• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.166-185
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• 2010

Astronomy areas in the elementary science textbooks of Korea and the U.S.A. have been compared to find advantages and disadvantages of Korean textbooks. The analysis objects are the 7th national curriculum science textbooks for Korea and the Macmillan McGraw-Hill(MMH) science textbooks for the U.S.A. The results are as follows: First, in contexts, Korean science textbooks contain mostly inquiry activities and partly reading materials. However, MMH ones contain mostly explanations including photographs, related activities, and various reading materials. Second, in the contents and order, the observation activities of constellations are emphasized in Korean science textbooks, while the MMH ones explain solar system up to the universe in details. In addition, Korean science textbooks deal with one subject only once during the whole elementary course while MMH ones deal with one subject repeatedly in several grades. Third, in the frameworks of the international mathematics and science study (TIMSS) 2007, Korean science textbooks do not introduce some contents presented in TIMSS 2007, whereas MMH textbooks introduce every one of them in time. Fourth, the major subjects such as change of moon phases, constellations, the solar system, and change of seasons are handled independently in Korean science textbooks without strong correlation, while they are systematically done related with the rotation and the revolution of the earth in MMH ones.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.770-782
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• 2022

본 연구는 학생들의 바람직한 성 역할 인식과 가치관 형성을 위하여 2015 개정 초등학교 과학과 3~4학년군 검정 교과서의 과학자 제시 실태를 양성평등의 관점에서 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 앞으로 학교교육 현장에 적용될 2015 초등학교 과학과 5~6학년군 검정 교과서와 새롭게 적용될 2022 개정 초등학교 과학과 교육과정의 검정 교과서 개발에 시사점을 주고자 하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 2022년에 초등학교 3~4학년군에 처음 적용된 초등학교 과학과 검정 교과서 7종에 포함되어 있는 과학자의 성별 제시 실태를 분석하고, 분석 자료를 바탕으로 현직 초등학교 부장교사 3인을 대상으로 심층 면담을 진행하였으며, 경기도 소재 초등학교에 재직 중인 32명의 교사에게 본 연구와 관련한 설문의 응답을 받아 분석하였다. 그 결과 교과서에 제시된 전체 23명의 과학자 중 여성 과학자는 3명(13.0%)이었고, 단원별로 살펴보면 탐구 단원에 10명(43.5%)의 과학자가 제시되어 있어서 비율이 가장 높았다. 교과서에 제시된 과학자의 성비에 대한 교사의 인식을 분석한 결과, 교사들은 남성 과학자에 비하여 여성 과학자에 대한 인식이 낮은 것으로 파악되었고, 교직 기간 중 여성 과학자와 관련된 지도 경험이 없거나 매우 적었다. 또한 교사의 성별에 따라 교과서의 과학자 제시 비율 개선에 대한 인식이 상당히 다른 것을 파악할 수 있었다. 이를 통해 본 연구에서는 교과서 제작 과정에서 과학자의 성비와 관련하여 집필진 및 사회구성원의 합의가 필요하고, 교과서의 경우 공교육 제도 내에서 사용되는 교재이기 때문에 보다 양성평등적인 측면에서 기존에 잘 알려지지 않은 과학자들의 업적을 발굴하고 소개하는 것에 대한 사회적 합의가 필요하다는 결론을 얻게 되었다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2006

The purpose of this research was to find the solution of problems originated from financial illiteracy. To accomplish this task, the content which supposed to be taught in the area of personal finance in the Elementary, Middle and High School curricular were identified based on the previous research. Then, the personal finance content taught in public education system were analyzed rising content analysis of over 100 text books related to Personal finance education, such as Home Economics, Social Science, Economics, and Human Life Sciences, etc. Based on the results, followings were concluded. In spite of the fact that only few personal financial education topics were included in the 7th Education Curriculum, many topics taught in the subject of Social Science were duplicated in the Home Economics Curricular. To accomplish the ultimate goal of personal financial education, an introduction of the new course(Personal Finance) in the regular curriculum like U.S. is strongly recommended.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2010

