• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2012

The Purpose of this study was to analyze STS contents in elementary school science textbooks according to 6th, 7th and revision 2007 national curriculum. The contents of STS were analyzed by the STS elements of Yager and the STS topics of Piel's standard. Major findings from the analyses are as follows: (1) The STS contents in the science textbooks of the 6th curriculum took up 13.7% and increased to 18.3% in the 7th and 19.0% in the revision 2007, which showed that the textbooks followed the goal of the national curriculum faithfully. (2) Based on the STS elements by Yager's standard, most of STS content is focused on 'Application of science', 'Social problems and issues' and 'Local and community relevance'. (3) Based on the STS topics by Piel's standard, most of STS contents are focused on 'Effect of technological development' and 'Society of science'. These results indicate that recent STS education trends are reflected on the 6th, 7th and revision 2007 textbooks well. However, it is suggested that some improvement is needed, such as diversification of topic.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate about current status of science field study in elementary schools. A total of 72 elementary teachers in Busan and Gyungnam districts were involved and the data from questionnaire was gathered. The questionnaire was comprised two parts: items on general level include the epistemological aspect and actual condition and items on concrete level according to chapters of elementary school science curriculum. The major findings are as follows: 1. Many teachers cognize the requirement of science field study in 7th Korean elementary school science curriculum is larger than 6th one. But they respond the actual number of science field study in 7th curriculum is nearly equal to 6th. 2. In analysis to grades, the actual number of field study decrease as grade is high. 3. In the science content aspects, the requirement of field study is the largest on biology domain and earth science domain. 4. Many teachers have pointed out “the difficulty of administration for field study” and “inappropriated surrounding of their school” as the problems of science field study in elementary school.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 제7차 교육과정에 의한 초등학교 과학 교과서(화학 영역)를 분석하여 6차 교육과정에 의한 교과서와 비교하는 것이다 수업 차시수, 교과서 쪽수, 학년별 학습 내용, 삭제된 내용이나 새로 도입된 내용에 대해 분석하였다. '혼합물의 분리' 단원의 일부 특징에 대해서도 분석하였다. 개정된 교육과정의 의도가 반영되었는지, 특히 학습량이 감소되었는지에 대한 교육학적' 함의를 논의하였다.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.32-42
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to provide meaningful basic materials for organizing a science curriculum in future by analyzing the status and changes of contents about astronomical phenomena in textbooks according to the changes of the science curriculum of elementary school. A main target of analysis is science textbooks of elementary school in curriculums from 1st to 7th. For the analysis, the analytic frame based on contents in astronomy textbooks of teachers colleges and colleges of education was used. The result of the analysis is as in the following. First, astronomy accounted for average about 7% of all pages of textbooks in all of science curriculums. The 1st educational curriculum had the most learning quantity of 10.40%, and the 6th curriculum had the least quantity of 4.39%. These results show that astronomy was not a small part and was considered important in each science curriculum of elementary school considering that earth science accounted for 17-26% of all pages in elementary school science curriculum. Second, the things that have been dealt with in common in all science curriculums from 1st to 7th of elementary school are the shape of the earth, the rotation and the revolution of the earth, the occurrence of the seasons, the apparent motion of the sun, the status and motion of the moon, the movement of a star, the brightness and distance of a star, constellations, the sun, planets and others. These contents are expected to be dealt with continuously as basic contents to organize astronomy regardless of the changes of curriculum. Third, in science curriculum of elementary school, astronomical phenomena based on life experiences regarding the earth, the moon and the sun are mainly dealt with in the first and the second grade. Contents requiring principles-understanding and research are dealt with in the fifth and sixth grade. These results show that elementary school science curriculum dealing with astronomy reflects the developmental stages of students and considers principle of learning possibility.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.102-113
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• 2001

