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Analysis of Students' Understanding of the Terms Presented on the Information Board of Jinan-Muju National Geopark

진안-무주 국가지질공원의 안내 표지판에 제시된 용어에 대한 학생들의 이해도 분석

  • Cho, Kyu Seong (Division of Science Education/Science Education Institute, Jeonbuk National University) ;
  • Park, Kyeong-Jin (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
  • 조규성 (전북대학교 과학교육학부/과학교육연구소) ;
  • 박경진 (한국교육과정평가원)
  • Received : 2020.09.04
  • Accepted : 2020.10.07
  • Published : 2020.10.31

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate students' understanding of the terms presented on the information board in the Jinan-Muju National Geopark. To this end, a survey was conducted with 219 students (147 elementary, 41 middle, and 31 high school students) to determine the level of their perceptions of the geopark, and of the usefulness of the information board, and their understanding of the terms presented on the information boards of the National Geopark. To determine the students' understanding of terms, 10 representative information boards were selected and the entire content was converted into text. Afterwards, 256 key terms were extracted from the text through discussions with three experts, and these terms were presented to students to grasp their level of understanding. The results were as follows: First, the level of students' perceptions about the geopark was very low, so publicity and educational approaches are needed. Second, students were not interested in the information board and had a low level of understanding owing to the large amount of information and reading difficulties. Third, among the 256 terms, the number of terms that students found difficult to understand tended to decrease with increasing school grade: 80 for elementary school students, 53 for middle school students, and 31 for high school students. The reason the students had difficulty in understanding terms was that elementary school students had not yet learned the terms in the curriculum, whereas middle and high school students have difficulty understanding technical terms and Chinese characters. Therefore, the information board in the geopark will need to be easily translated into Chinese characters or additional explanations of technical terms need to be provided so that visitors can understand the concepts more easily.

이 연구의 목적은 진안·무주 국가지질공원의 안내 표지판에 제시된 용어에 대한 학생들의 이해 정도를 알아보기 위한 것이다. 이를 위하여 학생 219명(초등학교 147명, 중학교 41명, 고등학교 31명)을 대상으로 지질공원에 대한 인식 수준, 안내 표지판의 유용성에 대한 인식, 그리고 국가지질공원에 설치된 안내판에 제시된 용어에 대한 이해 정도를 알아보기 위한 설문을 실시하였다. 이때 학생들의 용어에 대한 이해정도를 알아보기 위해 지질명소에 설치된 대표적인 안내 표지판 10개를 선정하고 전체 내용을 텍스트 형태로 변환하였으며, 전문가 3인과의 논의를 통해 핵심 용어 256개를 추출한 후 학생들에게 제시하여 이해 정도를 파악하였고, 이에 대한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 학생들의 지질공원에 대한 인식 수준은 매우 낮은 것으로 나타나 이에 대한 홍보와 교육적 접근이 필요해 보인다. 둘째, 학생들은 안내판에 대해 흥미를 보이지 않았으며 내용이 많고 어려워 이해도가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 256개의 용어 중에서 학생들이 이해하기 어려워하는 용어의 수는 초등학생 80개, 중학생 53개, 고등학생 31개로 나타나 학교 급이 높아지면서 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 이때 용어를 이해하기 어려운 이유는 초등학생은 교육과정에서 아직 배우지 않은 용어이기 때문이며, 중·고등학생은 전문 용어와 한자어에 대한 이해의 어려움 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 지질공원의 안내 표지판은 학생 및 방문객들이 보다 이해하기 쉽도록 한자어를 쉽게 풀어 쓰거나 전문 용어에 대한 추가 설명이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

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