• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.323-342
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• 2013

Staff are absolutely important for the operation of public libraries. This study aims to reveal how much the 16 metropolitan governments in Korea secure public library staff. Three measurement tools for analysing the present status of the staff of the 766 public libraries in Korea are: Enforcement Decree of the Library Act, Standards for Korean Libraries, and IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines. It was revealed that the public libraries in Korea satisfies 46% of the professional library staff standards of Enforcement Decree of the Library Act, 78% of the entire library staff need and only 44.5% of the professional library staff need of Korean Standards for Libraries, and only 35.7% of the entire library staff need of IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines. The study revealed that the ratio of satisfaction of the need of professional library staff is low and in particular, public libraries do not satisfies the entire library staff need of the international standards of IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines.

• Research in Mathematical Education
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.59-67
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• 2004

In this paper, I would like to introduce some ideas and problems in mathematics teachers' education. The aims and content of teachers' professional education are discussed with an oriental perspective. What are mathematics teachers' needs in their professional development\ulcorner What contradictions do they meet in mathematics instruction\ulcorner The problems are described with the result of my survey.

• Korean Medical Education Review
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.90-103
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• 2021

This study examined the current status of the medical professionalism curriculum in Korea to suggest a plan to move towards the formation of a professional identity. Professionalism education data from 28 Korean medical schools were analyzed, including the number of courses, required or elective status, corresponding credits, major course contents, and teaching and evaluation methods. Considerable variation was found in the number of courses and credits in the professionalism curriculum between medical schools. The course contents were structured to expand learners' experiences, including the essence and knowledge of professionalism, understanding of oneself, social interaction with others, and the role of doctors in society and the healthcare system. The most common teaching methods were lectures and discussions, while reflective writing, coaching, feedback, and role models were used by fewer than 50% of medical schools. Written tests, assignments and reports, discussions, and presentations were frequently used as evaluation methods, but portfolio and self-evaluation rates were relatively low. White coat ceremonies were conducted in 96.2% of medical schools, and 22.2% had no code of conduct. Based on the above results, the author suggests that professional identity formation should be explicitly included in learning outcomes and educational contents, and that professional identity formation courses need to be added to each year of the program. The author also proposes the need to expand teaching methods such as reflective writing, feedback, dilemma discussion, and positive role models, to incorporate various evaluation methods such as portfolios, self-assessment, and moral reasoning, and to strengthen faculty development.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.547-555
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between professional self-concept, professional autonomy, self-esteem, and job satisfaction of clinical nurses. Method: Data were collected from a convenience sample of 289 clinical nurses who worked in one of 4 hospitals located in B City. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple regression. Results: There were significant differences in job satisfaction according to marital status, current position, shift pattern, and average income. There was a significant positive correlation between professional self-concept and professional autonomy, self-esteem and job satisfaction. Job satisfaction showed a significant positive correlation with professional autonomy and self-esteem. The significant factors influencing job satisfaction were professional self-concept, self-esteem and professional autonomy, which explained 29.5% of the variance in job satisfaction. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the important role-related variables of professional self-concept, self-esteem and professional autonomy of clinical nurses are significantly related, and that as, professional self-concept is an important factor for job satisfaction of clinical nurses, strategies to increase professional self-concept need to be developed.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.151-181
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• 2016

This study examined professional development systems in America, England, and Australia, and devised ways to enhance early childhood teachers' professional development in Korea. To suggest effective ways to improve current professional development system and its operation, this research aimed to investigate first, advanced professional development systems and policies in three countries, America, England, and Australia, second, the process of teacher qualification and requirements for acquiring teacher credential and its maintenance, and lastly, the effort of quality control for professional development, its operation, and evaluation systems in three countries. Based on the analysis of the three country's systems, five solutions for effective professional development are suggested. First, it is necessary to differentiate requirements for teachers by the level of teacher credentials. Second, an incessant training process for professional development is required. Third, an individualized professional development plan should be set for an individual teacher for the best outcomes in professional competence. Fourth, instructors for professional development trainings are needed to ensure the quality of training. Lastly, individuals, organizations, and policy and its operation systems need to be considered holistically as a whole in the perspective of convergence in policy making and its operation for effective professional development.

• Journal of Science Education
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.369-382
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to survey the need of in-service education for the professional development of middle school science teachers' teaching practice. The questionnaire was modified by Young Choi's framework(2010) to survey the level of the progression in the professional development and learning, the degree of in-service education necessity, and the degree of priority of need. The questionnaire was administered to 203 middle school science teachers in Daegu. The mean level of the progression in the professional development and learning were 2.45 and 3.15. The degrees of in-service education necessity to improve level of the progression in the professional development and learning was 3.45, and 3.16. The element and aspect highest degree of priority of need were 'element 1. planning coherent sequences of lessons' and 'aspect 1-4. planning difference among individuals', 'aspect 1-2. planning learning activity'. The degree of in-service education necessity and the degree of priority of need was a significant difference according to almost all of the teachers' characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.23
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• pp.225-248
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• 1994

The purpose of this study is to find an effective curriculum of the future in the fashion design and the clothing construction area by comparing the curricula of the fashion -related departments in domestic college. The research finding are as follows : 1. Clear objectives of fashion education need to be defined based upon the characteristics of the field. 2. Following education methods are suggested for the fashion design area. 1) Basic core courses need to be offered to support the fashion design courses. 2) More design -practice courses need to be included to educate creative designers and the curriculum need to reflect also the needs of the Apparel Industry practioners. 3) Major concentration systems need to be introduced. 4) Intership which is a kind of the Academy and Industry cooperation needs to be introduced. 3. Following education methods are suggested for the clothing construction area. 1) Major concentration systems need to be introduced. 2) Workshops which are similar to the actual production systems of the clothing Apparel Industry, are required. 3) Internship is required. 4) Course required for both the fashion design area and the clothing construction area need to be offered effectively. The suggestion made in the research can be applied with some modifications or adjustments considering the situation of each college. Since each college has different characteristics in terms of the tradition , faculty ,size, facility etc., it is difficult to make a general statement regarding professional fashion education , however, professional fashion education should be reformed in order to achieve individuality of each college.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.16-21
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• 2001

Biominerals are mean of biochemical mineralization and forming for ore depesits of limestone, iron, phosphate and energy minerals, etc . Our Country need in large quantity of biominerals, for example, about a hundred million ton of limestones, fifty million tons of iron ores, three million tons of phosphates, seven hundred million brrels of crude oil, eleven million ton of LNG and sixty million ton of coals per year.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.45-49
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• 2008

Considering domestic situation such as economical crisis, $CO_2$ exhaust amount limit based on the Climatic Change Convention, sky-rocketed oil prices. 97% of energy import from abroad, and import sum reaching up to 20% of entire import, we need to invest new recycle energy and future energy development at a full blast.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.55-58
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• 2005

Earth quake Tsunamis should be occured between Japan and Korea. There exist long distance fault gone in the sea. So that we can not ignoring tsunami dangerous activity, along the east sea shore line need investment preventing the worst effect roughly 10m Tsunami wave reduce the scale of the disaster.