• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.127-148
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• 2011

Recognizing the need for the nation-wide reading initiative to promote reading activities of the whole nation, this study was conducted to provide the foundation for planning the National Year of Reading in Korea. It reviewed the details on the administration, budget, cooperation, promotion, program and implementation strategy of the National Year of Reading in the U. K., Japan, and Australia. To investigate the nation's perception of reading and the nation-wide reading initiative, a focus group interview with 13 professionals in reading and a survey partaken by 719 citizens were conducted. This study provides the foundation for establishing the implementation strategy for the National Year of Reading by examining people's perception and the specific requirements for implementing the initiative.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.505-515
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to develop a web based system with six thinking hats techniques for effective debate learning. For this study, first, design strategics of six thinking hats techniques were drawn out in oder to apply the ideas onto the web. second, a prototype was drafted for the model development. Third, a web based debate learning system was developed with six thinking hats techniques concentrated. The developed system was corrected and revised by educational technology experts and teachers with focus group interview, triangulation and member checking methods. This system could be an useful device for 1) activating participants' vigorous interaction, 2) overcoming time and place restriction, 3) especially constructing a progressive debate process with the subject of a real life and 4) designing courses for various and effective debate progress.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.5 no.3 s.19
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• pp.88-96
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• 2004

Recently, client requirements concept is an important issue related to many effects of firms. Especially, if we think that apartment is given a great deal of national construction industry, it is requested that we should try to improve apartment quality with various methods of client requirements survey and reflecting those on apartment project. The technique searching and applying client requirements to apartment project is requested for that and ROQ(Return On Quality) process connected to QFD(Quality Function Deployment) is a technique which is used in manufacturing industry and help to make money by rising client satisfaction with searching clients requirements, and applying this to quality improvement program. In this study apartment quality management development is suggested through using ROQ process. For this customer interview research and FGI(Focus Group Interview) was carried out and clients requirement was analyzed with this. Then quality improvement program applicable to developing a new apartment product was established with specialist monitoring. A new apartment quality management development plan is prosed with this process.

• Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.332-343
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• 2016

Objectives: Study purpose was to investigate perception on diet, diet problems and related factors among young adult women using focus group interviews (FGI) based on the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). Methods: Eight groups of FGI were conducted with 47 female undergraduate or graduate students. Guide for FGI included questions regarding perception on optimal diet, diet problems and cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors of SCT. FGI were video, audio-taped, transcribed and analyzed by themes and sub-themes. Results: Subjects showed irregular eating habits (skipping breakfast, irregular meal time) and selection of unhealthy foods as the main diet problems. Regarding cognitive factors related to optimal diet, subjects mentioned positive outcome expectations (e.g., health promotion, skin health, improvement in eating habits, etc.) and negative outcome expectations (e.g., annoying, hungry, expensive, taste). Factors that promoted optimal diet were mainly received from information from mobile or internet and access to menu or recipes. Factors that prevented optimal diet included influence from friends, lack of time and cooking skills. Behavioral factors for optimal diet included behavioral capability regarding snacks, healthy eating and smart food selection. Subjects mentioned mass media (mobile, internet, TV) as the influential physical environment, and significant others (parents, friends, grandparents) as the influential social environment in optimal diet. For education topics, subjects wanted to learn about healthy meals, basic nutrition, disease and nutrition, and weight control. They wanted to learn those aspects by using mobile or internet, lectures (cooking classes), campaign and events. Conclusions: Study results might be used for planning education regarding optimal diet for young adult women. Education programs need to focus on increasing positive outcome expectations (e.g., health) and behavioral capability for healthy eating and food selection, reducing negative outcome expectations (e.g., cost, taste) and barriers, making supportive environments for optimal diet, and incorporating topics and methods found in this study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.273-274
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 IT전공자들을 위해 개설된 소프트웨어 관련 과목과 로보틱스 관련 과목을 통해 학생들이 함양되었다고 인식하는 제 4차 산업혁명에 필요한 핵심 역량 및 대학생 핵심 역량을 탐색하였다. 이를 위해 한 학기동안 소프트웨어 관련 과목과 로봇 관련 과목을 수강한 경기도의 ${\bigcirc}$대학교 1, 2학년 160명을 대상으로 설문을 실시하고 총 6명을 대상으로 포커스그룹 인터뷰를 실시하여 분석하였다. 양적 분석 결과 제 4차 산업 혁명에 필요한 핵심역량 중 소프트웨어 관련 과목의 학생들은 업무처리 기술을, 로보틱스 관련 학생들은 복잡한 문제를 해결하는 기술이 함양되었다는 응답이 가장 많았다. 또한, 대학생 핵심 역량 중 소프트웨어 관련 과목을 수강한 학생들은 자기관리역량이, 로보틱스 관련 과목을 수강한 학생들은 종합적 사고력이 함양되었다는 응답이 가장 많았다. 질적 분석 결과에서도 소프트웨어 관련 과목 수강생들은 자기주도적 학습 능력이나 계획 수립 및 실행 능력과 자기 및 타인 모니터링 능력, 비판적 사고 능력이, 로보틱스 관련 과목 수강생들은 창의력, 문제해결능력, 의사결정능력, 논리적 사고력이 이전보다 긍정적인 측면에서 변화된 것으로 분석되었다. 인공지능, 로봇 등 IT기반의 제 4차 산업 혁명에 적합한 인재 양성을 위해 대학이 다양한 노력을 기울이고 있는 시점에서, 본 연구는 제 4차 산업혁명의 중심이라 할 수 있는 IT전공자를 위해 개발된 소프트웨어 및 로봇 관련 수업의 효과를 분석함으로써 시대의 변화에 적합한 대학 수업의 설계와 운영에 대한 시사점을 제공했다는 측면에서 의의가 있다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.203-217
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• 2014

