자연사와 자연사 박물관에 대한 학생, 교사, 학부모들의 인식연구

Perceptions of Students, Teachers and Parents Regarding Natural History and Natural History Museums

  • 발행 : 2004.10.30

초록

본 연구의 목적은 자연사 및 자연사박물관에 대한 학생, 교사, 학부모들의 인식을 연구하는 것이다. 이를 위해 첫째, 자연사와 자연사박물관에 대한 개념의 특징을 알아보기 위해 인지도, 친숙도, 연상되는 것, 느낌, 포함될 분야 등을 알아보고, 둘째 개념의 접촉통로를 알아보기 위해 접촉매체, 교육경험, 관람경험 등을 조사한 후 마지막으로 관심도를 알아보기 위해 학습에 대한 흥미, 관람에 대한 흥미 등을 조사하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 사람들은 자연이나 환경에 대한 관심이 의외로 높지 않았다. 둘째, 사람들에게 자연사와 자연사박물관은 둘 다 들어본 경험이 드문 것은 아니지만, 친숙한 개념은 아니었다. 셋째, 사람들은 자연사와 자연사박물관이란 말을 들었을 때 공룡을 가장 먼저 연상했고, 자연사란 말은 '낯설지만 관심 있고 신비로운' 느낌을 주며, 자연사박물관은 '낯설지만 교육적이고 관심을 갖게 하는' 대상으로 지각하였다. 넷째, 자연사와 자연사박물관이란 말은 TV를 통해 가장 많이 접했다. 다섯째, 대부분의 사람들은 자연사를 학교에서 배운적이 없었지만, 배워보고 싶은 요구가 높았고, 마찬가지로 자연사박물관을 경험한 사람이 드물었지만, 관람해 보고 싶은 요구는 높았다.

The aim of this study is to acquire a better understanding of how natural history(NH) and natural history museums(NHM) are perceived among students, teachers and parents by administering a questionnaire. A total of over 2500 people participated in this survey. We developed the questionnaire which was categorized by three specific areas: 1) people's overall perceptions of natural history and natural history museums; 2)the way of people's getting such perceptions and knowledge; 3) people's possessing interests in NH and NHM. The summary of survey results included; firstly people had paid attention to nature and natural environments; secondly NH and NHM were not familiar to people, but they expressed their eagerness to learn about them; thirdly the first image occurred to people was dinosaur, when they recalled NH and NHM with describing them to be mysterious and education.; on the fourth, NH and NHM were informed through TV programs; lastly, most people responded that they never learned about NH and NHM in schools but they wanted to learn them.

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