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Looking at Research on Science Education as General Education in Korea and Suggestions on the Book 『Strolling with Science, A Cannon of Natural Sciences』

  • The Journal of General Education
  • 2021, (17), pp.227~262
  • DOI : 10.24173/jge.2021.10.17.7
  • Publisher : Da Vinci Mirae Institute of General Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education > Field of Education > General Education
  • Received : September 10, 2021
  • Accepted : October 19, 2021
  • Published : October 31, 2021

Hyeon Mo Cho 1 Soo Chul Chang 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

In order to figure out the situation of science education as general (and/or liberal) education at university in Korea, we examined research articles on science education and a book published targeting integrated science, 『Strolling with Science, A Cannon of Natural Sciences』. The papers published in 『Korean Journal of General Education』, a major Korean Journal of general (and/or liberal) education, were intensively analyzed. Based on the analysis of the articles published from 2007 to 2020, what we found is that the number of articles on science education was very small (60 articles/1,030 articles in total) and further the number of articles that cover directly cultivation of scientific literacy was even fewer. In the age of science and technology, these results demonstrate serious need of action for more and diverse research on science education. The publication of 『Strolling with Science, A Cannon of Natural Sciences』 is meaningful, since it is designed for integrated science education. This book is a result of endeavor for cultivation of students' scientific literacy and is written in narrative storytelling in style, helping students to understand the connection among various fields of basic science. In addition, it is expected that the book will become more meaningful if some topics including the understanding of measured values (significant figures), well-organized examples for cultivation integrative thinking, and specific examples of experimental planning are added.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.