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The Establishment of Geography National Curriculum and its Effect in England (영국의 지리과 국가교육과정의 제정과 그 영향)

  • 장영진
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.640-656
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    • 2003
  • This study is to focus on the National Curriculum and the Geography National Curriculum in England. First, it is studied the background of the National Curriculum establishment by the Education Reform Act(1988) in England where had been carried out curriculum policy allowing teacher to plan curriculum in school level for a long time. Secondly, the background of included Geography in the Foundation Subjects is investigated. Thirdly, the structure of the National Curriculum and the improvement of the Geography National Curriculum from the 1991 version to the reviewed versions of 1995 and 2000 are explained. And finally, the impact of the National Curriculum on geography education in curriculum planning in school level, teaching material and the status of school geography is explored.

A Comparative Analysis on High School's National Travel Geography Curriculum in Korea and China (한국의 여행지리와 중국의 관광지리 교육과정 비교)

  • Kang, Chang-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.267-285
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    • 2016
  • This study presents a comparative analysis of newly developed curriculum of Travel Geography as the career elective subject in high school for the 2015 revised curriculum in Korea and Tourism Geography in China. Travel Geography Curriculum comprises subject objectives, the contents organization, and achievement standards which reflect the core concept of geography. It utilizes travel as the topic and frame to raise the availability, interest and empathy in the geography classroom. The main research contents are comparative analysis on the similarities and differences of the subject character, goal, content, teaching-learning method and assessment of the national geography curriculum in Korea and China. Practical implications are presented for textbook compilation of the Travel Geography and its Practice classroom teaching-learning.

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The Introduction and Development of GIS Curriculum in the UK Geography Education (영국의 지리교육과정에서 GIS 커리큘럼의 도입과 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kom, Young-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.380-395
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    • 2002
  • Since the mid 1990s, in response to rapid changes in Geography subject. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has been in central position in the UK geography curriculum. This paper discusses the roles of GIS for Geography subject curriculum and addresses main development within UK Geography curriculum since the 1990s, and investigates appropriate GIS curriculum that encourages teaching and learning of geography subject within the curriculum. To obtain these research purposes. this paper starts with the brief description of the Geography subject in the National Curriculum for England (1998) with the recent changes of Geography subject in the national exams (GSCE and A level) in the UK. This result represents a clear situation of Geography subject in the UK school education and also provides a new motivation that brings new challenges of information technology driven curriculum within the Geography subject. In turn, the interactive relationship of Geography and GIS within the current Geography curriculum is described by which the discussion of relevant GIS skills within Geography curriculum is followed. To propose the case studies that show the use of GIS for Geography education at school, Key Stages 2, 3, and 4 examples are discussed. Finally, this paper concludes with the issues that GIS benefits encourage geography teaching and learning and that potential applications can support not only the development of new teaching tools and learning strategies in geography education at schools, but also contribute to extend geographical skills and capabilities to collaborate with other subjects in school education in Korea.

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A Study on New Programme of Study for Geography by A Revised Geography National Curriculum in England (영국 국가교육과정의 개정과 새로운 지리 학습프로그램의 특징)

  • Cho, Chul-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.232-251
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    • 2012
  • This paper is to examine new programme of study for geography by a revised geography(including historical, geographical and social understanding) National Curriculum in England. The new primary and secondary National Curriculum was respectively issued in 2007 for implementation from September 2008 and 2010 for implementation from September 2011. The revised National Curriculum was changed more than that of 1995 and 2000 in terms of its formation and content. Especially, Primary National Curriculum was rebuilded to the six areas of learning, in the end KS1-2 geography was integrated in 'historical, geographical and social understanding'. As a result of that, the subject named as geography only remains for KS3. Nevertheless, the new National Curriculum is consisted of programme of study(PoS) and attainment target(AT). But new programme of study was changed more than that of former curriculum in terms of its formation and content. Programme of study for primary school is organized with curriculum aims, the importance of areas of learning, essential knowledge, key skills, cross-curricular studies, breadth of learning and curriculum progression. On the other hand, that of geography for KS3 is organized with curriculum aims, the importance of geography, key concepts, key processes, range and content, curriculum opportunities. This paper examined on categorical features of new programme of study for KS3 geography and its implications for effective geography curriculum design and planning.

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Chinese Geography Curriculum Changes and the Organization of Geography Curriculum Standards (중국의 지리교육과정 변천과 지리과정표준의 구성체계)

  • Kang, Chang-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.217-231
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    • 2012
  • Geography is a core subject for mutual understanding a relationship between Korea, China, and Japan. But the research and report on the Chinese geography education are poor progressed in Korea. This study aims to review the Chinese geography curriculum changes and the organization of Geography Curriculum Standards(GCS). The results of study are as follows. First, from the perspective of the Chinese geography curriculum development, political ideology and changes of society could lead to serious influences on the geography education. It is change through the process stage of prosperity${\rightarrow}$withdrawal${\rightarrow}$promotion${\rightarrow}$development. Second, most recently, Chinese GCS carried out a drastic reform of their geography curriculum emphasized the importance of a student' needs and activity, the organic correlation between the geographical knowledge and skills, and synthesis, practical value of the geography. Third, the organization of GCS consist of an introduction, curriculum objective, contents standard, performance rules. Fourth, the middle school GCS emphasized the importance of a basis of the geographical knowledge and skills in the 4 subjects(the earth and the maps, world geography, Chinese geography, regional geography). Finally, The high school GCS emphasized the importance of a student' occupational course and consideration of regional circumstances.

