• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
• /
• v.11 no.1
• /
• pp.5-14
• /
• 2004

Since 1990s in Korea, elementary school classrooms have been designed toward open education system in pursuit of variety of educational purpose. Also, the architectural designs of schools have been acomplished for individual school not based on the standard design code. The present paper aims to investigate the acoustic environment of existing classrooms and to compare the sound insulation capacity between the ordinary classrooms and the newly built classrooms for open education. The current acoustical situation of elementary classrooms was analyzed using field measurements and questionnaire survey. In order to this, Three elementary schools were selected which were built in 1978, 1996 and 2000 respectively. Room acoustical parameters including Reverberation time(RT), Definition(D50), Speech Intelligibility(RASTI), Transmission loss(TL) and STC were measured in a classroom in each elementary school classroom. Each measurement was undertaken with the windows and doors being open or closed. As the result, it was found that the transmission loss between rooms in open classrooms is, $5{\sim}6dB$ in average, inferior than the ordinary classrooms. The RASTI of 0.70 was measured in newly built classrooms which is better than old classrooms(0.70) and open classrooms(0.73). This was shown as same in the speech definition measurements. This results from the condition of sealing and airtightness of classrooms and floor materials. The results denote that open classrooms have poor acoustic condition in sound insulation and speech intelligibility.

• The Inventors News
• /
• no.52
• /
• pp.1-16
• /
• 2006

'2006 여성발명인걷기대회' 성황리에 마쳐/여성의 힘을 발명으로 승화하자/건강관리휴대폰 기술, 특허출원 급증/세계적 귄위 인명사전 '마르퀴즈 후즈후' 등재/고객 감동 주는 독특한 기능성 명함 등장/각 국의 상표 디자인 동향/현장 스케치/6백만불의 사나이 현실화 되다/핸드라이팅 전자펜 국내 최초 개발/특허법원이 지금 어떤 일이/중기청, 가짜 여성기업 골라 낸다/'여성 취업.창업정보 여기에 다 있어요'/중기청 여성기업.혁신형중기.재래시장 집중지원/'코리아나화장품 식물원' 개원/국민은행 '명품 여성통장' 대박/난방비 획기적 절감, '전기온풍기' 나와/3백50년 묵은 덧간장, $1\ell$ 5백만원에 팔려/한국기술거래소, 중소기업 기술 장터로 각광/순대, 기능성 음식으로 진화/해외 화제/역사 속의 발명품/하루 10분 발명교실/특허Q&A/함씨네토종콩식품 함정희 대표/중기청연구장비공동이용알선.중개계획/가짜 '메이드 인 코리아'중동지역서 판친다/아이디어 착상 및 발명 기법/여성의 사회참여 확대와 여성발명 확산/인공감미료를 만들어 낸 사람들/'중소기업청장 조찬간담회' 열려/휴면 특허율 66.8% 지식 경쟁력 걸림돌/발명가.의사 등 '이그노벨상' 수상/한국여성발명협회 '자문위원 위촉식' 갖다/한미영 회장, 간호용품아이디어대회 특강/발명인의 전당.특허고객서비스센터 오픈/여성발명인, 산재권 교육 참가 열의 높아져/생활 아이디어/11월 '지재권 및 여성발명 창의교실' 개최 안내/한국여성발명협회 회원사 발명품 가이드

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
• /
• v.7 no.1
• /
• pp.121-148
• /
• 2011

This Study aimed to ascertain early childhood teachers' awareness of gender differences in young children and interaction style with young children. 50 teachers answered Q sort questionnaires, 7 teachers were interviewed, 2 classrooms were observed. Results showed 3 types of teacher perception of boys and 4 types of teacher perception of girls. Early childhood teachers more interact with boys than girls. Especially negative interaction showed much more frequently with boys than girls. These finding are discussed in terms of equity and equality in both gender.

• KIEAE Journal
• /
• v.5 no.2
• /
• pp.51-62
• /
• 2005

The purpose of this study is to calculate the size of unit space of the classroom in elementary school. The curriculum of Elementary school has changed since 1960. It has been reflected the architectural plan of classroom of the nationwide elementary school. However the Ministry of Education repealed the statute about the facilities of the schools on September in 1997 and the new education curriculum-the 7th curriculum-demands various activities in the classroom. So we need to another size of unit space of the classroom in elementary school because the size of unit space will affect the quality of education. This study represent that the size of unit plan is based on the size of human body, education curriculum, the number limit of classroom and teaching tools. It's generally known that a part of human body size has an invariable proportion with human's status. In this study, regression analysis is used to find out a part of the body-size of Korean. Through this analysis, status, age and weight remarkably relate with a part of human body-size. Then the size of unit plan of the classroom is calculated by the part of body-size and the type of desk arrangement.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
• /
• v.1 no.3
• /
• pp.97-108
• /
• 1999

