The Children's Verses as the Teaching/Learning Strategies in Science Education for Elementary Students and Teachers

초등학생과 예비$cdot$현직 초등교사에 대한 과학 교수학습 전략으로서 과학동시의 활용

The purpose of study was to introduce and propagate the children's verses as the teaching/learning strategies in science education far elementary students and teachers. 238 pre-service teachers, 140 in-service teachers and 602 elementary students wrote the own verses and read colleague's verses with respect to science. In this situation, the writing was considered as creation and the reading was reception and appreciation for the verses. When they wrote the verses, the themes were not restricted except that they were related to science. Mostly, the subjects were something about science concepts, scientific phenomena or experimental instruments, etc. In addition, this study investigated the merits and demerits of the reading/writing activities of children's verses as the teaching/learning strategies in science classroom.