementary school students are important for reasons why teacher's quality and practice will is fundamental, and then teacher could change the views of the students for environmental education. So, preparing balanced attitudes, right concepts and connection to applicable knowledges for natural environments, pre-service elementary school teachers in environmental education must be pointed to organized education between human and natural environment.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.783-790
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to reconceptualize the homeroom management and classroom management for secondary school teachers. The result of the study is as follows: First, the homeroom management that has been usually miss-presented as 'classroom management' in Korea is the concept comprizing the elements of homeroom management and those of teaching management together. Second is the re-conceptualization of classroom management. As the sub-concepts of classroom management, the homeroom (classroom) management and the teaching (classroom) management are also suggested. The classroom management is defined as 'the conduct or ability to accomplish the educational activities successfully'. Meanwhile, the homeroom (classroom) management is defined as 'the homeroom teacher's conduct or ability to successfully accomplish the educational activities for class students' and the teaching (classroom) management as 'the subject teacher's conduct or ability to successfully accomplish the educational activities for the class'. Therefore, the teachers are asked to have the ability for classroom management - that is, both the homeroom (classroom) management ability as the homeroom teachers and the teaching (classroom) management ability as the subject teachers. Based on the results, this study suggests some school policies such as the sharing of effective classroom management strategies through the change of teachers' culture and the improving of working environment for better concentration to the classroom management.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.77-110
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• 2007

This study attempted to investigate how to students show high-level mathematical thinking in math classes. This paper describes how to setup the task for lead to a high - level of thinking out students and what efforts are required while a teacher tried to maintaining students's high-level cognition during the tasks implemented. The researcher as teacher analyzed the tasks of length measurement unit in 2-Ga elementary math textbooks, modified and created math tasks demanded students' high-level cognition, made instruction plans, and implemented those tasks maintaining the levels of cognitive demand of tasks. After that, the researcher reflected and analyzed the levels of cognitive demand of tasks of instruction and factors that cause to change intended high-level cognitive demand. After reflection, second roof of action research was conducted to 2-Na length measurement unit. This paper includes those results and reflections of practitioner.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2000

As the new century begins, it is clear that K-l2 education is going through a major change. The increasing power and affordability of personal computers along with wide spread use of the Internet has not only changed the landscape for communication but it has opened up new and exciting opportunities for education. One of the ways that Internet could help improve education is to act as an interactive communication link to gather the knowledge and experience of all the teachers and to serve as an open forum for discussing and exchanging innovative ideas. But developing a successful site is not an easy task since the success of the site depends on the level of participation and cooperation of teachers. In this paper, learnings derived from the development of an interactive web based resource center for K-12 mathematics teacher are described and recommendations for developing an effective site for teachers are suggested. The development of an interactive resource center for mathematics teachers showed that while interest for a web based resource is very high, the main obstacle for effective teacher participation is lack of easy accessibility of internet by teachers, and lack of computer and internet training for teachers. The technical issues regarding hardware installation, software development and cost were minimal. Accessibility will improve in time as more and more schools are connected to the internet, but this alone will not be enough. The study suggests that in order to bring together teachers on the internet more effort needs to be made in training teachers on the use of computers and the internet.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.599-614
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• 2022