제 6차와 7차 교육 과정의 교과서가 아니고 교육부 고시 교육 과정과 교육 과정 해설에 제시된 초 중 고등학교 탐구 기능 요소의 종류와 빈도를 포괄적으로 조사하였다. 제 6차 교육 과정에 제시된 탐구 기능 요소의 종류는 모두 17가지였고, 7차 교육 과정은 23가지로 조사되어 7차 교육 과정은 6차 교육 과정에 비해 탐구 기능 요소의 출현 종류가 약 1.3배 증가되었다. 탐구 기능 요소의 전체 빈도는 6차 교육 과정에서 408회, 7차 교육 과정에서 729회로 조사되어 7차가 6차에 비해 약 1.8배 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 학교급별 탐구 기능 요소의 총 활용 빈도는 초등학교의 경우, 6차 교육 과정 14가지 요소에서 155회, 7차 교육 과정 18가지 요소에서 188회, 중학교의 경우, 6차 교육 과정은 7가지 요소에서 44회, 7차 교육 과정은 16가지 요소에서 196회, 고등학교의 경우, 6차 교육 과정의 공통 과학은 10가지 요소에서 44회, 7차 교육 과정은 10가지 요소에서 50회, 고등학교 과학 4영역 I, II 의 경우, 6차 교육 과정은 11가지 요소에서 165회, 7차 교육 과정은 21가지 요소에서 279회로 나타냈다. 7차 교육 과정의 중학교 단계에서 탐구 기능 요소의 활용 빈도가 6차에 비해 약 4.5배 증가하여 초 중 고등학교 가운데 가장 큰 폭으로 상승하였고 전체적으로 볼 때, 7차 교육 과정은 6차 교육 과정보다 탐구 기능 요소의 종류가 약 1.3배, 그 빈도가 약 4.5배로 더욱 강화되었다. 그러므로, 학생들의 과학 탐구 능력 향상에 더욱 관심을 기울이고 그 중요성을 깊이 인식해야 할 것으로 생각되었다.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.239-254
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• 2015

이 연구에서는 제7차, 2007 개정, 2009 개정 교육과정의 초등학교 및 중학교 과학과 내용 진술에 사용된 서술어를 분석하고 교육과정에 따른 특징을 알아보고자 하였다. 성취기준 및 탐구 활동 진술에 사용된 문장의 마지막 서술어 1383개를 대상으로 종류 및 빈도 등을 조사한 결과, 초등학교에서는 평균적으로 '안다'(15.0 %)가, 중학교에서는 '이해한다'(24.2 %)가 가장 많이 사용되었다. 교육과정별로 살펴보면, 제7차 교육과정에서는 '이해한다'의 비중이 가장 높았지만 초등학교에서 관찰, 조사와 같은 탐구 활동을 뜻하는 동사가 상대적으로 자주 등장하였다. 2007 개정 과학과 교육과정을 살펴보면 초 중학교를 합쳐 '설명한다'가 최빈 동사로 나타났다. 2009 개정 교육과정에서는 '안다'와 '이해한다'가 각각 1, 2 순위를 차지하였다. 세 교육과정을 비교하면, '이해한다'와 '관찰한다'는 비교적 고르게 사용된 반면에 '안다'는 교육과정이 개정되면서 빈도가 점점 증가하는 경향이 나타났다. 아울러 이러한 결과들이 지니는 의미와 시사점을 논의하고, 차기 교육과정 개정과 관련하여 후속 연구의 필요성을 제안하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.63-75
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• 2007

This study investigated how the contents of biology domains that were dealt with in the 7th national elementary-school science curriculum were in turn dealt with in the other subject matter areas. Through this, it was hoped that the place and identity of biology as a subject could be more clearly established and defined and additionally, more basic data for developing the new national science curriculum could be acquired at the same time. Subject matter areas that overlapped with biology in the 7th national elementary-school curriculum were practical arts, social studies and physical education. The structure and composition of specific components that were dealt with by these subject matter areas were very different from those of science, and the analysis showed that they failed to correspond across grades. Moreover, topics such as 'natural calamities and the environment' and 'human reproduction' that were dealt with by other subject matter areas, but not in science must be included for developing the new national science curriculum. Accordingly, when it comes to composing the contents of each subject matter area during creation of the new national curriculum, the relevant experts in related subject matter areas should be mobilized to conduct in-depth analysis of the following areas: viability, the most appropriate level of difficulty, and appropriateness of any hierarchy of relative importance between subjects. Additionally, efforts to reflect any improvements in the way the new national curriculum is developed which come about through this research are needed.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.203-213
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• 2005

