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Research on the Application and Effectiveness of a Teaching and Learning Curriculum Fostering the Development of Self-Identity: With a Focus on the 'Self-Identity Development' Units in Technology and Home Economics Textbooks (자아정체감 형성을 돕는 교수 - 학습 과정안 개발과 수업 적용 효과 : 중학교 1학년 기술.가정교과'자아정체감의 발달'영역을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jung;Cho, Byung-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.23-34
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this research is to analyze the development of a teaching and learning curriculum contributing to the development of self-identity, one of the most important developmental tasks during adolescence, and its effectiveness. This research analyzed the contents concerning self-identity and its subordinate concepts in 12 different technology and home economics textbooks for 7th graders. Based on the analysis, a teaching and learning curriculum contributing to the development of adolescents’' self-identity was developed and applied to classes through discretional creative activities. The effectiveness of the curriculum was analyzed by conducting a survey on the students before and after its application. Assessments were also conducted on the lessons applied. As a result, the lessons designed to help the development of self-identity increased the scores of self-identity, as well as all subordinate concepts, including subjectivity, self-acceptance, future planning, intimacy, stability and uniqueness. An ANCOVA analysis was conducted in order to determine whether the enhanced results of the survey after the classes were due to the application of the curriculum. It was found that the classes proved helpful to the students as the application of the curriculum remained effective even after the other influencing factors affecting selfidentity were controlled.

A Comparison of Viewpoints on the Science Lesson between Pre-service Teachers and Experienced Teachers (예비교사와 경력교사의 과학 수업 관점 비교)

  • Jhun, Youngseok;Jung, Hana
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.95-112
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    • 2017
  • The competence of teachers, comes out through their lesson, is one of the key factors of school education. The purpose of this study is comparing the viewpoints on the science lessons in the elementary classrooms between pre-service teachers and highly experienced teachers in order to draw implications on pre-service teacher educating system. The participants of the study are 14 junior students in a university of education and 9 elementary school teachers who are highly educated and have much career experience. Each student participant observed one video clip with science lesson of their classmate. The total number of the video subject to observation is 4. Meanwhile experienced teachers observed 1 or 2 videos which are the same to those the students watched. The participants made a class criticism according to the General Standards for Class Critique made by KICE. The in-depth analysis of the criticism yielded the following conclusions; First, pre-service teachers had narrow views on the science class mainly limited in the practical part of class, but experienced teachers had wide views covered to class-knowledge, plan, and practice. Second, most experienced teachers thought that learning is the process by which students acquire knowledge or concepts by themselves, and the main purpose of the class is to help students' learning. Meanwhile, there were many pre-service teachers who thought that conveying knowledge or concepts to students was the main purpose of the class. Third, experienced teachers thought that a good science class should maintain consistency around the learning goals from the planning, implementation, and evaluation. However, many pre-service teachers did not take the learning objectives so seriously.

A Study of the Direction for Developing KAIE Computing System Curriculum in Elementary Education (초등 KAIE 컴퓨팅 시스템 교육과정 개발을 위한 교육내용 탐색)

  • Sung, Younghoon;Park, Namje
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.701-710
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    • 2017
  • We studied educational model and contents required for information equipment, operating system, and information communication for developing KAIE computing system curriculum in elementary education. Therefore, we extracted key concepts and associated concepts and restructured the curriculum contents through analysis of national and international information education curriculum. We designed educational model that can be applied to elementary school, third and fourth graders, and fifth and sixth graders. The contents of the designed model were validated through expert verification by Delphi survey. The result of this study is expected to be applied to the development of learning strategies of various learner and teacher's teaching and learning model by combining learning contents elements of sub-area of computing system curriculum.

Improvement of Efficacy by Applying Intuitive Learning and Group Investigation Methods on Engineering Education (공학교육에 있어 직관 연상과 집단학습을 통한 효능감 향상 사례 연구)

  • Ma, Jeong Beom;Kim, Jong Hyun
    • Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2014
  • Intuitive learning method was applied at the beginning of each lecture to induce students to draw their interests. Avoiding simple explanation of equations and problem solving by using them, we repeated theoretical concepts verbally and applied physical meanings when we developed and wrote equations. By these methods we expected to find a way to increase students' learning effects. We also took a group investigation on pursuing term projects. Students choose their own subjects individually and submitted reports according to the time schedule. The reports included the contents that they learned during classes. After choosing best reports for each group by instructor, students at each group divided roles and prepared presentations. Thorough these methods they increased their scores from mid-term to final exams, and got aquatinted with responsibilities among group and organizations. They also experienced physical meanings from the usual daily life phenomena which could be connected to the engineering concepts and improved abilities as junior engineers.

