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An Analysis on Occupational Content in the Technology & Home Economics Textbooks of High School (고등학교 기술·가정 교과서의 직업 내용 분석)

  • Yoon, In-Kyung;Jang, Myung-Hee;Lee, Soo-Jeong
    • Journal of vocational education research
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.155-176
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    • 2016
  • This study analyzed content of and recognition on occupations shown from Technology Home Economics textbooks of the high school elective subject having a higher connection with the career development capability for the occupational world as shown from a curriculum analysis. Hence, this study selected 3 kinds of high school Technology Home Economics textbooks with a higher share from 6 in the 2007 revised curriculum and analyzed a frequency by characteristic of occupational content and recognition on description of a occupation. Content analyzed by researchers was examined by 2 school teachers to ensure the validity and objectivity of research findings. Research findings show that there is a great deal of frequency difference in occupations suggested by publisher and unit in the Technology Home Economics subject. Also suggestion frequency of the occupational classification by level from Korean standard industrial classification did not correspond to an actual situation of employment. Occupation names suggested from textbooks occupied 3.3% of those by Korean Occupation Dictionary, showing a higher suggestion ratio at occupations preferred by adolescents. In the textbooks, occupations were suggested from reading materials, photos and illustrations more than from texts. Recognition on descriptions of occupations showed for the most part the neutral(82.8%) and the positive16.2%)', and there was no biased intention even from some negative cases(1.0%). Based on research findings, this research has significance in that it suggested things to be considered for teaching career development capability in the high school Technology Home Economics subject and need for cultivating teachers' specialty to understand occupations and instruct career development. It also suggested improvements to be required for a new curriculum textbook.

Research Trends of Mathematics Textbooks: Focused on the Papers Published in Domestic Journals During Recent Five Years (수학 교과서 연구 동향 분석 - 최근 5년 동안 게재된 국내 학술지 논문을 중심으로 -)

  • Pang, JeongSuk;Kim, SeungMin
    • School Mathematics
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.249-265
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the research trends of mathematics textbooks to provide implications for future textbook research. For this purpose, 123 research papers related to mathematics textbooks, published in seven professional domestic journals during recent five years, were selected. The papers dealing with Korean mathematics textbooks were analyzed by school levels (i.e., elementary, middle, or high school), mathematics content areas, analytic methods, and implications. The results of this study showed that many studies analyzed elementary mathematics textbooks, specifically in the content strand of number and operations. The frequent analytic foci were given to content areas along with mathematical rigor or the development of alternative mathematics textbooks. In comparison with the previous research trend, there was an increasing number of studies in which detailed implications or ways of re-constructing mathematical topics were discussed on the basis of thorough analysis of textbooks. This study also included an analysis of papers comparing Korean mathematics textbooks with foreign counterparts or analyzing foreign mathematics textbooks to elicit implications for Korean mathematics textbooks in terms of reasons of the comparison, school levels, and analytic foci. This paper closes with implications for textbook research.

An Comparative Study of Articulation on Science Textbook Concepts and Extracted Concepts in Learning Objectives Using Semantic Network Analysis - Focus on Life Science Domain - (언어 네트워크 분석을 이용한 초등학교 과학 교과서 개념과 성취 기준 추출 개념의 연계성 비교 연구 - 생명과학 영역을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Youngshin;Kwon, Hyoung-Suk
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.377-387
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    • 2016
  • Whether textbooks faithfully reflect the curriculum contents is an important educational issue. The previous studies on the textbooks did not analyze the relationship described in the textbooks or the structure. In this regard, this study aims to analyze how the concept of life science area in the elementary school science textbooks developed on the basis of the 2009 revised curriculum is linked. In addition, it seeks to analyze how the concept presented in the learning content achievement standards of the curriculum is connected to other concepts. Towards this end, the conceptual linkage of eight units in the life science domain of elementary school science textbooks based on the 2009 revised curriculum was analyzed. The contents of the life science domain in the science textbooks were analyzed through a semantic network analysis, and the semantic network on the concept linked to the one described in curriculum's learning objectives was also analyzed. The results are as follows: 1) It will be difficult for students to understand the concept due to the complexity of the semantic network resulting from a number of concepts. 2) The curriculum's learning objectives presented in the curriculum are not faithfully reflected in the textbooks. 3) The textbooks are described on the basis of specific curriculum's learning objectives. Based on the findings of this study, the number of concepts described in the elementary school science textbooks needs to be significantly reduced so that the concepts can be meaningfully linked to each other.