In this study, the biological units of elementary school science were classified to the lower categories of Dimensions of Learning out of the 1 st to the 7th National Curriculum using the Dimensions of Learning Project developed by ASCD in USA. Also they were investigated which lower categories of Dimensions of Learning were used to the Curriculum. The results were as follows; First, the average percentages of using the lower categories of Dimensions of learning increased gradually from lower to higher grade regardless of any versions of Curriculum. For example, the percentages of using the lower categories according to grade 3 to 6 were increased by $56.1\%,\;61.4\%.\;67.1\%,\;86.8\%$ in the 7th Curriculum (r = .942). Second, as a result of investigating the percentages of using lower categories of Dimensions of Learning according to the change of curriculum, the average percentages appeared to be $37.9\%,\;42.9\%,\;41.1\%,\;47.6\%,\;47.6\%,\;50.5\%,\;67.9\%$ from the 1st to the 7th National Curriculum, respectively. In addition, the average percentages were increased gradually from the 1st to the 7th National Curriculum (r = .878). Third, the average percentages of using the lower categories of Dimensions of Learning decreased approximately from 1 st to 5th Dimension. The results are considered to be a desirable organization considering the physiological, cognitive development of elementary students.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.1028-1038
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 초등학교 교사 수준에서 제 7차 과학과 교육과정의 운영 실태를 분석하였다. 3개 시도의 140개표집학교를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 아울러 7개 학교를 방문하여 18시간의 과학 수업을 관찰하고, 수업 후 심층 교사 면담을 실시하였다. 이들 자료를 기초로 과학과 교육과정의 각 구성요소별로(즉, 목표, 내용, 방법 및 평가)(1)운영(재구성) 실태와 (2)재구성 내용에 반영된 학습자 중심 및 다양화 특성화 측면을 살펴보았다. 아울러 교사 차원의 교육과정 재구성이 어려운 이유 및 개선점을 점검하였다. 대부분의 초등 교사들은 과학과 수업목표는 물론 내용, 방법 및 평가의 모든 측면에서 교과서와 교사용 지도서를 그대로 답습하는 수준에 머물고 있었으며, 재구성 시도가 극히 제한적이었다. 대부분의 교사들에게 있어서 교육과정 재구성이란 내용 제시 순서를 바꾸거나 일부 단원이나 주제를 첨삭하는 것을 의미하였다. 이에 대한 원인을 살펴보고, 그 대안을 제언의 형태로 제시하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.305-317
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• 2004

The learning materials in elementary school science textbooks should include all kinds of materials being used by both teachers and students in the science teaching. The major purpose of this research is to analysis textbooks and teacher's guidebooks prepared for the science teaching of 3-6 grade students. To clarify this research, we listed whole of the learning materials of science teaching for each grade and counted numbers being used for whole of the lessons of science. And according to the characteristics and the methods of its preparation of materials, the types of learning materials can be divided into 10 categories such as teaching equipments for science, test materials, consumables, audio-visual aids, teaching equipments in general, collecting' recycling materials, field studies' collected data, breeding' cultivation materials, manufacture materials, and etc. At the result of this research, the 7th national science curriculum needs total 844 items of learning materials for science education. They could be separated into ten types of categories such as 159 items of teaching equipments for science, 65 items of test materials, 116 items of consumables, 198 items of audio-visual aids, 64 items teaching equipments in general, 31 items of collecting' recycling materials, 38 items of field studies (collecting) materials, 17 items of breeding-cultivation materials, 58 items of manufacturing materials, 105 items of other materials. And we found out that there were 332 items of materials for the 3rd grade, 303 items for the 4th grade, 324 items for the 5th grade, and 254 items for the 6th grade. The result of this research could be useful for classroom activities for science teaching.