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The Effects of a Wetland Education Program Using Ecotourism on Middle School Students' Environmental Literacy

생태 관광을 활용한 습지 교육 프로그램이 중학생의 환경 소양에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2024.06.14
  • Accepted : 2024.08.20
  • Published : 2024.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a wetland education program using ecotourism and investigate its effect on middle school students' environmental literacy. The wetland education program was developed by analyzing the 2015 revised curriculum and integrating content from science, social studies, ethics, technology, and home economics. The subjects of this study were 49 second-grade middle school students in Jeju City. The analysis revealed that the wetland education program using ecotourism improved environmental literacy in both the cognitive and psychomotor domains. In particular, the students' awareness of the 'causes of climate change' and 'responses to climate change' appeared to have increased. Although environmental literacy in the affective domain did not improve, there were positive effects in specific areas, such as attitudes toward pollution and proactive behavior. Based on the results of this study, follow-up research should further explore using ecotourism as an effective method to enhance wetland education.

본 연구의 목적은 생태 관광을 활용한 습지교육프로그램을 개발 및 적용하고, 중학생의 환경 소양에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것이다. 습지교육 프로그램은 중학교 교육과정을 분석하고 과학, 사회, 도덕, 기술가정 등의 교과와 연계하여 개발되었다. 본 연구의 대상은 제주 지역 중학교 2학년 학생 49명이다. 환경 소양 분석 결과, 생태 관광을 활용한 습지교육 프로그램은 환경 소양의 인지적 영역과 심동적 영역에 긍정적인 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 특히 '기후변화 원인'과 '기후변화 대응'에 대한 인식이 높아진 것으로 나타났다. 환경 소양의 정서적 영역에서는 유의미한 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, 오염에 대한 태도, 적극적 태도 등 세부적인 부분에서는 긍정적인 효과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 습지교육 활성화를 위한 효과적인 방법으로 생태 관광을 활용한 교육적 접근을 시도하는 후속 연구가 진행되기를 기대한다.

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