• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to examine elementary teachers' perception on birds and problems on teaching it. For this study, the science textbooks from 3rd grade to 6th grade according to the 7th national curriculum were analyzed. Results revealed that, firstly, there were 34 bird species recorded and these were described 55 times in the surveyed textbooks. Secondly, the survey showed that $20\%$ of the teachers were interested in birds despite the fact that $98\%$ of them had no special knowledge about birds nor had studied them in college. Additionally, it was revealed that $41\%$ of the teachers felt lacking in specialist knowledge about birds and this lead to difficulties in teaching on this subject. Thirdly, academic backgrounds had an affect teachers' perceptions on teaching this area. The teachers' levels of interest in birds and the teachers' ratio of teaching on this topic tended to increase as their academic careers developed, and the proportion of male teachers in this category were higher than female teachers. To overcome difficulty in teaching on this area, it is suggested that a reconstitution of subject materials, as well as a revision of the teachers' guidebooks be undertaken.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.2008-2020
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• 2020

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary corn resistant starch (RS) on the intestinal morphology and barrier functions of broilers. Methods: A total of 320 one-day-old broilers were randomly allocated to 5 dietary treatments: one normal corn-soybean (NC) diet, one corn-soybean-based diet supplementation with 20% corn starch (CS), and 3 corn-soybean-based diets supplementation with 4%, 8%, and 12% corn resistant starch (RS) (identified as 4% RS, 8% RS, and 12% RS, respectively). Each group had eight replicates with eight broilers per replicate. After 21 days feeding, one bird with a body weight (BW) close to the average BW of their replicate was selected and slaughtered. The samples of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, caecum digesta, and blood were collected. Results: Birds fed 4% RS, 8% RS and 12% RS diets showed lower feed intake, BW gain, jejunal villus height (VH), duodenal crypt depth (CD), jejunal VH/CD ratio, duodenal goblet cell density as well as mucin1 mRNA expressions compared to the NC group, but showed higher concentrations of cecal acetic acid and butyric acid, percentage of jejunal proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive cells and delta like canonical Notch ligand 4 (Dll4), and hes family bHLH transcription factor 1 mRNA expressions. However, there were no differences on the plasma diamine oxidase activity and D-lactic acid concentration among all groups. Conclusion: These findings suggested that RS could suppress intestinal morphology and barrier functions by activating Notch pathway and inhibiting the development of goblet cells, resulting in decreased mucins and tight junction mRNA expression.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.97-112
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• 2010

The study aims to comprehend the effect of the wetland ecology education on the elementary school students' changes of recognition about wetland through the wetland ecology map program. In this study, the literary research, the experimental research and the survey methods were operated. Through the literary research, the environmental factors were extracted, and the writing item of ecology map was reconstructed based on the literary research, so the experimental research was operated with the wetland ecology map program. Through four areas of test items such as the information and knowledge, values and attitudes, development and conservation, behavior and participation, and the analysis of children's study results, the effect of the wetland ecology map program on changes of recognition about wetland was verified quantitatively and qualitatively. Wetland ecology map program would be able to be an educational approach which can achieve the 'personalization of environment' setting up predictable environmental improvement goals and satisfying the needs of spatial information of the appropriate regions from the holistic perspective that students themselves plan and participate beyond a one-time experience program. Production of ecological map through continuous monitoring is expected to improve the possibility of subjective environmental actions by operating self-directed learning. Based on the conclusion of this study, we would suggest the following. For wetland ecology map program to be supplemented and utilized, the basic education of wetland should be organized in regular school curriculum, ecology map program including various teaching learning methods be prepared actively, and in future studies, studies of ecosystem-wide wetland ecology map program including animals like birds and fish are necessary.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.153-165
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 중학생(N=300)을 대상으로 질문지와 면담을 통해 주요 동물의 분류에 관한 오류와 그 이유가 되는 사고 내용을 조사하였다. 연구결과, 척추동물과 무척추동물로 분류하는데 있어서 뱀(31.7%), 새우(28.3%), 거북이(25.6%), 개구리(24.7%), 불가사리(10.7%) 등의 순서로 오류의 빈도가 높았다. 이러한 오류의 이유는 각 동물의 운동 특성과 외형적 특성에 따른 직관적 사고, 다른 동물의 특성에 비유하여 잘못된 유추를 하는 것, 각 동물의 척추 관찰 부족 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 척추동물의 하위분류군을 구분함에 있어서 '도롱뇽은 파충류(45.3%), 거북이는 양서류(40.3%)'로 대안개념을 갖는 오류가 높게 나타났다. 그 이유는 분류 용어의 모호함으로 인한 혼동과 각 동물의 생리 생태적 특성을 분류 기준의 특성에 연계시키지 못하는 것에 있었다. 박쥐, 고래, 펭귄의 분류에서는 사회 문화적 요인이 오류의 빈도에 영향을 주었다. 동물 분류의 교수 학습이 암기 위주의 주입식보다는 관찰을 통한 분류 기준의 특성을 탐색하는 활동의 지도가 필요하다.