• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2012

The Purpose of this study was to analyze STS contents in elementary school science textbooks according to 6th, 7th and revision 2007 national curriculum. The contents of STS were analyzed by the STS elements of Yager and the STS topics of Piel's standard. Major findings from the analyses are as follows: (1) The STS contents in the science textbooks of the 6th curriculum took up 13.7% and increased to 18.3% in the 7th and 19.0% in the revision 2007, which showed that the textbooks followed the goal of the national curriculum faithfully. (2) Based on the STS elements by Yager's standard, most of STS content is focused on 'Application of science', 'Social problems and issues' and 'Local and community relevance'. (3) Based on the STS topics by Piel's standard, most of STS contents are focused on 'Effect of technological development' and 'Society of science'. These results indicate that recent STS education trends are reflected on the 6th, 7th and revision 2007 textbooks well. However, it is suggested that some improvement is needed, such as diversification of topic.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.187-200
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• 2002

The purpose of this study is to examine how well students can acquire scientific knowledge from the process and activity presented in the textbook. This is achieved by analysing of comparison on the material area in the 6th and 7th national curriculums' 3rd and 4th grade science textbooks. The method of this study is to analyse the contents, teacher's instruction and illustrations of the textbooks in the material area in both 6th and 7th national curriculum's 3rd and 4th grade science textbooks. Following is the result of the study. First, compared to the 6th national curriculum's content. 7th national curriculum is composed by phenomenon and activity focused. This considers student's developmental stages and abilities of concentration so one topic in the textbook is divided into 16 small contents. Therefore the textbook content of the 7th curriculum seems to have desirable changes. Secondly, teacher's instruction in the textbook of the 7th curriculum has impartial distribution in part Ⅰ and part Ⅱ according to Homey's analysis. This shows that some problems of writing textbooks that were pointed in the 6th curriculum have been improved. Thirdly, the content of the textbook emphasizes inquiry process as the 6th curriculum did. The 7th curriculum, however, more deeply deals with expecting and inferring. Finally, the analysis of illustration shows that the proportion of motive induction is high. This is also desirable approach to give students more interests in studying science.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.61-70
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not they have been revised corresponding to the purpose of revision by making a comparative analysis of the content and illustration in the 6th and 7th primary science textbooks. The analysis of content was composed of knowledge, inquiry process and attitude. The analysis of illustrations was composed of the kinds of illustrations and the role of illustrations. The findings of this research were as follows: First, as a result of content analysis of the primary science textbooks in the 6th and the 7th national curriculum, the ratio of inquiry process showed the highest frequency, next knowledge and lastly scientific attitude. And the 7th textbooks are greatly emphasized knowledge and science attitude. Second, as a results of the illustration analysis are as follows: There are conspicuous differences in that the illustration number of the 7th science textbooks Is about twice the illustration number of the 6th science textbooks and next, they place more weights on pictures and comics hard to discovery in the 6th science textbooks. Therefore, they have tried to induce the interests of students and heighten their understanding by supplementing the role of illustration presented as picture-centered and increasing its number presented as picture. In the results, although they have improved the problems of the 6th national curriculum a lot through the innovation including the interest induction of pupils through comics, the development of its content presentation method, the gradual change of subject number and the cultivation of curriculum according to the level of enrichment and supplementing types, the 7th science textbooks have fallen short of 6.3%, not around 30% in terms of the reduction in the 7th national curriculum. Accordingly, the 7th science textbooks also can be pointed out to have the problems of too much amount of studying compared to the time per week like the 6th science textbooks.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2010

This study was carried out to examine the tendency about the relative importance of STS education of the 6th and 7th primary science curriculum. The results of the research are as follows. Primary science textbooks in the 6th curriculum, average 13.3% of the total pages was assigned to STS contents but it is increased to 24.2% in the science textbooks of the 7th curriculum. STS constituents of the 6th primary science textbooks come out orderly applications of scientific knowledge(47.1%), relevance of a community(40%), social problems and issues(11.8%). Of the 7th science textbooks, the contents about applications of scientific knowledge amount to 67.1% of the total STS constituent and relevance of a community(32.2%) rank behind it. The contents of other components are not enough. The 6th science textbooks contents about the effect of technological development amount to 35.3% of the total STS subject area, and environmental quality(20.0%), natural resource(15.2%), energy(11.8%), sociology of science(11.8%) ranks behind it. In the 7th science textbooks ranking is the effect of technological development(42.3%), natural resource(17.3%), energy(12.5%), sociology of science(12.5%), environmental quality(20.0%). There are few contents about population, human engineering and space research and national defense in the science textbooks.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2011

This study aims to compare and analyze the types of teaching-learning activities, themes and percentage of STS contents in the area of "The Earth and the Universe" in elementary science subject following the 7th Curriculum and 2007 Revised Curriculum, identifying how STS education has changed and their features. First, the number of pages where STS appears in the 2007 revised science textbook has increased over 10% compared to the that of the 7th curriculum. In particular, the number of pages in the 5th and 6th graders increased substantially to 15% and 34%, respectively. Second, as a result of analysis on components of STS, 'applications of science', 'local and community relevance', 'social problem and issues', 'evaluation concerned fir getting and using information' were obtained in the order named for the 7th curriculum; while 'applications of science', 'local and community relevance', 'career awareness' and 'social problem and issues' were obtained in the order named for 2007 revised curriculum. Third, with regard to the analysis on theme areas, the 7th curriculum was found to cover the theme on use of natural resources most frequently, followed by environmental problem, while 2007 revised curriculum to cover environmental problem and effects of technical development most frequently, followed by space development and use of natural resources. Fourth, in the area of STS teaching activities, 'investigation activity' showed highest percentage in 7th curriculum, followed by 'analysis of data', and 'research design', while 'analysis of data' showed highest frequency of appearance, followed by "investigation activity' and 'actual activities' and 'research design' in the order named in 2007 revised curriculum, showing that the area of 'analysis of data' and 'actual activities' increased substantially compared to the 7th curriculum.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.640-651
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• 2005

