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Analyzing Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Carbon Neutrality Education and Their Experiences in Implementing Carbon Neutrality Education in Science Subjects

초등교사들의 탄소중립교육에 대한 인식과 과학 교과에서의 탄소중립교육 실행 경험 분석

  • Received : 2023.09.14
  • Accepted : 2023.10.01
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

This study investigated and analyzed elementary school teachers' perceptions of carbon neutrality education and their experiences in implementing carbon neutrality lessons in science education. The results showed that elementary school teachers' awareness of the relevance of carbon neutrality and climate change, the importance and necessity of carbon neutrality education, and the need for carbon neutrality education in science education are high. Elementary school teachers believe that science is a suitable subject for implementing carbon neutrality education, and that specific suggestions through curriculums and textbooks, provision of teaching and learning materials, and related training are needed to implement carbon neutrality education. Teachers who implemented carbon neutrality education in science classes either directly addressed the meaning and importance of carbon neutrality, how to achieve it, and the relevance of climate change in the overall area of the science department, or indirectly focused on the relevance of carbon neutrality to the content of science classes. They also presented examples of difficulties and solutions to carbon neutrality in science education. In this regard, the implications of implementing carbon neutrality education in science education were discussed.

본 연구는 초등학교 교사들을 대상으로 탄소중립교육에 대한 인식과 과학교육에서의 탄소중립 수업 실행 경험을 조사하고 분석하였다. 그 결과, 탄소중립과 기후변화와의 관련성, 탄소중립교육의 중요성과 필요성, 교과교육에서 탄소중립교육의 필요성에 대한 초등교사들의 인식은 높은 것으로 나타났다. 초등교사들은 탄소중립교육을 실행하기에 적합한 교과를 과학이라고 생각하고 있으며, 탄소중립교육의 실행을 위해 교육과정 및 교과서를 통한 구체적인 제시, 교수학습 자료 제공, 관련 연수가 필요하다고 하였다. 과학 수업에서 탄소중립교육을 실행한 교사들은 과학 교과의 전반적인 영역에서 탄소중립의 의미와 중요성, 실행 방법, 기후변화의 관련성에 내용 내용을 직접적으로 다루거나 과학 수업 내용과 탄소중립의 관련성에 초점을 두어 간접적으로 탄소중립교육을 실행하기도 하였다. 또한, 탄소중립 수업에서 발생한 어려움과 해결 방안에 대한 사례를 제시하였다. 이와 관련하여 과학교육에서 탄소중립교육 실행을 위한 시사점을 논의하였다.

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