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The Effects of 'Healthy Family Relationship' Class of Home Economics Based on Design Thinking on the Improvement of Empathy Ability of the Middle School Student

디자인씽킹에 기반한 가정교과 '건강한 가족 관계' 수업이 중학생의 공감능력 향상에 미치는 영향

  • Kang, Bo Ram (Jangseong Girl's Middle School) ;
  • Park, Mi Jeong (Dept. of Home Economics Education, Korea National University of Education)
  • Received : 2021.08.30
  • Accepted : 2021.09.28
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

In this study, a program was developed and implemented for middle school students in the 'Healthy Family Relations' of the home economics based on design thinking process. The purpose was to investigate whether a significant difference is displayed in terms of empathy ability improvement among middle school students. For this purpose, a "Wise 'stay-at-home' life" program comprised of five class sessions was developed based on design thinking process. The program was implemented to male and female students in the second year of middle school, and students' empathy ability was examined by a pre- and post-test comparison. As a result, the developed program was found to have generated a significant improvement in cognitive empathy among middle school students. In addition, the students' satisfaction with the class was generally positive. In particular, many students mentioned that they were interested in activities such as 'empathizing through Instagram' and 'creating a sub-character'. However, there also was an opinion that the lesson activities were difficult to complete due to the lack of time and restrictions on cooperative activities due to COVID-19. In this research, we developed a program that can be used in both face-to-face and non-face-to-face situations in order to flexibly deal with situations where the learning environment changes due to COVID-19. And this research is significant particularly in that it confirmed that home economics have a positive influence on improving middle school students' empathy ability, particularly the cognitive factor of empathy.

이 연구는 중학생을 대상으로 가정교과의 '건강한 가족 관계' 수업을 디자인씽킹을 기반으로 프로그램을 개발하여 실행한 후 그 결과 중학생의 공감능력 향상에 유의미한 차이가 나타나는지 알아보는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 디자인씽킹에 기반 한 총 5차시의 『슬기로운 '집콕'생활』프로그램을 개발하여 중학교 2학년 남녀 학생들을 대상으로 실행한 후, 사전-사후 검사를 통해 수업 후에 학생들의 공감능력이 향상되었는지 알아보았다. 그 결과, 『슬기로운 '집콕'생활』 프로그램은 중학생의 인지적 공감능력 향상에 유의미한 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 또한 학생들의 수업에 대한 만족도는 전반적으로 긍정적이었다. 특히, 인스타그램으로 공감하기, '부캐' 만들기 등의 활동이 흥미로웠다는 의견이 많았다. 다만, COVID-19로 인한 시간의 부족 및 모둠활동 제약으로 인해 수업 활동에 어려움을 겪었다는 의견도 있었다. 이 연구는 COVID-19로 인해 학습 환경이 변화되는 상황에 유연하게 대처하기 위해 대면과 비대면 상황에 맞추어 활용할 수 있도록 프로그램을 개발하였다는 점과 가정과교육이 중학생의 공감능력 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 미치며, 특히 공감의 인지적 요인 향상에 도움을 준다는 점을 확인한 것에 그 의의가 있다.

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