In this study, the reliability analysis of internal and external stabilities of Reinforced Soil Walls (RSWs) under static and seismic loads are investigated so that it can help the geotechnical engineers to perform the design more realistically. The effect of various variables such as angle of internal soil friction, soil specific gravity, tensile strength of the reinforcements, base friction, surcharge load and finally horizontal earthquake acceleration are examined assuming the variables uncertainties. Also, the correlation coefficient impact between variables, sensitivity analysis, mean change, coefficient of variation and type of probability distribution function were evaluated. In this research, external stability (sliding, overturning and bearing capacity) and internal stability (tensile rupture and pull out) in both static and seismic conditions were investigated. Results of this study indicated sliding as the predominant failure mode in the external stability and reinforcing rupture in the internal stability. First-Order Reliability Method (FORM) are applied to estimate the reliability index (or failure probability) and results are validated using the Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) method. The results showed among all variables, the internal friction angle and horizontal earthquake acceleration have dominant impact on the both reinforced soil wall internal and external stabilities limit states. Also, the type of probability distribution function affects the reliability index significantly and coefficient of variation of internal friction angle has the greatest influence in the static and seismic limits states compared to the other variables.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of metacognitive strategy on conceptual acquisition ofvseasonal change and self-efficacy when it was applied to 6th grade elementary students. This study consists of 2 classes, 76 students in the 6th grade of elementary school, which were divided into the experimental group (38) and the control group (38). First, a pre-test was administrated to check students' levels of metacognitive self-regulation and self-efficacy prior to getting planned lessons and then an instruction program was developed based upon the metacognitive instruction model and students' conception. The control group was exposed to traditional methods mainly using the textbook and teacher's guide book. The experimental group employed a metacognitive learning strategy program and activities with metacognitive questionnaires. After the planned lessons, the students were tested with post-tests about the conception of seasonal change and self-efficacy. One month later the students were tested again with another test to determine the continuation effect. The results were as follows: First, the group that used metacognitive conceptual change instruction did better in forming and continuing to maintain the scientific seasonal change conceptions compared to the control group. Second, the high and intermediate group taught by metacognitive conceptual change instruction was higher in the level of self-regulation than the control group. However, it was not verified in the low group. Third, the group which used metacognitive conceptual change instruction showed a higher level of self-efficacy than the control group did.

• 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.267-286
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 현행 7차 교육과정에서 강조하고 있는 학습자 중심 수학 수업 방식에 대한 초등학교 교사들의 신념의 구조를 이해하고, 이들 신념과 관련된 요인들이 수업 개선 의지에 어떻게 그리고 얼마나 영향을 미치는지 설명하고 예측함으로써 교사들의 수업의 질 향상에 도움이 되는데 있다. Fishbein과 Ajzen이 개발한 Theory of Planned Behavior 이론은 본 연구에서 교사들의 수업개선 의지, 신념, 태도, 주관적 규범 및 통제요인의 지각에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 체계적으로 조사하는데 개념적 틀을 제공하고 있다. 자료 수집을 위하여 281명의 초등학교 교사들이 본 연구에 참여하였으며 수집된 자료의 분석을 위하여 기술적 통계 분석과 다중선형회귀분석을 적용하였다. 연구 결과에 의하면 초등학교 교사들의 수업 관행의 변화는 우선적으로 수학을 학습자 중심으로 가르칠 때 예상되는 결과들의 가능성에 대한 주관적 판단에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 보인다. 학습자 중심 수학 학습에 대한 교사 주변인들의 요구 또한 교사들의 수업 개선 의지에 약간의 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 수업에 대한 통제요인 등은 수업 개선 의지를 예측하는데 크게 영향이 없는 것으로 판단된다.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 한국청소년패널조사(Korea Youth Panel Survey) 1차년도(2003년)-4차년(2006년)도의 방대한 종단적 자료를 활용하여 학업성취 영향을 주는 다양한 변인들을 투입하여 한국청소년들의 수학 과학 학업성취도의 종단적 변화의 패턴을 탐색하고, 수학 과학 학업성취도 초기 형성과 변화에 영향을 주는 요인들을 분석하고자 한다. 이를 통해 영재성 판별의 주요한 측면을 담당하고 있는 수학 과학 학업성취도의 개선을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 연구결과를 통해 수학 과학 학업성취도 변화 패턴은 이차곡선적인 패턴을 보여주고 있었으며, 수학은 감소하는 성장모형을, 과학은 증가하는 성장모형으로 확인되었다. 또한 수학 과학 학업성취에 영향을 주는 요인을 분석함으로써 수학 과학 학업성취 초기치와 변화율 그리고 이차곡선요인에 부모관계, 교사관계, 자아관, 월평균소득, 진학계열이 주요하게 영향력 주고 있다. 그러나 아버지 직업의 경우 통계적으로 무의미하였다. 이를 통해 영재성 판별의 주요한 측면을 담당하고 있는 수학 과학 학업성취도의 개선을 위해서는 부모관계, 교사관계의 건강한 개선과 학생들의 올바른 자아관 확립 그리고 소외계층을 향한 우리 사회의 다양한 정책 및 학교 내 프로그램들이 다양한 수준에서 개발될 필요가 있음을 시사하고 있다.