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Developing a conceptual frame work for a nursing curriculum (간호학 교과과정 개념틀 개발연구)

  • 조원정;김소야자;오가실;유지수;황애란;김혜숙;고일선
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.473-483
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    • 1994
  • In order to prepare for the coming twenty first Century and to meet changing societal dedmands and health needs, it is necessary to develop a new conceptual framework for curriculum the colleges of nursing. The specific objectives of this project were to ; 1) address the problem areas of the existing curriculum which were identified in the first phase of this study ; 2) develop a conceptual framework which will meet faculty, student and societal needs : and 3) identify the content of the curriculum In order to accomplish the objectives, the curriculum committee held 30 weekly meetings during the period of October, 1992 and December, 1993, There also were two workshops with college of nursing faculty members. The Philosophy and objectives of education were revised on the basis of the essential concepts of nursing : human being, nursing, environment, and health. From these basic concepts, six essential components were identified for the conceptual framework. These were nuring process, communication, professional roles, client, and nursing. These six components are interrelated in the curriculum. The complex interrelationship among the six components were presented on horizontal and vertical axes. Concepts related to steady improvement were put on a vertical axis. For example, concepts of client, health, and nursing are included in all levels of nursing curriculum and students are expected to retain and accumulate more complex contents as they progress in curriculum. Concepts on the horizontal axis are nursing process, communication, and professional roles. These concepts are unique to nursing and are common to any level of curriculum. Students are expected to study these concepts through all levels of the curriculum. It is expected that the objectives of the college of nursing will be accomplished when the courses and content of the curriculum are based on this conceptual fremework.

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Perceptions and Perspectives of Secondary Science Teachers on Core Concepts (핵심 개념에 대한 중등 과학 교사들의 인식 및 관점)

  • Eun-Jeong Yu
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.47-61
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    • 2023
  • Rather than an abstract discourse, the purpose of this study is to outline the core concepts in the 2015 revised curriculum as a concrete teaching and learning method in the school context. We interviewed eight secondary science teachers and reported their perceptions and perspectives on core concepts using a backward design model based on the cyclical process of the platform, deliberation, and design for developing teaching and learning materials to understand core concepts. The participants perceived these core concepts differently, such as big ideas corresponding to the ultimate principle, minimum science concepts required for daily life, and primary and significant key concepts. In addition, this affects the association of teaching and learning. When core concepts are understood as transferable and expandable big ideas, there is a tendency to focus on the relationship between concepts and design project learning in a specific direction. However, if core concepts are identified as minimum science concepts at the level of science literacy, that can be recalled within the context of life, there is a tendency to emphasize on activities that make a meaningful difference to the lives of students with focus on case studies that are relevant to everyday life. Once core concepts are identified as key scientific content elements, such as basic or significant concepts, teachers recognize that it is essential to emphasize concept changes by correcting misconceptions, acquiring accurate scientific knowledge, and developing problem-solving items through paper-and-pencil evaluation. As the 2015 revised curriculum is finalized and the 2022 revised curriculum is scheduled for release, effective policy support is required to ensure that the curriculum is revised, which emphasizes the purpose of big ideas by naming core concepts as core ideas, to be stably implemented in schools.

A Study on the Strategies for Strengthening Subject-based Environmental Education in Elementary Schools (초등학교 교과교육에서의 환경교육 강화방안)

  • Hwang, Kyung-Chul;Son, Jun-Yi;Lee, Jin-Ha;Choi, Jae-Gu;Cho, Ki-Chul;Shin, Eun-Sang
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.21 no.2 s.60
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    • pp.69-83
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    • 2006
  • This research aims to improve the environmental education for elementary student's education program. That let environmental education be connected to other curriculum with a compunction enhancement plan to the internal volume side of environmental education, and grope for activation of compunction environmental education with curriculum necessary paradigm conversion of education for continuance possibility in green education. In case of legal and system, improving of legal and system by establishment of the environmental education act for system repair and source of revenue preparation of environmental education is needed. Based on importance of teaching-education and evaluation, it must be developed various teaching-education ways of environmental education in case of curriculum and an improvement of teaching-education ways and evaluation must be performed. After teaching-education about environmental education has been executed, a teaching-education improvement must be performed by evaluation.

A Survey on the Management Status and Science Teachers' Perception of Science in High School Based on 2009 Curriculum Revision (2009 개정 고등학교 '과학'의 운영 실태와 교사들의 인식 조사)

  • Shin, Young-Ok;Choi, Byung-Soon
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.32 no.10
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    • pp.1599-1612
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the management status of science in senior high schools based on the 2009 Curriculum Revision and the science teachers' perception of the content and a class of science. The way of managing a class was surveyed and discovered that the percentage of more than two teachers giving lessons depending on their major was higher than that of a teacher giving all the lessons. Analysis of teachers' perceptions of the content of science showed that science textbooks reflected the revised science curriculum well. However, teachers thought that the terms and concepts introduced to describe the knowledge of frontier science were so difficult that they feel it's very hard teaching them to the students. Even though science teachers thought that science was mainly focused on cultivating scientific literacy of the students, they assess mostly understanding of science concepts on the students. It means that science teachers stay in line with old position in assessment.

