한국지구과학회지 (Journal of the Korean earth science society)

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  • Pages.62-77
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  • 2016
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  • 1225-6692(pISSN)
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  • 2287-4518(eISSN)
한국지구과학회 (The Korean Earth Science Society)
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고등학교 지구과학 교과서에 제시된 판 이동의 주된 원동력에 대한 고찰

A Study on the Dominant Driving Force of Plate Movement presented in the High School Earth Science Textbooks

  • 전태환 (서울대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 서기원 (서울대학교 지구과학교육과) ;
  • 이규호 (경인교육대학교 과학교육과)
  • Jeon, Taehwan (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Seo, Ki-Weon (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Gyuho (Department of Science Education, Gyeongin Notional University of Education)
  • 투고 : 2016.01.28
  • 심사 : 2016.02.24
  • 발행 : 2016.02.29
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초록

초기의 판 구조론에서 지각 판은 연약권 위에 떠서 맨틀의 움직임에 따라 움직이는 수동적인 모습으로 그려졌고, 자연히 해령에서 발산되는 힘이나 암석권 하부의 맨틀 견인력(drag force)이 판을 움직이는 주된 원동력으로 묘사되었다. 하지만 최근 여러 연구들은 판의 이동을 일으키는 원동력이 맨틀의 대류보다는 섭입대에서 침강하는 판이 만드는 섭입판 인력(slab pull)이라고 보고 있다. 최근 학계는 무거운 해양판과 주변 연약권의 밀도 차이가 섭입판 인력의 핵심이라고 설명한다. 해양판의 높은 밀도는 중력에 의해 판이 해구에서 맨틀 속으로 가라앉는 원인이 되며, 이것이 판이 움직이는 가장 큰 원동력을 발생시키는 것이다. 이러한 연구 결과들을 바탕으로, 본 연구는 고등학교 지구과학 교과서의 관련 내용을 검토하고 최근 수십 년 간의 서술 경향을 분석하였다. 그 결과 5차 교육과정 이래로 지금까지 거의 대부분의 고등학교 교과서가 맨틀 대류를 판 이동의 주 원동력으로 서술하고 있다는 것을 확인하였으며, 이는 대학교 교재가 개정판을 통해 새로운 학설을 꾸준히 제시해온 것과 대조적인 모습이라 할 수 있다. 따라서 학생들에게 더욱 정확한 학술적 정보를 제공하기 위해 이와 같은 새로운 판 구조론 내용이 해당 교과서 관련 단원에 추가되어야 할 것이다.

In the early model of plate tectonics, the plate was depicted as a passive raft floating on the convecting mantle and carried away by the mantle flow. At the same time, ridge push at spreading boundaries and drag force exerted by the mantle on the base of lithosphere were described as the dominant driving forces of plate movements. However, in recent studies of plate tectonics, it is generally accepted that the primary force driving plate motion is slab pull beneath subduction zones rather than other forces driven by mantle convection. The current view asserts that the density contrast between dense oceanic lithosphere and underlying asthenosphere is the substance of slab pull. The greater density of oceanic slab allows it to sink deeper into mantle at trenches by gravitational pull, which provides a dominant driving force for plate motion. Based on this plate tectonics development, this study investigated the contents of plate tectonics in high school Earth Science textbooks and how they have been depicted for the last few decades. Results showed that the early explanation of plate movement driven by mantle convection has been consistently highlighted in almost all high school textbooks since the 5th curriculum, whereas most introductory college textbooks rectified the early theory of plate movement and introduced a newly accepted theory in revised edition. Therefore, we suggest that the latest theory of plate tectonics be included in high school textbooks so that students get updated with recent understanding of it in a timely manner.

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