A Comparative Analysis on the Middle School Environmental Textbooks (중학교 "환경" 교과서 비교.분석 연구)

  • 곽홍탁;전은정
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2001
  • This study analyzed and compared the number of students activities, contents scope, and organizing system of the three textbooks(A, B, and C) which had been developed and published for the 'Environment'subject in the 7th National Curriculum. The results of this study can be summarized as follows; There were differences in the size, the total number of pages and the quality of print between two groups of 'Environment'textbooks of the 6th and the 7th national curriculum. New textbooks were found bigger than the previous ones by 125%. The total number of pages increased by the average of 16.4%. A and C textbooks were composed of three parts, seven chapters, and 17 sections, whereas B textbook consisted of ten chapters and 23 sections. All of the three textbooks appeared to put an emphasis on the chapters of 'environment protection'and 'environmental problems of the Earth ' A comparative analysis on the number of data included in the three textbooks showed that almost half of data took a form of picture, averaging 48% of the total. A had 297 pictures, and 234 pictures for B, 194 pictures for C, respectively. In terms of the number of students'activities, C was found to include the largest number of activities that is 91, comparing to text A of 85, text B of 78. The number of students'activities in every content is found'environment awaiting protection', tile 'environmental problems of the earth'and'things to be done for the protection of environment'much more than any other parts. It should be noted that this study focused ell only a set of quantitative measures so that teachers are recommended to consider detailed contents that each textbook contains as well as environmental conditions of the school region.

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A Study on Analyzing and Developing the Syllabus for Library and Information Science Core Courses (국내 문헌정보학 주요 교과목 강의계획서 분석 및 개발 연구)

  • Noh, Younghe;Ahn, In-Ja;Choi, Sang-Ki
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.143-175
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    • 2013
  • This study purposed to develop and propose the curriculum content of te LIS core courses for raising professional librarians in the information society. To this end, we investigated and analyzed syllabi of LIS core courses which opened in 39 Department of Library & Information Science in Korea, and also analyzed the job analysis data which is developed by library types. As a result, syllabi of the core course for Introduction to Library and Information Science, Information Organization, Information Services, Library Management, Information Retrieval, and Library Field Studies has been developed. The syllabi included teaching methods, evaluation methods, the main textbook, and 15-week or 16-week lecture schedule and content and so on.

A Meta-analysis on Comparative Studies of Mathematics Textbooks (수학 교과서 비교 연구 논문에 관한 분석)

  • Hong Mira;Cba Insook
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.44 no.2 s.109
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    • pp.201-213
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to find research areas that were less represented by the researchers of mathematics textbooks and to provide feedback for the research and development of mathematics curriculum and textbooks. In order to complete this study, we analyzed comparative studies of mathematics textbooks published in Korean. This study analyzed 107 comparative studies published until recently based on following aspects: countries studied (North Korea, U.S.A., and Japan), Math curriculum studied (6th and 7th mathematics curriculum), and Math contents studied (probability and statistics) and etc. The result of this study suggests that the content area of creative problem solving was particularly less represented by the studies published and require more concern from the mathematics education researchers

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An Analysis of Visual Images in 'Global Warming' Unit of Secondary School Environment Textbooks (중등 환경 교과서 '지구온난화' 단원에 사용된 시각 이미지 분석)

  • Cheong, Cheol
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.112-124
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    • 2009
  • Visual images are important elements of the communication of environment in secondary school environment textbooks, which dominate classroom approaches to teaching and learning. This study was to analysed the perspectives of pedagogical and social-pedagogic of visual images in 'global warming' unit of six different Korean environment textbooks. Analysis makes use of the dimensions pedagogical functions, content specialization, social-pedagogic relationships, and abstraction of the visual codes. The results showed that most of the visual images in school environment textbooks tend to establish social-pedagogic relationships with students. The results of our study have implications for textbook authors and secondary environment teachers. We suggest that future studies may focus on students' and teacher's interpretation of visual images new secondary environment textbooks.

