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Experience of Pre-service Science Teachers in Designing and Implementing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) on Climate Crisis Topics: Focusing on the Application of Reciprocal Peer Teaching (기후위기 주제 지속가능발전교육 수업 설계와 실행에 있어서 예비과학교사들이 갖는 경험 분석: 상호동료교수법 적용을 중심으로)

  • Son, Yeon-A
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.277-291
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    • 2021
  • This study is to implicate for analyzing the expertise of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) dealing with science-related social issues by reorganizing educational materials on climate crisis topics and analyzing in-depth class performance preparation and actual class by pre-service science teachers. As a result of the study, it was found that pre-service science teachers have the expertise to analyze the curriculum horizontally and extract subject-integrated elements, but it is difficult to perform convergent science classes by incorporating them into the social problem-solving process in actual classes. In addition, it was analyzed that through this study, pre-service science teachers came to think about the importance of having their own specialized expertise when they become school teachers through preparation for their classes integrating science-related social issues. Through the application of the reciprocal peer teaching applied in this study, giving pre-service science teachers of various expertise an opportunity to experience the process of designing and implementing integrated science classes while sharing their expertise will greatly help them improve their convergence education.

Honors Program for Gifted Students at University-level ; on Selection and Curriculum (대학 단계의 과학영재 특화교육 프로그램 - 학생 선발 및 교육과정을 중심으로 -)

  • Kwon, Sung-ho;Tschoe, Dong-Seok;Kim, Myung-Sook;Kim, Young-Ah;Kang, Kyung-hee
    • Korean Journal of General Education
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.237-254
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    • 2010
  • For years, poor research and working conditions in the field of science and engineering in Korea led to the migration of gifted students to seek a better academic environment. The primary reason for such a phenomenon is the lack of a coherent education system for gifted students. With the support from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity, Hanyang University launched an exploring project to introduce an Honors Program, aiming to provide specialized and systematic learning opportunities as well as supporting greater academic achievements for gifted students at university-level. Students admitted to this program were selected not by conventional standards but by competency-based selection process, assessed through an in-depth interview. The specific goal of this program is to prepare gifted and talented students not only for an academic pioneer with the highest caliber in the field of science, but also for a global leader equipped with a creative view as well as integrity and a convergent mind. Distinctive features of this program include emphasis on fundamental science and consilience, problem solving skills, first-hand education, interpersonal skills, and global communication skills as well as individualization of the learning experience, among many others. This paper provides a short glimpse of the focus and methodology Honors Program in Hanyang University offers.

Changes in High School Students' Creative Leader Competency through STEAM R&E (STEAM R&E를 통한 고등학생의 창의적 인재 역량 변화)

  • Mun, Kongju;Mun, Jiyeong;Hwang, Yohan;Kim, Sung-Won
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.825-833
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    • 2017
  • The Korean Ministry of Education has emphasized human resource development with creative and convergent ability for future science and technology development. Korean STEAM Education aims to enhance students' interest and their understanding of science and technology as well as to develop students' creative problem-solving skills. Through STEAM R&E project, students experience self-directed research in order to solve the problem in the context of everyday life. In this study, we aim to find out whether the creative leader competency of high school students changed after they experienced the STEAM R&E project. The creative leader competency consisted of three domains: cognitive, affective, and societal domain. We measured the creative leader competency using the questionnaire scales. The questionnaire was administered to 612 high school students who participated in the 2016 STEAM R&E project. Pre- and post- test scores were collected, and we analyzed it. We compared the mean difference between pre- and post- test scores as well as the mean differences among science high school, gifted school, science core school, and general high school. From the result, we found that all student' creative leader competency improved after participating in the STEAM R&E project in all three domains. The result also showed that students' test scores of science high school and gifted school showed no significant mean differences, while student's scores of both science core school and general high school improved significantly. From the results, we concluded that STEAM R&E activities could be an effective tool in cultivating creative leader competency, especially for general high school students and science core school students. We also suggested that further researches are needed to find how we could enhance students' creative leader competency.

The Development on Core Competency Model of Scientist and Its Verification for Competency-Based Science Gifted Education (역량 중심의 과학 영재 교육을 위한 과학자의 핵심 역량 모델 개발 및 타당화)

  • Park, Jae-Jin;Yoon, Jihyun;Kang, Seong-Joo
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.509-541
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    • 2014
  • There was a great need to consider a core competency-based approach as a new direction of the science education for gifted students according to the value and vision of the 21st century knowledge-based societies. Therefore we developed a core competency model of scientist and examined its validity as a prerequisite for a core competency-based education of science gifted students. In order to this, the survey was conducted after developing questionnaire through the theoretical review of the various resources such as paper, book, and newspaper articles and the qualitative analysis of the behavioral event interview, and then an exploratory factor analysis was performed to validate the factor structure based on the results of the survey. The results revealed that the core competency model with the 5 cluster units of competency and the 15 core competencies was potentially constituted. And the reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the core competency model were verified through the confirmatory factor analysis. The cognitive cluster consisted of 5 competencies and they were as follows: creative, comprehensive, exploratory, analytical, and conceptual thinking competency. The achievement-orientation cluster consisted of 3 competencies and they were as follows: initiative, preparation & problem solving, and strategic influence competency. The scientific attitude cluster consisted of 3 competencies and they were as follows: flexible thinking & attitude, passion for research, and views about science competency. The personal effectiveness cluster consisted of 2 competencies and they were as follows: diverse experiences and global attitude competency. Finally, the networking cluster consisted of 2 competencies and they were as follows: personal understanding and communication competency. Findings were expected to provide the basic data for developing programs and establishing strategies based on the core competency as well as introducing the core competency model of scientist to science education for gifted students effectively.

A Study on NCS-based Team Teaching Operation in Animation Related Department (애니메이션 관련학과 NCS기반 팀 티칭 운영방안에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Dong-hee;An, Dong-kyu;Choi, Jung-woong
    • Cartoon and Animation Studies
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    • s.47
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    • pp.31-52
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    • 2017
  • NCS education was created to realize a society in which skills and abilities are respected, such as transcending specifications, establishing recruitment systems, and developing and disseminating national incompetence standards. At the university level, special lectures and job training are being strengthened to raise industrial experts. Especially, in the field of animation, new technologies are rapidly emerging and demanding convergent talents with various fields. In order to meet these social demands, there is a limit to the existing one-class teaching method. In order to solve this problem, it is necessary to participate in a variety of specialized teachers. In other words, rather than solving problems of students' job training and job creation, It is aimed to solve jointly, Team teaching was suggested as a method for this. The expected effects that can be obtained through this are as follows. First, the field of animation is becoming more diverse and complex. The ability to use NCS job-related skills pools can be matched with professors from other departments to enable a wider range of professional instruction. Second, it is possible to use partial professorships in other departments by actively utilizing professors in the university. This leads to the strengthening of the capacity of teachers in universities. Third, it is possible to build a broader and more integrated educational system through cooperative teaching of professors in other departments. Finally, the advantages of special lectures and mentor support of college professors' pools are broader than those of field specialists. A variety of guidance for students can be made with responsible professors. In other words, time and space constraints can be avoided because the mentor is easily met and guided by the university.