Logical Evolution for Concept Learning (개념학습을 위한 논리적 진화방식)

  • 박명수;최진영
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.144-154
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    • 2003
  • In this paper we present Logical Evolution method which is a new teaming algorithm for the concepts expressed as binary logic function. We try to solve some problems of Inductive Learning algorithms through Logical Evolution. First, to be less affected from limited prior knowledge, it generates features using the gained informations during learning process and learns the concepts with these features. Second, the teaming is done using not the whole example set but the individual example, so even if new problem or new input-output variables are given, it can use the previously generated features. In some cases these old features can make the teaming process more efficient. Logical Evolution method consists of 5 operations which are selected and performed by the logical evaluation procedure for feature generation and learning process. To evaluate the performance of the present algorithm, we make experiments on MONK data set and a newly defined problem.

Constructivism : A Shifting Paradigm for Educational Practice in Information Society (정보화사회의 교육 패러다임으로서 구성주의 -본질과 교육적 적용-)

  • Hwang, Hee-Sook
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.100-113
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    • 1998
  • The information society is characterized by rapidly increasing and changing information. Traditional models of learning and instruct on have emphasized forms of mastering the information in content domains. Storing information and being able to recall it has been central to formal education. But it is no longer possible to master content domains. This paper discusses constructivism as a shifting paradigm for educational research and practice in information society. Constructivism provides an alternative epistemological base to the objectivist tradition. Constructivism holds that there is a real world that we experience. However, the argument is that meaning is imposed on the world by us, rather than existing in the world independently of us. Meaning is seen as rooted in experience. The experience in which an idea is embedded is critical to the individual's understanding of that idea. From the constructivist perspective, learning is not a stimulus-response phenomenon. It requires self-regulation and the building of conceptual structures through reflection and abstraction. Problems are not solved by the retrieval of rote-learned right answers. The effective motivation to continue learning can be fostered by leading students to experience the pleasure that is inherent in solving problems chosen as one's own. Constructivism requires the change of the teacher's role from a knowledge transmitter to a coach or facilitator of student's understanding. Constructivist teachers inquire about students' understanding of concepts before sharing their own understandings of those concepts, and encourage students to engage in dialogue, both with them arid with one another. In Korea, the educational reform called open education has been spreading through out the country. There should be a paradigm shift in learning and instruction from objectivism to constructivism for better educational reform in Korea.

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The Correlation between Concepts on Chemical Reaction Rates and Concepts on Chemical Equilibrium in High School Students (고등학생들의 화학반응속도 개념과 화학평형 개념간의 상관관계)

  • Park, Guk-Tae;Kim, Gyeong-Su;Park, Gwang-Seo;Kim, Eun-Suk;Kim, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.247-255
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between concepts on chemical reaction rates and concepts on chemical equilibrium in high school students. The subjects of the investigation consisted of 120 third grade students attending high school in K city of Kyunggi province. For this study, questionnaire relevant to the subject of chemical reaction rates and chemical equilibrium was developed and the answers were analyzed. As a result of the study, a large percentage of high school students answered questions on reaction rates correctly, but only a small percentage of the students could give explanations. Many high school students answered questions on the rates of forward reactions correctly, but not the questions on the rates of reverse reactions. For the concepts on chemical equilibrium, many high school students gave correct answers when faced with equilibrium questions that only required the understanding of one side of the reaction. But the students could not answer the questions requiring understanding of both forward and reverse reactions as well. Overall, there was a little high correlation between concepts on chemical reaction rates and concepts on chemical equilibrium in high school students. Especially, high school students with little understanding of reverse reaction rates did not understand that chemical equilibrium is a dynamic equilibrium. Also, high school students with little understanding of the collision mechanism regarding chemical reaction rates did not understand the effect of concentration and catalyst factors on chemical equilibrium. And the correlation between concepts on chemical reaction rates and concepts on chemical equilibrium related to concentration and catalyst factors was low. In conclusion, the formation of scientific concepts on chemical reactions rates can decrease misconceptions on chemical equilibrium. Also the teaching-learning method limited to one side of a reaction can cause difficulty in forming the concepts on chemical dynamic equilibrium. Therefore, the development of a teaching-learning method which covers both the forward and reverse reactions can be effective in helping students form the concepts on chemical equilibrium.

