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The Effects of Science Career Experience Activities for Educational Underprivileged Youth on Students' Preference for Science and Career Maturity

교육 소외계층 청소년을 위한 과학 진로체험 활동이 학생의 과학선호도와 진로성숙도에 미치는 영향

  • 임성민 (대구대학교) ;
  • 김용성 (대구대학교 한국특수교육문제연구소)
  • Received : 2019.02.13
  • Accepted : 2019.05.28
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

This study reviewed the Ladder Project as a science education program for the educational underprivileged youths, and analyzed how the science career experience activities of Ladder Project effect on students' preference for science and career maturity so as to infer the significance and implication of practices in science education for the educational underprivileged students. For this we investigated students' preference for science and career maturity before and after the science career experience activities in 2017 Ladder Project, and then analyzed students' responses. As a result, students' preference for science was changed positively in all areas after participation of the science career experience activities, and this change was more apparent for middle school students than high school students. Also, students' career maturity was changed positively after participation of the science career experience activities in the aspects of planning, knowledge for job, inquiry and preparation for future career. However this change was more apparent for high school students than middle school students. This study is significant in that it proved the evidential effectiveness of nationwide science education project for the educational underprivileged students. It also implies that science career experience activity should be adaptive according to the aims and target students of science education for the educational underprivileged students.

이 연구에서는 교육 소외계층 학생을 대상으로 하는 과학교육 프로그램으로서 사다리 프로젝트를 소개하고, 이 사업에서 수행된 과학 진로체험 활동이 교육 소외계층 학생들의 과학선호도와 진로성숙도에 미치는 효과를 알아봄으로써 교육 소외계층을 위한 과학교육 실천 활동의 의의와 시사점을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 2017년도 사다리 프로젝트에 참여한 중고등학생을 대상으로 과학 진로체험 활동에 참여하기 전과 후의 과학선호도와 진로성숙도를 조사하고 응답 결과를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 교육 소외계층 학생을 위한 과학 진로 체험 활동에 참여한 학생들의 과학선호도는 모든 하위영역에서 활동 이후 긍정적으로 변하였고, 이는 고등학생보다 중학생에게 더욱 잘 드러났다. 또한, 과학 진로체험 활동에 참여한 학생의 진로성숙도는 계획성, 희망 직업에 대한 지식, 진로 탐색 및 준비 행동 등에서 활동 이후 긍정적으로 변하였고, 이는 중학생보다 고등학생에게 더 잘 나타났다. 이 연구는 교육 소외계층 학생을 위한 국가 수준의 과학교육 사업에 대해 증거를 바탕으로 그 효과성을 제시했다는 점에서 의의가 있다. 더불어 교육 소외계층을 위한 과학교육의 목적 및 대상에 따라 과학 진로체험 활동의 내용과 성격이 달라져야 함을 시사한다.

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Figure 1. Modeling of Ladder Project

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Figure 2. Overview of the science-career program of the Ladder Project(KOFAC, 2017)

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Figure 3. The pre-post test result of the preference for science by middle school student

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Figure 4. The pre-post test result of the preference for science by high school student

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Figure 5. The pre-post test results of the career maturity by middle school student

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Figure 6. The pre-post test results of the career maturity by high school student

Table 1. Components of assessment tool to measure the scientific preference

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Table 2. Components of assessment tool to measure the career maturity

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Table 3. The pre-post test results of the preference for science by middle school student

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Table 4. The pre-post test results of the preference for science by high school student

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Table 5. The result of the preference for science pre-post test : Comparison among middle and high school student Group

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Table 6. The pre-post test results of the career maturity by middle school student

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Table 7. The pre-post test results of the career maturity by high school student

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Table 8. The result of the preference for science pre-post test : Comparison among middle and high school student Group

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