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The Advent of Earth Science and the Changes of the Geography Curriculum in 1950s (1950년대 지학의 등장과 지리교육과정의 변화)

  • Ahn, Chong-Uk
    • Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.81-98
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    • 2011
  • Among the changes of the Curriculum from the liberation to the present, the biggest change in the highschool geography course appeared during the period from the Period of Syllabus to the 1st National Curriculum. More specifically, during the 1st National Curriculum the highschool geography course which previously had three subjects, 'Natural Environment and Human Lives', 'Human Geography', 'Economic Geography' was reduced to one subject, 'Human Geography.' In addition, while some contents related with astronomy, geology, and biology had been contained in the physiography course, they were left out from the human geography course of the 1st National Curriculum. This reduction of the geography course was related to the context that earth science was newly established in the 1st National Curriculum. Originally the draft plan released in June, 1953, which was 10 months before the formal time allotment criteria list had been made public, contained 'Physical Geography' instead of 'Earth Science'. What is sorry is that the name of 'Physical Geography' did not remain and was changed to 'Earth Science'. The underlying causes of the crisis the geography education is now facing are the reduction of Physical Geography and the emergence of 'Earth Science' during the 1st National Curriculum. To overcome the present crisis, the subject of geography should be changed more meaningful one based on the comprehensive perspective and academic product that geography has accumulated.

The Changes in Goals and Contents of Geography Education according to the Structural Change of Integration in the Korean Social Studies Curriculum: The Case of the Middle School (우리나라 사회과교육과정의 통합구조 변화에 따른 지리교육의 목표와 내용 변화: 중학교를 중심으로)

  • Park, Sunmee
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.51 no.6
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    • pp.935-955
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    • 2016
  • This study aims to analyze the changes of goals and contents of middle school geography education following up the changes in the Korean social studies curriculum over time. The main findings are as follows. First, From the Syllabus period to the Third Curriculum, geography education, history education, general social studies education in the middle school social studies were directed and managed independently. However from the 4th to the 7th Curriculum, the demand for the virtual integration in middle school social studies increased sharply. Since 2009 revision, social studies suffered an identity crisis as integrated subject matter because history education was separated from the social studies and interdisciplinary units were abolished. In spite of much criticism, however, an odd form of social studies integrating geography and general social studies still remains. Second, the stronger the demand for the social studies integration in middle school, students' social studies learning load had become heavier due to severe competition with other areas to ensure more portion in the integrated structure of social studies. Since geography education did not reflect the new tendency of the geography in the integrated structure of middle school social studies, the gap between the geography and geography education has increased and knowledges of geography growing became separated from students' experience. In conclusion, the integrated structure of social studies in the middle school hindered the geography education development as it limited the autonomy of geography education in terms of curriculum development.

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Global Citizenship Education in the Primary Geography Curriculum of the Republic of Korea: Content Analysis Focusing on the Semantic Structure of 2009 Revised School Curriculum (초등지리 교육과정에 반영된 세계시민교육 관련 요소의 구조적 특성에 관한 연구: 2009 개정 교육과정 성취기준에 대한 내용분석을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Dong-Min
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.949-969
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the share of global citizenship education in the 2009 Revised Social Studies (geography area) School Curriculum of the Republic of Korea. I selected the achievement standards of the geography domain in the fifth and sixth grades as the subjects of analysis. The chosen subjects were examined using content analysis: I used KrKwic, a Korean language content analysis tool, to analyze the content and drew a semantic network of the analysis results using UciNet/NetDraw. I found that the geography domain of the 2009 Revised Primary School Curriculum included the concepts of and factors of global citizenship education. However, global citizenship education did not account for a major portion of the curriculum, and the curriculum achievement standards were noticeably nation-state centered. Global citizenship education factors were not closely associated with to other related factors in fact, they even revealed a isolated pattern. These findings suggest that the inclusion of global citizenship education in primary geography education is limited, because the connections between global citizenship education and related contents, such as the environment, sustainable development, conflict, and cooperation, are probably impeded. Globalization accompanies the transformation of territories, identities, and the relations between nation-states and the world, although nation-states continue to play a significant role in the globalized worlds. Therefore global citizenship education, a educational trend focusing on the global community, is particularly important and is required in the geography curriculum of the global era. I expect that the examination undertaken in this study to contribute to future curriculum revisions regarding globalizatin and global citizenship.

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Recontextualizing geography curriculum:society;student and discipline of geography (地理 敎育課程의 再脈絡化)

  • Seo, Tae Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.438-449
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    • 1994
  • This paper focuses on recontextualizing geography curriculum, i.e. examining recent changing aspects in three geography curriculum locators-society, student and discipline of geography-and searching future directions of geography curriculum in light of such changes. For conciliation and reflection of changing aspects of each locators, this paper dealt with social issues and societal changes in terms of locator of society, increased concern to student and development of cognitive science in terms of students, and challenging views on science and the meaning of epistemological changes in geography in terms of discipline. As a result, three future directions in geography curriculum are searched : issue-based geography curriculum, thinking geography curriculum, geography curriculum toward equity and accessbility.

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A Curriculum System and Content Composition of the Dept. of Geography in France : Implication for the Dept. of Geography in Korea (프랑스 대학 지리학과의 교육과정 체제와 내용구성 - 한국의 지리학과에 주는 시사점 -)

  • Moon, Nam-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.775-786
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    • 2013
  • Although the Dept. of Geography in Korea has contributed to the social development of Korea with a remarkable growth for a short period, their social status and influence have not greatly improved and the graduates in Geography do not have many job opportunities. The low social statue and the limited job opportunities of the Dept. of Geography in Korea was due to the failure of the creation of their demand and the expansion of their sphere in response to the social changes and developments of Korea. In France, the Dept. of Geography has raised their social standings through the suited curriculum system to generate their demand and enlarge their domain with the social changes and development of French. The Dept. of Geography in Korea also needs not only the expansion of sphere but the building of the proper curriculum system for the creation of demand.

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