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Student-Perspective Sources of Environmental Learning in South Korea

학생관점에서 접근해 본 한국에서의 환경학습 기회

  • Published : 2007.12.31
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Abstract

This study aims to uncover sources of environmental learning from a student perspective using the previously unstudied case of South Korea. literature from other countries credits many sources of learning, including: media, school, personal sources, and non-governmental organizations. This analysis is based on focus group and questionnaire data collected during in-country field work. Results from South Korea are then compared with other studies carried out in the Asia-Pacific and the Western developed world. The results show that, similar to other countries including Australia, China, and India; South Korean students learn about the environment mainly through the media and schools. Television, schools, and domestic internet web pages were found to be some of the most-used sources of environmental information in South Korea, while more personal sources, such as community, family, and friends, were found to play an overall lesser instructive role. When compared internationally, South Korean students often exhibited less trust in the reliability of various sources, especially business, community, and foreign sources of information.

본 연구의 목적은 한국을 사례로 학생관점 접근을 통해 환경학습의 원천을 밝히는데 있다. 다른 나라에서 이루어진 연구에 의하면, 환경학습의 원천에는 미디어, 학교, 개인적 기회, 그리고 비정부기구 등이 있다. 본 연구는 한국을 사례로 하여 토의집단과의 면접과 설문조사에 기초하여 이루어줬으며, 그 결과는 다른 나라의 것과 비교하였다. 한국 학생들의 경우 환경에 대한 정보를 호주, 중국, 인도를 포함한 다른 나라와 유사하게 미디어와 학교에서 얻는 것으로 나타났다. 환경정보 습득의 원천으로 가장 중요한 것은 텔레비전과 학교 그리고 인터넷이었으며, 지역사회, 가족 그리고 친구와 같은 개인적 기회는 그다지 중요하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 외국과 비교해 보면, 한국 학생들은 다양한 출처, 특히 기업, 지역사회, 그리고 외국으로부터의 정보에 대해 비교적 덜 신뢰하는 것으로 드러났다.

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