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The Examination of Pre-service and In-service Elementary School Teachers학 Perceptions about Science - Technology -Society(STS). (교대생과 초등교사의 과학-기술-사회(STS)에 대한 인식도 조사)

  • 김맹희;권치순
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this investigation was to examine and compare pre-service and in-service elementary school teachers' beliefs about Science-Technology-and Society (STS), particularly beliefs about the nature of science and technology, their interaction within society, and the epistemology of science. Large percentage of pre-service and in-service elementary school teachers were understood to perceive as follows : 1. they regarded the science as 〃Knowledge scheme aiming content'and technology as 'skill for solution of actual problems'. 2. they revealed themselves to perceive tat science/ technology influence our lives through new terms and ideas, that science/ technology is affected by governmental policies and that all the people concerned including scientist and technologist should participate in the course of decision making. 3. they perceived that scientist perform their studies by characteristic abilities and that the studies are affected by their religious viewpoint. Moreover, they were understood to perceive that scientific knowledge are constructed through social interaction. 4. they perceived that scientist discover and develop scientific laws by scientific methods such as verification and certification, and that those scientific laws could be changed later.

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Analysis on the Utilization of History of Science and STEAM and Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions about Design-based STEAM Instruction Applying the History of Science in Science Class (과학사와 융합인재교육의 적용 실태와 과학사를 활용한 설계 기반의 융합인재교육 수업에 대한 초등교사들의 인식)

  • Park, Sangwoo;Chung, Wonwoo;Park, Youngkwan
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.166-188
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the utilization of history of science and STEAM and the elementary school teachers' perceptions about design-based STEAM instruction applying the history of science in science class. To research the utilization of the history of science and STEAM in elementary science class, educational value of design-based STEAM instruction applying the history of science, the questionnaire was revised based on research conducted by Lee & Shin(2014), Park et al.(2010), Shin & Han(2011) and developed questionnaire a total of 20 questions. It was administered to reply the questionnaire to 201 teachers of elementary school in D and G area. The results of this study were as follows: elementary school teachers did not teach actively the history of science, made it read students by simply introducing himself. They did not teach actively STEAM due to not enough time(busy to take a magnitude). They were difficult to teach, but the most focused on the 'Creative Problem-solving' process. And elementary school teachers perceived positively about the educational value of design-based STEAM instruction applying the history of science. Especially, they perceived that it can help elementary school students find a hint for solving the problem through examples of cases of scientific principles and a scientist. In conclusion, it implicates that it is need to regard elementary school teachers' perceptions on application of the history of science and STEAM, and develop specific design-based STEAM program applying the history of science in order to be applied successfully in elementary school for the STEAM settlement.

Nurses′ Image Perceived by Academic and Vocational High School Teachers in Korea (고등학교 교사가 지각한 간호사 이미지)

  • 강혜영;고미혜;양진주;김선민
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.792-801
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify nurses' image and its related factors to make nurses' image among academic and vocational high school teachers in Korea. Method: Study samples were composed of 470 teachers who were from 12 high schools in G and J city located in southwestern part of Korea. Data were collected from August 26 to October 4, 2002. The internal consistency of the total scale was Cronbach's $\alpha$=.940. Result: In order to make nurses' image, 76.4% of respondents were influenced by the experience of their hospitalization in visiting hospitals. The mean score of nurses' image in general was 3.19$\pm$0.55; in four subcategories, 3.46$\pm$0.60 for professional image, 3.28$\pm$0.69 for traditional image, 2.93$\pm$0.70 for social image, and 2.91$\pm$0.64 for vision of nursing career. The mean score of nurses' image in general was more positive significantly in the 50's age group (F=6.43, p=.002) and in male groups (t=2.92, p=.002). Conclusion: On the basis of these findings, nursing professionals need to improve their working conditions, aspiration in job, and autonomy of nurses in their practice fields, monitor the mass media and other publishing materials continuously, and share the appropriate information on nursing profession to the school teachers and the public.

Analysis of Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Efficacy on Mathematics Teaching (초등학교 예비 수학교사들의 수학 교수 효능감 실태 분석)

  • Kang, Moonbong
    • Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.35-53
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is for investing and analysing preservice elementary mathematics teachers' efficacy on teaching mathematics. It was measured by Kang & Kim(2014)'s instrument; MTEI (Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Instrument). The survey was conducted on a sample of 164 participants who are the 2 or 4 grade in 3 universities of education. The findings of this study are that mathematics teaching efficacy of preservice elementary mathematics teachers in South Korea is 61 percent based on 100 percent. There was no significant difference between women teachers and men teachers, department of natural science and art & humanity when highschool, 2 grade and 4 grade. But, there was the significant difference between big city and province. The social-cultural factor point was much lower than any other factors' point.

Viewpoints of Mathematics gifted students, parents, teachers about Gifted Education (수학영재아, 부모, 교사가 본 영재교육)

  • Kang, Yun-Soo;Song, Se-Eun
    • Communications of Mathematical Education
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    • v.21 no.1 s.29
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    • pp.33-50
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    • 2007
  • In this study, we made a survey for gifted students of science education center for gifted youth in a university to find their viewpoints about giftedness, need of gifted education, attribution. Using the results of the survey, we interviewed mathematical gifted student, parents, teachers to find their viewpoints about giftedness, need of gifted education, attribution. From this, we found the followings: First, Parents and teachers selected intellectual ability as a most important factor of giftedness. On the other hand, gifted students selected creativity as it. Second, gifted students show different communication ability depending on the education place. Third, mathematical gifted students attributed their problem solving ability to interior cause. On the other hand, parents and teachers of gifted students attributed students' problem solving ability to exterior cause.