Students' emotional attitude not only affects their achievement in a meaningful way but also is an important educational goal in its own right. This research investigated how students' interest in science varies among elementary, middle and high-school students based on a survey and reviews of previous research results. We analyzed students learning attitude in terms of interest in and enjoyment of science, instrumental motivation in science, science learning anxiety, and self-concept in science. Major findings are students showed more negative attitudes in intrinsic motivation, instrumental motivation, value perception of science, and confidence in science as they move in to a higher school level. According to students' explanation, science classes got bored in a higher grade because of difficult contents, lack of experiments and activities, and teachers' monotonous explanations. Based on the results, recommendations on how to improve students' attitudes towards science are suggested. First of all we need to secure more science instructional hours in the school curriculum than the 7th national curriculum to implement improved science teaching and learning methods.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.105-120
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• 2009

Critical Experiments (CE) in science classrooms mean, tentatively, critical situations as comparable to anomalous cases in scientific revolutions where the results of science experiments in schools are unclear, differ from the theory, or students misunderstand the purpose of the experiments. The purpose of this research is to identify what CE occurred during science classes and to investigate how elementary teachers handled them. To analyze how teachers recognized and handled CE, we selected nine typical CE from the $7^{th}$ Korean science curriculum. 125 teachers were selected from 8 districts' elementary schools in a local city. A questionnaire with photos of the nine CE above-mentioned was distributed to these teachers. The focus in this research was the way that each teacher handled the CE. We discovered that there were three basic ways in which teachers handled CE. When CE occurred, 51% of elementary teachers explained the correct result of the experiment (what should have happened) to the students while 40.7% of the teachers repeated to get the correct results. The focuses of handling CE varied. 57 % of the teachers focused on the 'materials' while 30% of the teachers focused on the 'theory'. The other focus was 'thinking'. Only 7.6% of the teachers answered that they gave students a chance to think about the reasons why the CE happened. By analyzing our survey results, we could determine what each teacher did as a follow up to the CE and their focus and reasoning for handling the CE this way. When the CE happened in the science class, few handled the CE with the point of view about purpose of doing experiment. As a result, students could not gain educational experience from the CE. If we use CE as a new method to teach science, it will be a good subject incorporating the nature of science in science education.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2014

In this research, a subject substitute STEAM program was developed in context of a trend of STEAM education and a new science contents in a 2009 revised curriculum, which can replace the 2009 revised curriculum contents of 'Sound' unit in the third and the fourth grade. The developed program was taught to the 4th graders in a field. After applying the program, how students acknowledge the subject substitute STEAM program was analyzed through questionnaire. The research results were as follows. First, the subject substitute STEAM program of 3 sub programs was developed with centered around 'sound' unit for 4th graders. Second, students made a positive estimation of the STEAM program because of various activities and learning subject related to daily life. Third, they considered difficult term, necessary craft skills in creative design, understanding scientific principle and a lot of necessary time as difficulties of the STEAM program. And they also recognized that making stuff activity and learning aid material like activity sheet, picture and video helped to understand a lesson. Lastly, students had a positive thinking or negative thinking about STEAM program before they learn. But after learning the STEAM program, all of them showed their positive attitude to the STEAM program.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.337-344
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 우리나라 제 7차 교육과정에 의해 저술된 초등학교 과학교과서에 포함된 현장학습 관련 내용을 현장학습의 유형 및 현장학습 요소에 따라 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 초등학교 과학교과서에 실린 현장학습은 3학년부터 6학년까지 학기당 평균 4.25건이 제시되어 있으며, 지구와 생명 영역에 집중되어 있다. 현장학습 장소는 학교 내 환경과 지역사회의 자연 환경으로 한정되어 있으며, 기본 개념의 습득을 목적으로 하는 경우가 주를 이루었다. 현장학습에서 의 활동은 단순한 활동으로 끝나는 접근 방식보다는 과학 지식의 습득 및 이해를 이끌어 교육과정과 통합시키는 접근 방식이 많았으며, 학생 활동을 단계별로 안내하는 경우가 대부분이었다. 현장학습의 사전활동 및 정리활동은 그 내용이 미미한 경우가 많았으며, 현장학습에서 유의점은 대부분의 경우 안내되지 않았다. 현장학습이 일회성 행사로 끝나지 않고 교육과정과 통합되는 방식으로 이루어지기 위해서는 교과서에서 체계적으로 제시하고 안내하는 것이 요구되며, 교육과정과 연계된 다양한 현장학습 장소의 발굴 및 학생들의 인지 수준에 적절하고 과학 학습과 과학에 대한 흥미를 높이는데 효과적인 현장학습 활동의 개발이 요구된다.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.405-415
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• 2008