This study is performed to verify the relationship between Korean's anniversary days and meals. To do so, three steps are carried out. First, literature review and mini focus group interview are performed to list up important anniversary days in our culture. Second, anniversary orientation scale(22 items) is developed. Third, a survey(n=486) is implemented to identify the relationship among demographic variables such as sex, age, and perceived economic level, psychological ariables such as self-esteem, life satisfaction, depression, individuality-relatedness, interpersonal sensitivity, materialism as a value and perceived social support, and meal frequency. The results are as follows: Female is significantly higher than male in anniversary orientation. And younger people(20~39 years old) are significantly higher than older people(over 40ties) in anniversary orientation. The higher life satisfaction, perceived social support, relatedness, interpersonal sensitivity, and materialism are, the higher anniversary orientation is. Lastly, middle and high anniversary orientation groups showed more meal frequency at the anniversary day than low anniversary orientation group.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.414-425
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• 2015

Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the experience of smart-home healthcare among older adults who had participated in the smart-home technology development project. Methods: Data were collected by focus group interviews with 7 hypertension or diabetes participants(mean age 75 years). Qualitative contents analysis was used to analyze the verbal data. Results: The results were composed of 27 meanings units, 10 categories and 6 themes. The 6 themes are: 'improvement of health conditions through anytime anywhere self-monitoring', 'attractive experience to be counselling at home', 'frequent system and telecommunication problems', 'unfamiliar devices for elderly users', 'complementary strategies for activation', 'advancement of elderly-friendly devices and programs'. Conclusion: The smart-home healthcare system should be developed based on older adults' preferences. It is essential to make progress with professional resources and organizational supports in the future.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.71-77
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• 2017

In order for the consumers of education and university to be mutually communicating well, satisfaction surveys with a correct system are essential. This study points out the causes for insincere responses found in the process of education satisfaction surveys while discussing possible methods to elicit sincere responses from the students. As a result of analyzing S University, it was observed that enforced online evaluation methods did have a high response rate but also monotonously insincere responses showed to have a high ration among them. A second study was carried out in order to improve the research method after confirming the reliability of the research. Study results sowed that through a representative sample survey, monotonous response patterns decreased and the data distribution satisfied normal distribution. Moreover, a focus group interview was carried out in order to understand the root causes and possible solutions to the problem. Lastly, this study revealed the need of diversified attempts and research in order to secure reliability in education satisfaction surveys while proposing methods of improvement.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.253-275
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• 2018

The research aims to develop a training program for prospective librarians in order to help them better prepared for library practicum. To achieve the purpose of the research, the research analyzes pre-librarians' expectation and needs of the pre-training program and designs a mock pre-training program for practicing library practicum effectively and efficiently. After running the mock pre-training program to library practicum participants in the department of Library and Information Science at H University, their satisfaction and feedback of the mock program are also assessed. On the basis of the findings from implementing the mock pre-training program, the research proposes the final contents of a pre-training program for preparing library practicum and the detailed methods for implementing the proposed pre-training program.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.482-492
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• 2010

Purpose: This study was a qualitative research study in which focus group interviews were used to collect data on the meaning of respite for family caregivers who are taking care of elders with dementia. Methods: The focus group interviews and participants consisted of 2 family caregiver groups, for a total of 8 people taking care of their elders and 5 professional caregivers working in a geriatrics hospital or social welfare institutions. Content analysis was used and debriefing notes were referred in order to analyze the data. Results: The meaning of respite in this research was measured using 4 main categories: 'Temporary break from routine', 'direct help', 'psychological comfort', 'valuables which cannot be taken easily' and 9 subcategories: 'Temporary diversion of attention', 'temporarily free from my duty', 'taking care of oneself', 'receiving economic help', 'empathize with others', 'comfort based on trust', 'resting together with the elder', 'no time to rest', 'cannot get out of one's obligatory duty'. Conclusion: The findings of the study show that rest means not only a temporary relief from caretaking, but also a real respite based on the patients' stable state and comfort. These results indicate a new meaning for respite, that the first step of respite program has to begin even when the caregivers do not recognize the need for respite.