Suggesting a Model of Science Competency and Applying it to Science Curriculum (과학 역량 모델의 제안과 과학 교육과정에의 적용)

  • Park, Jongwon;Yoon, Hye-Gyoung;Kwon, Sunggi
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.207-220
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    • 2019
  • Although the 2015 revised science curriculum has newly introduced core science competencies, there are a lot of confusions and difficulties at the school sites because the concept of competence is not clear. In this study, we conducted literature analysis to understand what constitutes the components of science competence and how the components are related. Based on this analysis, a model of science competency, composed of six factors (non-cognitive characteristics, knowledge, skill, context, performance, level) was suggested. In addition, we have explored ways to utilize this science competency model to re-write the achievement criteria of current science curriculum as science learning objectives expressed in the form of science competency. Finally, advantages and limits of the model are discussed and related further researches are suggested.

Middle School Science Teachers' Perceptions of Implementation and Challenges on Process-Based Assessment Emphasized in the 2015 Revised Curriculum (2015 개정 교육과정에 따른 중학교 과학교사들의 과정중심평가 실행 및 어려움에 대한 인식 탐색)

  • Lee, Hyunju;Baek, Jongmin;Kwak, Youngsun
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.133-144
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    • 2020
  • As a part of the second-year monitoring study on the implementation of the 2015 revised science curriculum in middle schools, this study focuses more on examining middle school science teachers' perceptions on the process-based assessment (PBA). A total of 105 middle school science teachers (44 teachers from science leading schools, 61 teachers from ordinary schools) responded to the survey questionnaire, and 16 teachers participated in interviews. The results include teachers' perceptions on the changes in their teaching and assessment methods, some challenges of implementing PBA, and educational implications of PBA. Survey results indicate that the teachers perceived themselves using more PBA methods after the 2015 revised science curriculum was launched. The teachers in science-leading schools present statistically higher average scores to the items on the PBA utilization than the ones in ordinary schools. However, the teachers felt confused in conceptually differentiating PBA from prior performance-based assessment. They also experienced some conflicts when implementing PBA under the achievement-oriented school atmospheres. In addition, they often faced difficulties in securing objectivity and reliability of PBA and felt the burden of evaluating individual students. This study suggests the necessity of giving more authority and trust to science teachers regarding PBA, constructing more supportive environment to cultivate teacher competency as evaluation experts, and the need to reduce task burden. However, some teachers who actively implemented PBA express some level of satisfaction as observing students' positive reaction to PBA.

Defining Science Core Competency in the 2015 revised Science Curriculum and Exploring its Application into STEAM program

  • Park, Young-Shin;Park, Gu Reum
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.361-377
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of the study was to define five science core competencies introduced in the 2015 revised science curriculum with each component and practical indicators into the frame. Science teachers on site could use it in teaching and developing science program to equip students with the competencies to creatively solve problems which is the aim of science education in the $21^{st}$ century. To develop this frame, we contacted 10 experienced science educators and collected the data through a questionnaire. We coded all responses and categorized into the components and practical indicators of each competency which were all compared with those from well-known theories in order to validate. We then contacted other 35 science educators again to construct the validity to fill out the survey of Likert scale. The finalized science core competency included 19 components in total with practical indicators that can be observable and measurable in the classroom. This frame was used to see how it fits into a STEAM program. The finding was that two different topics of the STEAM program displayed the different description of science core competency usage, which could be used as the prescription of the competency as to whether or not it is more promoted in science class.

Competency Based Curriculum Development of Subject Specialist Librarians (주제전문사서를 위한 능력중심 교육과정 개발 연구)

  • Ahn, In-Ja;Noh, Dong-Jo;Noh, Young-Hee;Kim, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.333-361
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    • 2009
  • Aims of subject specialist librarian's education is an improvement of their professionalism which could reinforce librarians' ability to achieve their speciality. The curriculum should be competency based one which could gain knowledge and skills to accomplish subject librarian services. The study aims to suggest competency based curriculum that is needed for specialist librarian's work. The study proposes six educational courses and fifteen subjects. Six courses are as followings: resource development, information services, library marketing, user education, subject research, and library administration.

A Study on the Information Literacy Education of School Library in the USA (미국 학교도서관의 정보활용능력 교육에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.229-252
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the information literacy curriculum of school library in the USA. The write, to understand the characteristics and principles of information literacy curriculum, analyzes national standards and some state curricula for information literacy education. Finally, through presenting a couple of lessons which were organized based on the information literacy curriculum, drawing out some strategies for development of information literacy curriculum for school library education in Korea.

Two Circle-based Aircraft Head-on Reinforcement Learning Technique using Curriculum (커리큘럼을 이용한 투서클 기반 항공기 헤드온 공중 교전 강화학습 기법 연구)

  • Insu Hwang;Jungho Bae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.352-360
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    • 2023
  • Recently, AI pilots using reinforcement learning are developing to a level that is more flexible than rule-based methods and can replace human pilots. In this paper, a curriculum was used to help head-on combat with reinforcement learning. It is not easy to learn head-on with a reinforcement learning method without a curriculum, but in this paper, through the two circle-based head-on air combat learning technique, ownship gradually increase the difficulty and become good at head-on combat. On the two-circle, the ATA angle between the ownship and target gradually increased and the AA angle gradually decreased while learning was conducted. By performing reinforcement learning with and w/o curriculum, it was engaged with the rule-based model. And as the win ratio of the curriculum based model increased to close to 100 %, it was confirmed that the performance was superior.