Environmental Learning Elements Appeared In Dialogues of Social Interactions among Small Groups of Middle School Students at the Natural History Museum: A Case Study of the Natural History Hall in Gwacheon National Science Museum

자연사박물관 관람 시 중학생 소집단의 사회적 상호작용 중 대화에 드러난 환경 학습 요소 : 국립과천과학관 내 자연사관을 사례로

This research aimed for revealing social interaction-based environmental learning elements at the natural history museum. First, we carried out a survey of the perceptual change about 'the environment' concept. It was for confirming whether environmental learning occurred in visiting. Second, we found environmental learning elements through analyzing dialogues among small group members during looking around the museum. Social interaction-based environmental learning elements were classified into five; knowledge, affection, value, skill, behaviour. Each environmental learning element included several sub-elements, so we revealed totally 9 environmental learning sub-elements. By results, we said characteristics and possibility of the natural history museum as an informal environmental educational institution. It is meaningful for extending areas of environmental education.