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Changes of the Abductive Inquiry Performance in Outdoor Geological Fieldwork

야외 지질 답사 교육에서 나타난 귀추적 탐구 수행 특성 변화

  • Jung, Chanmi (Natural History Museum, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Shin, Donghee (Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University)
  • 정찬미 (이화여자대학교 자연사박물관) ;
  • 신동희 (이화여자대학교 과학교육과)
  • Received : 2020.07.21
  • Accepted : 2020.10.23
  • Published : 2020.10.31
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Abstract

In order to provide explanations of the practice of the abductive inquiry-based outdoor geological fieldwork education, this study examined the characteristics of students' performance in geological fieldwork before and after the introduction of explicit learning of geologic knowledge and inquiry. To this end, a 21st-class program was developed in the order of pre-evaluation, initial fieldwork, explicit learning of geologic knowledge and inquiry, and post-evaluation and applied to nine middle school students. As research data, outdoor geological fieldwork class recording data and students' activity sheets were collected and analyzed qualitatively. As a result, during the initial fieldwork, students caught clues of low geological importance and used everyday experience and/or general scientific knowledge as a rule when asked to generate hypotheses about the origin of the clues. Also, students evaluated their hypotheses by the scientific accuracy of the rule or their own criterion. Meanwhile, during the final fieldwork, students frequently caught key clues in geologic perspectives and generated geological event hypotheses related to the clues by borrowing geologic knowledge as a rule. Furthermore, students scientifically evaluated their hypotheses based on the consistency of evidence and rules. Combining these results, the effects of learners' geological knowledge and inquiry (abduction) abilities as a path model were presented in order to help students carry out a proficient abductive inquiry in geological fieldwork.

본 연구는 귀추적 탐구 중심 야외 지질 답사 교육의 실제에 대한 설명을 제공하기 위해, 명시적 지질학 지식 및 탐구 학습 도입 전·후의 지질 답사에서 나타난 학생들의 귀추 수행 특징을 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 사전 평가, 초기 답사, 명시적 지질학 지식 및 탐구 학습, 후기 답사, 사후 평가 등의 순서로 진행되는 21차시의 프로그램을 개발하여 중학생 9명에게 적용했다. 연구 자료로서 야외 지질 답사 수업 녹화·녹음 자료 및 학생 활동지가 수집되어 질적으로 분석되었다. 연구 결과, 초기 답사에서 학생들은 지질학적 중요도가 낮은 단서를 포착했고, 해당 단서의 생성 원인에 대한 가설 생성을 요구받자 일상 경험 및 일반 과학 지식을 규칙으로 활용했으며, 생성된 가설을 규칙의 과학성이나 임의적 기준에 의해 평가했다. 한편, 후기 답사에서 학생들은 지질학적 핵심 단서를 포착했고, 자발적으로 해당 단서와 관련된 지질학적 사건 가설을 지질학 개념을 규칙으로 차용해 생성했으며, 생성된 가설을 관찰 증거와 규칙의 정합성을 바탕으로 과학적으로 평가했다. 이러한 결과를 종합하여, 지질 답사에서 능숙한 귀추 수행을 위해 학습자의 지질학 지식과 탐구(귀추) 역량이 미치는 영향을 경로로 제시했다.

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