• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.5 no.2 s.10
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• pp.49-67
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• 2005

With increasing interest on scientists and the influence of science technology, their role in the modem society has been expanding. Scientists work in the laboratory as researchers, work in their expertise area as professionals, and work socially as social agents. Scientists are responsible to keep up the regulations during the research, and also are responsible for the results of the research. Therefore, there is a need of contemplation in terms of what their identity is and what their responsibilities are. Despite of this need, there hasn't been much discussion or education on the scientists social role or responsibilities as of now. This study purported to contemplate on the scientists role and responsibility, its qualification, and what it means to be a scientist as a social agent. Also the study further explored the efficient educational strategies and methods relevant to the contemplated issues.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.91-124
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• 2007

이 논문은 우리나라의 물리학, 화학, 생물학 분야의 과학자들을 대상으로 한 설문조사를 바탕으로 머튼이 과학자사회의 규범구조로 정식화한 네 가지 규범들-보편성, 공유성, 탈이해관계, 조직화된 회의-과 국가주의 가치관이 실제 과학자사회에서 어느정도 작동하고 있는지를 분석하였다. 전반적으로 응답자들은 한국 과학자사회에서 출신대학과 해외학위라는 귀속적 지위의 영향으로 보편성 규범이 제대로 작동하지 않는 것으로 평가했고, 여성의 경우 성의 영향도 큰 것으로 평가하고 있었다. 공유성과 탈이해관계 규범의 경우 한편으로 공유성과 탈이해관계라는 전통적인 규범이 그리고 다른 한편으로는 비밀주의와 연구주제 선정에 있어서 산업적 응용성과 국가적 필요를 강조하는 국가주의적 가치가 공존하고 있었다. 조직화된 회의 규범의 경우 특히 과학적 증거 이외의 다른 권위들에 대해 회의적인 태도를 견지해야 한다는 규범이 제대로 작동되지 않는다는 평가가 대다수였다. 과학자사회의 규범과 가치에 대한 평가는 각 과학자들의 연구환경에 따라 상이한 모습을 보여주는데 특히 젊은 세대의 과학자들이 보편성과 조직화된 회의 규범의 위반을 더 강도 있게 지적하는 반면 연구 주제의 선정에 있어서 탈이해관계 규범은 부정하는 경향을 보여주고 있다.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.47-90
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• 2007

과학상은 과학자 사회를 유지하는 중요한 기제인 보상체계의 한 요소로 과학사회학에서 많은 연구가 이루어졌다. 전통적으로 보상의 기능은 과학적 업적에 대한 인정의 배분으로 간주되었다. 그러나 머튼 이후 여러 학자들은 과학상을 비롯한 보상이 당대의 인지적 규범에 순응하게 만드는 사회적 통제의 과정이기도 하다는 주장을 제기했다. 이 논문은 우리나라 과학상의 역사적 변천과정과 그 특성에 대한 분석을 통해 과학상이 인정의 적절한 배분으로 과학자 사회 내에서 작동했는지 살펴본다. 분석을 통해 드러난 우리나라 과학상의 특성은 다음과 같이 요약된다. 첫째, 우리나라 과학상은 정부에 의해 주도되었고, 상의 가시성의 원천은 정부 또는 국가에서 나온다. 둘째, 과학상은 과학자 사회 내부의 인정 배분이라는 전통적 기능보다 정부의 정책 목표달성을 위한 통제 방식으로 기능하는 경향이 있다. 셋째, 최근 과학상은 연구비와 결합되면서 과학엘리트를 형성하고 그 구조를 강화시키는 하나의 통로가 되고 있다.

• Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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• v.6 no.1 s.11
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• pp.89-118
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• 2006

The formation of early korean scientific community is a dynamic process of korean modern history in which colonialization, liberation, United States Army Military Government and Korean War is included. Particularly, scientist's crossing over the border into north korea and south korea have profound effect on the early stage of our scientific community. This period is so important to understand the nature of korean scientific community that we need to re-interpret the role of 'ideology' in the development of scientific community. On the other hand, war is a important element in our formation of the image of the science. This study purported to interpret the problem of political ideology, it's role in the formation of early scientific society, it's implication on our idea of science positively. Also the study is a an attempt to re-construct the scientist's struggle(1945-1950) to demarcate new science from old, colonial science.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.32 no.10 s.365
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• pp.81-81
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• 1999

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.1131-1142
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• 2004

