• International Journal of Quality Innovation
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.131-146
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• 2005

There have been growing concerns about whether proper measures are in place to ensure the delivery of quality services and the operations in research and educational institutions. This paper describes various quality models and discusses their relevance into the total quality concepts and quality management systems (QMS) in education. It then illustrates how a QMS and the accompanied quality manual be developed in a research and educational institution using the Centre for Enterprise Research Integration (ERI) at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad as a case. Through personal interviews with the Centre's personnel, views on the operations and determinants of the QMS were acquired. Results showed that the people's resistance to changes, conflicts on academic freedom, and difficulties on measuring performance were the obstacles to QMS implementation. People involvement and proper communication are determinants of QMS implementation. The system also rests on having a tailored quality manual that entails the documentation of processes and procedures for ascertaining the delivery of quality services and operations in the Centre. The development of quality manual is briefly described in the paper.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.207-222
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• 2020

As the COVID-19 continues spreading, Korea's Ministry of Education (MOE) announced that all public schools, including elementary, middle, and high schools, must begin on April 9, 2020, via online teaching for the first time in the nation's history. There were opposite views among educators regarding the unprecedented attempt to start school online. This study intends to analyze the strategies and policies of distance learning in the public education sector using the experiences in Korea, which has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic over the past six months, and thus presents educational implications that may be of interest other countries in the post-COVID-19 era. This study first conceptualized the distance education policy in two domains: technological infrastructure and technological teaching and learning, and then examined what specific policies have supported distance education in school settings. For the analysis of policies supporting distance education in Korea, this study analyzed the relevant documents that include the annual plan and press release uploaded on the website of MOE from early March until early August. Accordingly, 13 documents that contain the distance education policy were analyzed in this study. To provide equal opportunities for all students and ensure fair resource allocations, technological inequality should be discussed in the context of educational inequality. Finally, this study looks at how strategies and policies could be related to educational equality and equity.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate how young children recognize the image of robots, and how they understand the relationship between themselves and robots based on school experience. 20 children from kindergarten A had no direct experience with educational robots, whereas 20 children from kindergarten B had experience in using educational robots in their classroom. Total 40 children from age group 5 class participated in this study. We collected data using interview and drawing test. The findings of the study are as follows: First, participating children recognized robots as having both the character of a machine and a human. But children with previous robot experience provided description of robots as a machine-tool. Both groups were not able to explain the structure of robots in details. Second, participating children understood that they can develop a range of social relationships with robots, including simple help to family replacement. There were mixed views on robots among the children with previous experience, but children with no experience described robots as taking the role of peers or family members. These findings could contribute to the development of robots and related programs in the field of early childhood education.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.135-145
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• 1995

The objectives of this study were 1) to investigate the important items affecting the farmers' education system, 2) to estimate their influences on the farmers' education and 3) to present the development directions of farmers education under the changing circumstances of localization. The major or results and implications were as follows. 1. The important items of farmers education were authority in organizing the agricultural extension agency, personnel management, finance, and inspection and audit. 2. The development directions of farmers education were such views as differenti-ation of educational functions of various levels extension organizations, extensionists' competence, developing programs corresponding with farmers needs, participation of farmers, and expanding the educational opportunity for urban-ites and the old generation, etc.

• 대한수학교육학회지:수학교육학연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.121-132
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• 1999

We have compared Korean and American mathematics curriculums in 5 areas: whole number(concepts and its operations); geometry; pattern and relations; measurements; statistics and probability. We have found significant differences in geometry area. Korean curriculums contain simple planar figures (circles, triangles, rectangles, and squres) and some of the spatial figures until 3rd grades. But in America they learn various planar and spatial fugures(cone, pyramid, triangular prism, etc) since the 1st grade starts. They also start the 1st grade by dealing with topological concepts like open/closed, inside/outside, order, etc. As the grade goes on, students learn other geometrical concepts like congruence, symmetry, 3-dimensional views. We also found that American curriculum focuses on students' activities and courages communication through projects, groupwork, journal writing, etc. It's also superior in respects of motivation, and connections with real life and other subjects. Korean curriculum needs more improvements in these aspects. Furthermore for lower graders reviewing sections need to be enhanced for feedback.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2022