A decrease in population in a rural region have raised a problem that small-scale schools got to be a branch school or abolished. Consequently, a function as a leading role in a community also have declined. Also residential districts of the outer of cities' development have increased for the change of residential environment consciousness. According to peoples who live in CBD move to residential districts of the outer of cities have been become devoid of substance. For this reason, the number of students in urban primary schools has declined more and more, and a number of unused classrooms came out, automatically. This study is to survey the utilization of unused classrooms in urban and rural primary schools in order to proffer basic data to new improvement methods of school facilities planning and to contribute a effect that induce parents of students and residents to use the facilities actively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
• /
• v.16 no.4
• /
• pp.71-78
• /
• 2009

After the introduction of the 7th revision of curriculum, educational facilities have been requested to change to face new curriculums and have been planned. But, it is actual condition that researches of curriculum and facilities seem to be insufficient. This research will re-establish in an angle of space-syntax based on existed research for home-base area of variation type in high school according to the 7th curriculum. And the each specific character of home-base area representing each type and strong / weak points of area structure of each home-base will be analyzed. And analysis result with the model of variation type in high school visit the on-the-spot inspection result which leads and comparison and with his interview back it leads and currently there is the objective to the evaluation the variation type in high school home-base which is planned regarding the suitable in real use. Each case to the school I visited the scene, not all high schools applied the 7th curriculum courses. Therefore, it is also home-base space capabilities were not being properly utilize. According to 7th curriculum, one of Hall-type home-base and Room-type home-base can be suitable when integration is higher. However, the way the current operational training, it is the best that Distributed-type home-base needs to be included in each curriculum block.

• The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
• /
• v.6 no.2
• /
• pp.53-65
• /
• 2007

Our society is changing into the society of knowledge and information since the advent of 21st century. This may require that schooling need to have a new paradigm. Korea has already entered into the aging society with the help of various population control policies such as birth control from 1960s, and is expecting to go into the so called ultra- aging society. Elementary and middle schools have been facing the rapid decrease in the number of students since the mid-1980s, which high schools are now confronting with. The present study investigates how to effectively utilize extra classrooms at schools. The present study offers eight basic directions that may help establish the utilization planning of extra classrooms. One direction is offering an appropriate space utilization environment, another is to present a plan for having special classrooms. Others are having multi-purpose classrooms, management on the unified rooms for library and audio-visual teaching, securing facilities rooms for the school staff. And others are the planning of the diversion of living space for improving sanitation and the provision of meals, the necessity of the extension or rebuilding of school buildings for other uses according to school development schemes, the utilization planning for community residents to which each school belong.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
• /
• v.35 no.4
• /
• pp.263-279
• /
• 2014

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the variation of songs by teachers in early childhood classrooms where songs play an important role in managing the daily activities for young children. Early childhood teachers have demonstrated a high degree of competency to transform and modify a variety of songs that fit into children's developmental levels. The use of such songs enable both teachers and young learners to fully enjoy such classroom activities and are an important means for establishing rapport. The data were collected from direct observation and video recording in three early childhood classrooms, as well as through interviews with the teachers, and through the researcher's journals. The results of the study revealed that the teachers exhibit a high degree of professionalism in creating variations of the kind of songs that children seem to enjoy, and thereby creating high levels of classroom enjoyment generally. This study also showed that using a good variety of songs in early childhood classroom can facilitate understanding of the content in the curriculum Finally, this study also suggests that the teachers' skills in designing variations of songs can make early childhood education classrooms culturally attractive and aesthetically more creative.

• Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
• /
• v.13 no.5
• /
• pp.190-197
• /
• 2004

A kindergarten requires an approach to meet the nature and sense of children who is main users. This study selected 33 private kindergartens which were located within a housing site development zone in Gwangju since the 1990's, had single use, and was constructed in the last five years. Also the image assessment according to types of color scheme was made. Then the factors which affected preference by type were analyzed and the basic of color scheme in a kindergarten classroom was provided. The following results were obtained. First, types of color scheme in a classroom included identity 12.1%, similarity 51.5%, and novelty 36.4% in harmony, but no contrast and achromatic color, Secondly, the assessment of preference according to each type was mostly positive. The highest preference was found in similarity harmony of warm color(e.g. YR, Y) and bright, clear, nice, and strong images were high in assessment. The lowest preference was found in identity harmony of cold color(e.g. GY). This color system had no clear image assessment, except manly or strong. In particular, warm color showed higher preference than cold color in similarity, novelty, and identity harmony. Thirdly, the factors affecting the preference of color scheme in a classroom most were ‘stable - unstable’, ‘clean - dirty’, ‘bright - dark’, ‘nice - not nice’, and ‘vital - dull’.

• Journal of Labour Economics
• /
• v.32 no.3
• /
• pp.27-59
• /
• 2009

Using Korea Education Longitudinal Study and administrative school data, this paper analyzes school characteristics that influence the demand for private education. Among other findings, it should be noted that private education expenditure tends to be decreased when student evaluation of teacher effectiveness is high, the average education level of teachers is high, and individualized education is offered through subject-based classroom. These results suggest that the demand for private education could be dropped by a better quality and high effort of teachers, which would be attained through an improved education system for teaching profession and student-oriented teacher evaluation. In addition, ability grouping within school via subject-based classrooms with different levels appears to be helpful to overcome uniformity of school equalization system without inducing an increasing demand for private education.