본 연구는 Klopfer의 교육목표 분류를 이용하여 한국의 제7차 교육과정의 중학교 7학년 과학과의 교육목표와 제7차 교육과정에 따른 중학교 교과서에 나타난 학습 목표를 분석하여 교과서에 반영된 교육목표가 교육과정상의 요구 목표와 어느 정도 부합하는지를 알아보고 문제점을 분석하여 제시함으로써 교육과정에서 요구하는 목표와 교과서가 연계성을 가지도록 하는데 있다. 연구결과 제7차 교육과정의 과학과 교육목표는 Klopfer의 교육목표 분류5의 조작적 기능(G.0)을 제외한 전 범주에 걸쳐 그 목표를 설정하고 있으며, 정의적인 영역(범주 $H.0\~I.0$)을 더욱 강조하고 있다. 그러나 제7차 교육과정의 중학교 교과서는 NSTA의 권장 목표 비율과 비교해 볼 때 인지적 영역에 더욱 비중을 두고 출판되었으며, 교과서에 지향(범주 I.0)에 관한 목표가 전혀 언급되지 않고 있었다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 제7차 교육과정에 의한 초등학교 과학 교과서(화학 영역)를 분석하여 6차 교육과정에 의한 교과서와 비교하는 것이다 수업 차시수, 교과서 쪽수, 학년별 학습 내용, 삭제된 내용이나 새로 도입된 내용에 대해 분석하였다. '혼합물의 분리' 단원의 일부 특징에 대해서도 분석하였다. 개정된 교육과정의 의도가 반영되었는지, 특히 학습량이 감소되었는지에 대한 교육학적' 함의를 논의하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.347-357
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• 2012

The focus of this dissertation is on the comparative Analysis of Questions in the 'Matter Units of Elementary Science Textbook between the 7th Curriculum and the Revised Curriculum Year 2007. The results of the comparative Analysis in the dissertation are as follows: There were more closed questions than open questions in these elementary science textbooks both of the 7th Curriculum and the Revised Curriculum Year 2007. Cognitive-memory questions were the most frequently asked in all grade levels. In the Revised Curriculum Year 2007, Convergent thinking questions presented with higher rate than the 7th Curriculum. Divergent thinking questions and evaluative thinking questions was presented with a relatively lower rate than the 7th Curriculum. Question types were applied based on the characteristics of each unit rather than on children's developmental characteristics.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2006

과학의 본성에 대한 학생들의 이해는 과학적 소양을 길러 일상생활의 문제해결에 도움을 주기 위해 필요할 뿐 아니라 학생 개인의 과학학습에 미치는 영향에 의해서도 그 중요성을 간과할 수 없다. 이런 맥락에서 살필 때 현재 7차 교육과정에서 과학 교육을 받고 있는 학생들의 과학의 본성에 대한 관점이 어떤가를 살펴보고 이것이 기존의 연구에서 나타난 7차 교육과정 이전의 학생들의 과학의 본성에 대한 관점과 비교할 때 차이가 있는지를 살펴보는 것은 그 차이에 기여하는 요인이 무엇인지를 살펴보기위한 첫걸음이 될 수 있다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 7차 교육과정의 인문계 고등학교에서 교육을 받은 1학년과 2학년 학생들의 과학의 본성에 대한 관점을 조사하여 관점의 분포를 알아보고 그 결과를 기존 연구에 나타난 7차 교육과정이전에 과학의 본성에 대한 1학년과 3학년 고등학생들의 관점과 비교하였다. 7차 교육과정에서 교육을 받은 고등학생들은 과학의 본성에 대한 하위차원에 있어서 전반적으로 상대주의, 연역주의 관점이 유의미하게 증가하고, 비상황주의에서 상황주의 관점으로 변화된 것으로 나타나 과학 철학적으로 일관되게 과학의 본성을 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 7차 교육과정 이전의 학생들에 비해서 유의미하지 않지만 좀 더 도구주의적인 관점을 갖고 있었다. 과학교육에서 과학지식보다는 과학적 방법과 과정을 중요하다고 보는 생각은 7차 교육과정 이전의 과학 교육을 받은 학생들과 같지만 인식의 정도에서는 유의미한 감소가 있었다. 이러한 차이의 원인으로 여러 가지를 생각할 수 있겠으나 선행연구를 통하여 교과서에서 과학사의 도입과 탐구활동의 변화가 영향을 줄 수 있음을 논의 하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate about current status of science field study in elementary schools. A total of 72 elementary teachers in Busan and Gyungnam districts were involved and the data from questionnaire was gathered. The questionnaire was comprised two parts: items on general level include the epistemological aspect and actual condition and items on concrete level according to chapters of elementary school science curriculum. The major findings are as follows: 1. Many teachers cognize the requirement of science field study in 7th Korean elementary school science curriculum is larger than 6th one. But they respond the actual number of science field study in 7th curriculum is nearly equal to 6th. 2. In analysis to grades, the actual number of field study decrease as grade is high. 3. In the science content aspects, the requirement of field study is the largest on biology domain and earth science domain. 4. Many teachers have pointed out “the difficulty of administration for field study” and “inappropriated surrounding of their school” as the problems of science field study in elementary school.