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Job Identity and Job Stress on Elementary School Health Teachers (초등학교 보건교사의 직업 정체성과 직무 스트레스)

  • Oh, Jin-A;Kwon, Jin-Ok
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.341-350
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    • 2010
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to contribute to enhancing elementary school health teachers professional job performance by analyzing their job identity and job stress. Methods: The participants were 138 elementary school health teachers registered at the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education, and the survey was conducted from the 22nd to 23rd of July, 2010. The collected data were analyzed by percentile, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS/WIN 17.0 program. Results: The average percentiles of job identity and job stress were 70.6 and 64.0 respectively. Among the sub-factors of job identity, autonomy was highest as 73.5, and among the sub-factors of job stress, job demand was highest as 73.9. There were significant differences in the degree of job identity and job stress according to education status, the number of classes, job satisfaction, enthusiasm for work, and the image of nursing teachers expressed in a word. The regression model explained 21.2% of the variance of job identity. job stress explained 32.0% of the variance. Conclusion: It is important to develop various comprehensive programs for improving job identity and managing job stress. In addition, it is necessary to provide support systems including persons, promotion and rewards to school health teachers.

Attitude, Knowledge, and Practice of Safety and Related Factors of Teachers in Child Care Centers (보육교사의 안전에 대한 태도, 지식, 실천 및 관련요인)

  • Bang Kyung-Sook
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.43-53
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: To investigate the attitude, knowledge, and practice of safety and related factors of teachers in child care centers. Methods: The total sample consisted of 116 teachers from child care centers in Kyunggi Province. A questionnaire and checklist were used to collect data, which was analyzed with SPSS 11.5 Win program. Results: Most of the teachers were anxious about child accidents, and thought of safety as a primary concern. The mean score for knowledge on safety was 10.23, and the rate of correct answers ranged from 34.8% to 98.3%. The mean score on practice of safety was 42.01. Teachers with higher education showed significantly higher scores in safety efficacy. Teacher's knowledge on safety was significantly different depending on the experience of safety education, but this did not apply to safety practice. Safety practice was significantly related to confidence in safety performance, health beliefs on safety, stress, and social support, but not related to knowledge of safety. Conclusion: Psychosocial factors were found to be important in safety practice. Related factors found in this study should be considered when providing safety programs for child care centers.

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The Study on Constructing Child Care Teacher Education Programs for Enhancing Infant-Teacher Interaction and Analyzing Its Effects (영아-교사의 상호작용 증진을 위한 보육교사교육 프로그램 구성 및 효과성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyoun-Ji;Cho, Bok-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.1221-1235
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the infant-teacher interaction and its possible effects. The subjects of this study were 24 child-care teachers from Jungup City, Korea. Among them, 12 teachers participated m the program as an experimental group. The program processed 8 sessions in total, a session a week and 90 minutes for each session. The data was collected by questionnaires of infant-teacher interactions and videotapes of their linguistic and behavioral interactions between infants and teachers. The collected data was analyzed by t-tests, wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and video content analysis. As a result, the teachers in the experimental group showed more significant enhancement than teachers in the comparison group in relation to the post-test of positive linguistic interactions between infant and teacher and teacher' positive reaction.

Cognition of oral health education and dental caries preventive effect in kindergartens and child care facilities (일부 유치원 및 보육시설 유아교사의 구강보건교육 유무에 따른 구강보건교육 및 치아우식예방효과 인식)

  • Jung, Yu Yeon;Choi, Mi-Hye
    • Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2014
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate cognition on oral health education and dental caries preventive effect in kindergartens and child care facilities. Methods : A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 260 teachers in kindergartens and nursery facility in Daejeon from January to February, 2013. Except incomplete answers, 248 questionnaires were analyzed by using the statistical package SPSS WIN 18.0. Results : High intention to participate in oral health education was shown in the teachers who experienced the oral health education. Dental caries preventive effect included correct tooth brushing, fluoride dentifrice, fluoride mouth rinse, and use of xylitol. The teachers agreed that the fluoride mouth rinses would help good oral health in the children. Conclusions : Teachers in kindergartens and nursery facility are the most important persons in childhood oral health care. So it is necessary to provide the continuing standardized education for the teachers systematically.

Sexual Attitudes, Sexual Behaviors and Ego-Resilience of Girl's High School Students (일부 지역 여고생들의 성태도, 성행동 및 자아탄력성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jeong-Ran;Hwang, Eun-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among sexual attitudes, sexual behaviors and ego-resilience of girl's high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted. The subjects were 284 students from 4 girl's high schools. Data were collected on September, 2010 by using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using PASW/WIN 18.0 program. Results: Sexual attitude showed significant differences according to satisfaction level with school and teachers. Sexual behavior showed significant differences according to satisfaction level with teachers, smoking and alcohol drinking experiences. The ego-resilience of the subjects was significantly different in terms of satisfaction level with school and teachers. And there were significant correlations among sexual attitudes, sexual behaviors and ego-resilience respectively. Conclusions: These results suggest that the school life and teachers have important duties to manage sexual issues of the girl students. Therefore, it is needed to develop intervention program for the girl students to improve satisfaction level with school and teachers.

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