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Comparative Analysis on 'We are the First Graders' Textbooks (시·도 교육청 '우리들은 1학년' 교과서 내용 분석)

  • Park, So-Young
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.75-91
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    • 2011
  • The purposes of this study were to compare and analyze the local primary textbooks for the subject of 'We are the First Graders'. This study analyzed the common points and the differences among three textbooks developed by the three educational bureaus of Seoul, Daegu and Busan. The criterion of analysis were scope, sequence and integration of curriculum representing the principles for developing curriculum. The results were as follows: First, the scopes of topics included in 2007 National Curriculum of 'We are the First Graders' were faithfully reflected in the three local textbooks. Second, the sequences of textbooks were generally arranged according to the order of curriculum content except for some contents. As for 'Wise School Life', some contents were presented at the first unit of the three textbooks and the others were gradually expanded at the latter of the textbooks. Third, the integration of curriculum appeared meaningfully in the three textbooks. Based on these results, this study suggested some recommendations on the activites for the adaptation at the early stage in the primary school under 2009 National Curriculum.

An Analysis of Moral Textbook in Chinese Primary School with a Multicultural Perspective (다문화적 시각에서 본 중국 초등학교 도덕과 교과 내용분석)

  • Wang, Jin-Ling;Park, Chang-Un;Oh, Kyoung-Hee;Wang, Guan-En
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.253-266
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the contents of moral textbooks in Chinese elementary school with a multicultural perspective. This can be seen as a plan to prevent conflicts due to migrants in our society. Therefore, the importance of multicultural education in moral education were discussed. And then the contents of Chinese primary moral textbooks(grade 1) was critically analyzed according to content areas. As China was composed of 56 ethnics, the culture of domestic ethnic minority should be understood primarily. As a research result, the educational contents were primarily composed of children's daily lives and social norms which citizens should be abided by. The contents of textbooks do not reflect the feature of china as a typical multi-ethnic society. This can be seen that the Chinese moral education in primary school focuses on social integration. Therefore, we emphasize that the educational contents should be reconstructed with a multicultural perspective. And we hope our research can contribute to recognize and respect the differences between various nations and form a mutually beneficial relationship.

Analysis on Articulations of the domain 'Human development and family' in the subject of Practical Arts(Technology and Home Economics) (2007년 개정 교육과정에 따른 실과(기술.가정) 교과의 초.중.고등학교 학년 간 연계성 분석 - '인간발달과 가족' 영역을 중심으로 -)

  • Wang, Seok-Soon;Ryu, Kyung-Hee;Baek, Jeong-Won
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 2012
  • The study, published in the 2007 revised curriculum of Practical Arts and Technology and Home Economics textbook(16 species) of the 'human development and family members' area of learning content elements were analyzed. This analysis was conducted in order to evaluate that the 2007 revised curriculum of Practical Arts(Technology and Home Economics) has been made well Articulations. The criteria of Articulations is "Development of learning content, Repeating, Gaps, Reduction. Content criterias is 'human development and family' area. These include "human development, human relationships, marriage and family life, caring for family members and family welfare" of the four criteria and 14 content elements. The results of this analysis, the first content elements is "process of human development, characteristics of human development, family relationships, communication, dating and partner selection, the significance of marriage and family, understanding the basic concepts of family, family change and family problem solving". There was no content elements. content element is 'friendship'. content elements is 'Characteristics of human development', 'understanding of sex and pregnancy and childbirth'. Thus, in the new curriculum, a review of these Articulations are required. Especially, the 'friendship' and 'understanding of sex and pregnancy and childbirth' of the content element should be noted in the curriculum configuration because of content elements be Analyzed as or . Also 'values about marriage change' importance in the low fertility society is a big learning content elements need repeating. However, textbooks should reflect differences in the configuration will hakgyogeupgan. Meanwhile, 'changes in values about marriage' that it is necessary to deal with the repeatedly because of recentely society is The low fertility society, However, for this content element based on the differences between school level to appear the contents of textbooks, the textbook screening process will be provided with the correct guidance.

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