현재의 초등컴퓨터교육과정은 응용소프트웨어 및 학습용 소프트웨어의 기능을 익히는 측면이 강조되어 왔다. 최근 컴퓨터과학원리 교육을 통한 사고력 교육을 주장하는 측면도 있지만, 그에 따른 문제점, 학생들의 반응 등 다양한 연구 결과가 많지 않다. 이에 본 연구에서는 초등학생에게 컴퓨터 교과 내용학의 컴퓨터 과학 원리를 도입할 수 있는지 그 가능성을 알아보고자 한다. 다양한 컴퓨터과학 원리 가운데, 이진수의 개념, 영상의 표현, 파일 저장을 하나의 주제로 통합한 비트맵이미지 저장원리를 학습주제로 선정하여 연구를 진행하였다. 연구 결과, 초등학생의 특성을 고려하여 수업을 활동 중심으로 진행하고, 학습내용을 초등학생의 수준에 맞춘다면 초등학생들도 내용을 이해할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.35-53
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• 2011

The purpose of this research is placed on the development and application of environmental play programs for elementary school students their utilizing the neighborhood learning gardens in their districts to find its effectiveness. The research questions drawn to attain the purpose of the research are as follows. Initially, analyze the contents related to the plant appearing in the textbooks of wise life, science and practical arts of the 7th elementary school curriculum. Secondly, develop a plant utilizing environmental play program targeted towards the 4th grade elementary school students with the results of the textbook analysis as the foundation. Third, apply the plant utilizing environmental play program into the classroom to verify its effectiveness. Based on the conclusion of this research, the following is to be proposed. First, the revitalization of regional environmental education utilizing the various surroundings of the region is essential. Also, the current method of education, which is focused on theoretical knowledge, and being operated in most of the schools need to be changed over to diverse environmental education programs that are linked with the region. For this, an internet based database, information sharing and exchange program centralized around the regional environmental education center needs to be prepared. Moreover, since this research had developed an environmental play program utilizing plants that focused on the 4th grade elementary school students to verify its effectiveness, the development for environmental play programs dealing with various themes for each grades is required. Lastly, although this research has verified the effectiveness in the variables of ecological knowledge, environmental susceptibility, environmental attitude, environmental concern, environmental function and responsible environmental behavior amongst the variables of environmental literacy but there requires a succeeding research considering the variables that haven't been included in this research.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.330-339
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• 2011

This study was to investigate effects of instruction using the history of science on elementary school students' science learning motivation. Subjects were 48 students of two groups in the 5th Grade in Bucheon City. A Experimental group of 24 was instructed 20 lessons in Unit 1~7 using the history of science for a 11-week period. In this study, the instructional contents were selected by stories about scientists, discoveries or anecdotes about natural phenomena and related learning topics in national science curriculum. And they are presented by writings with pictures, cartoons, PPT materials and a script. Students play various learning activities such as exchanging opinions after reading instructional content, making a book or a newspaper, playing in a drama and representing by picture. A control group of 24 was instructed by traditional teaching methods in same period. To compare difference of instruction effects of the two groups, the score of pre-test and post-test were both estimated by t-test. The results of the study were as follows. Students of experimental group showed statistically a more significant increase in the science learning motivation than control group students (p<.05). Each of attention (A), relevance (R), satisfaction (S) sub-elements of learning motivation were higher in the experimental group and it was showed the instruction using the history of science was effective in improving of science learning motivation.