A Critical Evaluation of the Concept and Writing of Learning Outcomes (학습성과의 개념과 작성에 대한 탐구)

  • Lee, Dong Yub;Yang, Eunbae B.
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2016
  • Recent changes in educational paradigms that emphasize the performance or outcomes of education are redefining how learning objectives are being described as 'learning outcomes' in various academic disciplines. Medical education is not an exception to this trend. However, it has come to our attention that the key concepts and appropriate descriptions of learning outcomes have not been well understood among educators and that this lack of understanding has hindered our efforts to implement the practice in the field. This study aims to provide a direction to establish and describe learning outcomes by examining previous studies that have focused on setting learning objectives as well as learning outcomes. Setting and describing learning outcomes starts from reflection on the approach of behavioral learning objectives, which overemphasizes learner's acquired knowledge, skills, and attitude in each classroom rather than actual performance. On the other hand, the learning outcome approach focuses on what the learner is able to do as a result of a learning experience. This approach is more learner-friendly and encourages students to lead and be responsible for their learning process. Learning outcomes can best be described when the relevance of actual contexts and the hierarchy of learning objectives are considered. In addition, they should be in the form of context, task, performance, and level, as well as be planned with proper assessment and feedback procedures. When these conditions are met, the learning outcome approach is beneficial to students as it presents a curriculum that is more open to learners. Despite these advantages of the learning outcome approach, there is a possible concern that setting the learning outcomes and describing them can restrict evaluation to lower cognitive skills if the concept of learning outcome is narrowly interpreted or is set too low. To avoid such narrow applications, it is important for educators to understand the comprehensiveness of the learning outcome setting and to consider long-term outcomes embedded in an organizational vision rather than only short-term behavioral outcomes.

Development of Teaching-Learning Lesson Plan for Health Education in Middle School (중학생의 보건교육을 위한 교수-학습 지도안 개발)

  • Park, Sang-Youn;Lee, Chun-Lae
    • The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.287-297
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: This study was to develop teaching-learning lesson plans to provide systematic health education materials to school health educators in middle schools. Method: The concepts of health promotion were redefined in the significance of health promotion in schools were emphasized, and the health problems of middle school students were identified through the literature review of previous studies. The preceding studies on the curriculum development of health education were examined and analyzed. Result: The contents of health education were provided by the learning level of middle school students. The selected contents were composed of total 9 units. The units were again divided into 34 subunits, each of which includes individual learning purposes. How to execute a program utilizing various teaching media and learning materials and how to assess the learning results of health education were presented as well. Conclusion: This study was aimed at developing a teaching-learning lesson plan for health education virtually available on the school scene, required are the follow-up case studies applying the lesson plan: how effectively the activities for promoting the health of middle school students are changed and how appropriate this health education is for promoting the health of middle school students.

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A Study on How to Apply GBS (Goal-Based Scenario) to 'Ecology & Environment' Education in High School (GBS(Goal-Based Scenario)에 의한 수업 개발 및 적용 방안 연구: 고등학교 '생태와 환경' 수업 사례 중심으로)

  • Kang, In-Ae;Lee, Myong-Soon
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.94-110
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    • 2008
  • Recently environmental problem becomes such a big issue all over the world that the necessity and importance of the environmental education in school has been simultaneously emphasized. While diverse methods for the environmental education have been researched, this paper, especially focused on a teaching-learning model called GBS (Goal-based scenario), aims to provide a new learner-centered approach for the environmental education. For this purpose, this paper first briefly presents two theoretical backgrounds of GBS (i.e., constructivism and Schank's dynamic memory theory), which is followed by specific and concrete strategies and methods of how to apply GBS in class for the teacher. GBS(Goal-Based Scenario) is a learner-centered model in which learners are presented with a reality-based scenario (or task or problem) and go through several stages of 'missions' to get to a final solution of the given scenario. GBS, while completely resonant with other constructivist learning models in terms of learner-centered approaches, is distinctive from others, when it supplies more specific, structured guides of learning, called 'missions', to the students throughout the whole learning process. In a words, GBS ought to be recognized as an unique learner-centered model compromising the contradictory concepts of 'learner control' and 'structure and specifics' in learning environments still without any damage of constructivist learning principles.

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