• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.48.2-48.2
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 한국천문연구원이 2008년 말부터 운영하고 있는 찾아가는 이동천문대 '스타-카'를 이용한 과학문화 확산 프로그램의 효율성을 높이기 위한 방안을 모색해 보았다. 기존의 프로그램은 과학관에서 전통적으로 사용하고 있는 PUST(Public Understand of S&T) 방식으로 일반적인 강연 및 관측 프로그램의 진행 등으로 구성되어 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구는 STEAM 등 최근 과학교육 및 과학대중화 활동에서 사용하고 있는 시도 중의 하나인 PEST(Public Engagement with S&T)를 활용하여 스타-카 프로그램을 개선해서 실제 현장에서 적용한 결과를 소개하려 한다. 개선된 프로그램으로 찾아가는 이동천문대 프로그램을 운용한 결과로 과학기술정보통신부(구 미래창조과학부)에서 '교육기부 대상' 및 '고객만족도 우수사례'로 선정된 바 그 사례를 소개해 볼 예정이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.100-109
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• 2020

This study aimed to develop a 'star-car' operational program combining with the STEAM program and the PEST method for motivating elementary school students who belonged to less favored areas in terms of scientific culture to get an interest in astronomy and appropriately forming scientific concepts of Astronomy and Space and, subsequently, to examine the effectiveness of the program. For the purposes to be feasible, 5 experts participated in the study. They set a development direction of the program through a workshop, developed a draft with respect to a mobile astronomical observatory program of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and then complete the development of the program through one trial application. The program which was developed in the study applied the STEAM program and targeted the elementary school students who lived in isolated regions of the scientific culture. The results of the research were as follows. First, The mobile astronomical observatory program developed in this study was improved as a program which stimulated the curiosity of elementary school students in all grades towards the Astronomy and Space. Second, The program developed in the study consisted of 11 periods in total; one period was for the presentation of the situation, five periods for emotional experience, the other five periods for creative design. Third, The results of analyzing the students' satisfaction were turned out to be effective in general. Judging from the aforementioned results, the mobile astronomical observatory program is expected to enhance learners' core competencies.