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Exploring the High School Students' Perception of Relationships among History of Science, Science, and History: Focus on 'History of Science' in the 2015 Revised Science Curriculum

고등학생들의 과학사, 과학, 역사 과목에 대한 관계인식 탐색 -2015 개정 과학과 교육과정 진로선택 과목 '과학사'를 중심으로-

  • Received : 2019.09.18
  • Accepted : 2019.10.30
  • Published : 2019.12.28

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore high school students' perception of the relationship among science, history, and history of science which is one of the career elective subjects in the 2015 revised science curriculum. This study compares students' perception before and after experiencing history of science course. To do this, data in the format of Venn diagram that students draw to represent their perception on relationship between the history of science, science, and history were collected. The collected data were inductively categorized. As a result of analyzing the Venn Diagram data, there are five different kinds of categories: 'History of science as an intersection of science and history,' 'History of science as an independent domain,' 'History of science as part of history,' 'History of science as part of science,' and 'History of science encompassing both science and history.' And there were 27 different sub-categories within the 5 categories. In addition, before taking the course on history of science, many students tended to regard science history as the intersection of science and history. However, after the course, students' perception changed and differed according to their affiliated academic track. For the humanities, history of science is perceived as part of history, and for the students in science track it is perceived as a part of science. Based on these findings, we suggest that history of science teaching-learning should be conducted that help high school students to experience a new perspective that is different from the curriculum in affiliated academic track.

이 연구의 목적은 고등학생들의 2015 개정 과학과 교육과정 진로선택 교과목인 '과학사' 과목과 과학과 역사의 관계에 대한 인식을 탐색하는 것이다. 또한 이 연구는 실제 과학사 수업을 경험하기 이전과 이후의 이 인식의 변화를 계열별로 비교하였다. 이를 위하여 고등학생 265명이 그린 과학사와 과학, 역사와의 관계를 표현한 벤다이어그램 도형 자료를 수집하고, 이에 대한 설명 텍스트를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료들은 귀납적으로 범주화하여 최종적으로 범주화하였다. 벤다이어그램 자료를 분석한 결과 '과학과 역사의 만남으로서의 과학사', '독립영역으로서의 과학사', '역사의 일부로서의 과학사', '과학의 일부로서의 과학사', '모두를 아우르는 과학사'의 5가지의 다양한 관계범주 유형을 발견할 수 있었다. 또한 각 유형들마다 다양한 세부유형들이 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 과학사 수업 경험 이전에는 많은 학생들이 과학사를 과학 과목과 역사 과목의 교집합으로 여기는 경향을 보였다. 그러나 과목 경험 후에는 인문계 학생들과 자연계 학생들의 관계인식변화는 서로 달라졌다. 인문계 학생들의 경우에는 과학사 과목이 역사과목의 일종이라고 여기는 인식이 더 증가했고, 자연계 학생들의 경우는 과학의 일종이라고 여기는 인식이 더 증가했다. 이와 같은 연구 결과를 토대로 과학사 교육이 기존에 자신이 속한 계열 내에서 익숙하게 배우는 기존의 교과들과는 다른 새로운 관점을 경험할 수 있는 과학사 교수-학습이 실현되어야 할 것임을 제언하였다.

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