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Science Education Research Institute Kyungpook National University (경북대학교 과학교육연구소)
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The Effects of Middle School Students' Perception of Science and Out-of-School Experience on Science Career Aspiration

과학에 대한 인식 및 학교 밖 경험이 중학생의 과학 진로 희망에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2017.10.18
  • Accepted : 2017.12.20
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of gender, science achievement, perceptions of science, and out-of-school experience on middle school students' science career aspiration. We conduced a survey on 181 middle school students and investigated whether there was a difference in perception of science and out-of-school experience according to science career aspiration, and derived the eight variables from survey items based on exploratory factor analysis. And we conducted a logistic regression analysis that explains the effects of eight derived variables, gender, and science achievement on science career aspiration. The result of analysis showed that only two factors such as 'interest and preference for science learning' and 'use of everyday tools' were significant to explain science career aspiration. It has thus been found that it is important to increase students' interest in and preferences for science learning and use of tools in everyday life in order to increase their science career aspiration.

이 연구에서는 중학생을 대상으로 성별, 과학성적, 과학에 대한 인식, 학교 밖 경험이 과학 진로 희망에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 181명의 중학생을 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하여 과학 진로 희망 여부에 따라 과학에 대한 인식과 학교 밖 경험에 차이가 있는지 조사하고 탐색적 요인 분석을 통해 도출한 8개의 변인과 성별, 과학 성적 등이 과학 관련 진로 희망 여부에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, '과학 학습에 대한 흥미와 선호'와 '일상 도구 사용' 변인만이 과학 진로 희망 여부를 유의미하게 설명할 수 있는 설명변인인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 학생들의 과학 진로를 희망을 증가시키기 위해서는 학생들의 과학 학습에 대한 흥미와 선호를 높이고 일상생활에서 도구를 사용하는 경험을 늘리는 것이 중요한 것으로 나타났다.

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