The study deals with the problem of transformation of the teacher's role in the information society. A comparative analysis of the competencies of the teacher, declared in the Pedagogical Constitution of Europe, the documents of the New Ukrainian School, the scientific research of contemporary scholars was conducted. The correlation analysis of the survey results for teachers and students' parents on their expectations of contemporary teachers was presented. It was noted that the analyzed views of scientists, legislative documents, and the results of sociological research help to modify the educational process of competitive and effective prospective teachers' training. Based on the survey results the acmeograms of the teacher's main role positions as an orientation for training of prospective teachers were developed.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 다차원 정책분석 모형을 활용하여 제주형 자율학교 정책을 다양한 관점에서 분석 진단하고, 제주형 자율학교의 발전방향을 제시하는 데 있다. 중요한 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 규범적 차원에서 본 정책은 제주 지역사회를 중심으로 한 지역적 차별성과 교육과정의 차별성 추구, 특례 적용의 법적 여건 조성, 전문적 책무성 촉진 등이 요구된다. 둘째, 본 정책은 구조적 차원에서 교육거버넌스 정책구조로의 전환, 차별적 학력평가의 기준 설정, 형평성 쟁점 극복, 단위 자율학교 자생력 확보 등이 요구된다. 셋째, 구성원 차원에서 본 정책은 교육행정의 지역화, 교장공모제 확대, 교사에 대한 행 재정적 지원, 학부모에 대한 교육권한 위임과 개입 확대, 학생의 정책 공감대 형성 등이 요구된다. 마지막으로 본 정책은 기술적 차원에서 정책 홍보의 활성화, 제주도의회 역할의 다각화, 평가참여자의 전문성 확보, 평가에서의 효율성 관점 도입 등이 요구된다.

• 의학교육논단
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.158-168
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• 2017

There is a more urgent call for educational methods of machine learning in medical education, and therefore, new approaches of teaching and researching machine learning in medicine are needed. This paper presents a case using machine learning through text analysis. Topic modeling of news articles with the keyword 'asbestos' were examined. Two hypotheses were tested using this method, and the process of machine learning of texts is illustrated through this example. Using an automated text analysis method, all the news articles published from January 1, 1990 to November 15, 2016 in South Korea which included 'asbestos' in the title and the body were collected by web scraping. Differences in topics were analyzed by structured topic modelling (STM) and compared by press companies and periods. More articles were found in liberal media outlets. Differences were found in the number and types of topics in the articles according to the partisanship and period. STM showed that the conservative press views asbestos as a personal problem, while the progressive press views asbestos as a social problem. A divergence in the perspective for emphasizing the issues of asbestos between the conservative press and progressive press was also found. Social perspective influences the main topics of news stories. Thus, the patients' uneasiness and pain are not presented by both sources of media. In addition, topics differ between news media sources based on partisanship, and therefore cause divergence in readers' framing. The method of text analysis and its strengths and weaknesses are explained, and an application for the teaching and researching of machine learning in medical education using the methodology of text analysis is considered. An educational method of machine learning in medical education is urgent for future generations.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.1060-1074
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 서울지역의 초 중등교사 225명을 대상으로 설문조사를 통해 과학관 학습 관련 교수 학습 경험, 과학관 학습의 이해 및 실행에 대한 자기인식, 과학관 학습의 효과, 교수전략 및 본성에 대한인식, 과학관 학습 관련 교육 요구, 과학수업에서 과학관 학습 실행 의향에 대해 조사하였다. 연구 결과, 교사들은 과학관 학습과 관련된 교육을 받은 경험이 거의 없었고 과학관을 활용한 교수 학습 경험도 많지 않았다. 또한, 많은 교사들이 과학관 학습의 이해 및 실행에 대한 자기 인식이 높지 않은 수준인 것으로 나타났다. 과학관 학습의 교육적 효과와 과학관 학습의 본성 및 교수전략에 대한 이해 수준이 비교적 높은 것으로 나타났으나, 형식적인 학교교육에서의 교수관을 과학관 학습에도 그대로 적용하려는 경향이 있었다. 과학관 학습 실행 의향과 교육 요구가 높았는데, 교사들은 과학관 학습에 직접 활용할 수 있는 실제적인 사항들에 대한 정보를 가장 필요로 하는 것으로 나타났다. 이에 대한 교육적 함의를 논의하였다.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 유비쿼터스 기술 환경 기반의 사회에서, 개개인의 평생학습을 효과적으로 지원할 수 있는 정책방안을 체계적으로 수립하기 위하여 관련 분야 전문가의 의견을 수렴하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 '유비쿼터스'와 '평생학습체제'에 대한 개념적 탐색을 기초로 질문문항을 개발하고 관련 분야 전문가들을 선별하여 면담을 실시하였다. 15명의 전문가를 대상으로 심층면담을 실시한 결과, 유비쿼터스 사회에서 평생학습을 활성화하기 위해서는 유비쿼터스 사회상에 대한 개념적 일치 확립, 인프라 구축과 다양한 서비스 개발, 수요에 근거한 풍부한 콘텐츠 확보가 선행되어야 하며, 정보격차 해소 등 유비쿼터스 사회의 역기능에 대한 법적, 제도적 대책 마련이 시급한 것으로 나타났다.