This study investigated the factors affecting the procedures of becoming a scientist. Interview was used as a research method for deep understanding of individual career choice procedures. Interviews for individual scientists were conducted for about 60 minutes in their offices and all the interviews were tape-recorded. A total of 34 scientists who received some representative science awards in Korea during 1990 - 2001 were sampled. They were all men. But the interview was conducted with 30 scientists. The investigation was based on the framework that was composed of the following four categories: personal ability, home environment, school environment, and sociocultural environment. And each category had several factors as follows: personal ability consisted of the meta-ability to figure out the aptitude and the self-ability and the achievement; home environment consisted of parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, and hobby; school environment consisted of teachers, friends, club activity; sociocultural environment consisted of event, mass media, social recognition and social prospect. From the analysis of the career choice procedure of the scientists it was appeared that the meta-ability for personal ability, the parental influence particularly by father for home environment, science teacher and professor for school environment, and social prospect for sociocultural environment were important. In conclusion, most of the scientists made an important decision for their future career when they were the 12th grade and 1st year in university, and they considered intrinsic factor such as self-interest and aptitude and extrinsic factor such as social prospect. However intrinsic factor related to science teacher and professor and extrinsic factor related to fathers' advice.

• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.770-782
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• 2022

This study analyzes the depictions of scientists and teachers' thoughts on the 2015 revised elementary school science authorized 3rd-4th grade textbooks from the perspective of gender equality, and suggest improvements for the 2015 elementary school science authorized 5th-6th grade textbooks as well as a 2022 revised elementary school science curriculum. The data consist of representations of scientists found in seven elementary science textbooks provided to 3rd- and 4th-grade students in 2022 as well as in-depth interviews conducted with three elementary school teachers and responses from 32 teachers in Gyeonggi-do. Of the 23 scientists depicted in the textbooks, three (13.0%) are female and 10 (43.5%) worked in the inquiry domain, which was the largest group. When the teachers were asked about their perceptions of the gender ratio of scientists in the textbooks, their answers revealed that they had lower perceptions of female scientists compared to male scientists; moreover, they had no or very little teaching experience concerning female scientists. Furthermore, the teachers' thoughts on improving the gender ratio of scientists depicted in the textbooks differed considerably by the teachers' gender. Based on these findings, it was concluded that during the process of producing textbooks, writers and members of society need to agree on the gender ratio of scientists to be represented, and a social consensus is needed to identify and introduce the achievements of previously unknown female scientists towards gender equality.

• The Science & Technology
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• no.6 s.445
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• pp.82-85
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• 2006

과학연구의 세계적 권위로 자리 잡은 노벨과학상이 제정된 지 100년이 넘었다. 그 동안 물리학, 화학, 생리의학상 세 분야에서 수백 명의 과학자들이 영예로운 상을 수상했으며, 지난 2001년 노벨재단은 이를 기념하기 위해 전세계 주요 도시를 순회하는 특별전시회를 기획했다. ‘창조성의 문화 : 개인적 차원 혹은 사회적 차원’을 주제로 한 이 전시회는 과학적 창조성의 발현이 개인의 특성뿐만 아니라 개개인이 태어나고 성장하는 사회∙문화적 여건에 의해 영향을 받는다는 강한 메시지를 전달하고자 했다. 이번호부터 게재될‘노벨과학상 수상자의 삶과 애환’은 뛰어난 연구 성과를 낸 과학자들이 살았던 사회∙문화적 맥락과 함께 그들의 삶을 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.1248-1258
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• 2013

This study investigated the elementary school students' perception of the "purpose of scientists' experiments" and discovered what roles teachers can take to provide guidance. The study subjects were 193 elementary school students (96 boys and 97 girls) in a school located in Gyeonggi-do. The responses were analyzed through categorization based on their gender, science test score at school, and understanding of the purposes of scientific experiments based on students' choice of science-related future careers. The results of this study were as follows. In relation to the purpose of science experiments, the elementary school students considered intrinsic values of doing experiments more valuable than their extrinsic values. Next, 34.2% of the students answered that scientists do science experiment 'to find a new fact' and 26.9% of the students answered 'to make life convenient.' The results showed that girls responded 'social usefulness' more frequently than boys. Considering the achievement levels, it was found that high level students replied 'to make life convenient' more frequently than middle and low level students on why scientists do science experiments. Students who want to have a science-related career had varied ideas about it.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.28 no.3 s.310
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• pp.13-14
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• 1995

모든 생물이 갖고 있는 천적과의 상호작용을 체계적으로 연구하여 해충방제에 새로운 길을 열고 있는 유문일 교수가 이달의 과학자로 선정되었다. 유교수는 "우리는 농업분야에 우수한 인력들이 모일 수 있는 사회적 분위기를 만들어야 하며 농업인들의 자부심과 긍지를 높여가는 분위기가 시급하다"고 말하고 있다.