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The Effects on the Reduction of Food and Drink Waste and Environmental Literacy by the Program of Rasing Earthworm Flowpots (지렁이 화분을 가꾸는 프로그램이 음식물류 폐기물의 감량과 환경소양에 미치는 효과)

  • Choi Don-Hyung;Kim Byoung-Seob;Cho Seong-Hoa
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.19 no.2 s.30
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    • pp.147-158
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to closely examine the changes of food and drink waste amounts, and student's environmental literacy. By using creative methods, discretional activity classes, and programs to dispose of food and drink waste from students schoolmeals, and at the same time conduct and teach environmental education classes. To achieve this, students were given ten class lessons in creative discretional activities. Students were given flowerpots containing earthworms and were instructed to raise them, using food and drink waste from school meals. Four classes who were participating in project were examined for changes from March to July 2005. As a result the environmental education classes through creative discretional activities didn't have any significant influence on the students environmental literacy. However it did make a difference to the student's in-terms of their ecological knowledge. The project using earthworms to dispose of food and waste drink showed a decrease of 15% of the amount of waste food and drink from school meals. Moreover student's environmental literacy had been significantly influenced about environmental sensibility, value and causes. Through this study I found that the project using earthworms to dispose of waste food and drink, and creative discretional activities as a lesson decreased the amount of food and drink waste at the school, and the changes to students concerns and understanding about environmental sensibility, value and the various causes of waste food and drink.

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Effects of Nutrition Education through Discretional Activities in Elementary School - Focused on improving nutrition knowledge and dietary habits in 4th-, 5th- and 6th -grade students - (초등학교 재량활동을 통한 영양교육 효과 - 4, 5, 6학년 영양지식과 식생활습관 개선을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Yeong-Min;Lee, Min-Jun;Kim, Su-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.331-340
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    • 2005
  • In the present study, in order to improve elementary students’ nutrition knowledge and form correct eating habits, dietitian in charge executed nutrition education for 4th-, 5th- and 6th-grade students at Namchang Elementary School in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do using various educational media for five weeks and two sessions a week (a total of 10 sessions) through discretional activity classes. As for change in nutritional knowledge after nutrition education, 4th-grade students showed improvement by 24.3points(p<0.001), 5th-grade ones by 18.0(p<0.001), and 6th-grade ones by 16.7(p<0.001). With regard to change in dietary habits after education, no effect was observed in the improvement of dietary life but the score of dietary habits was improved as a whole. Nutritional knowledge and dietary habits were in a positive correlation with each other before education(r=0.406, p<0.001), but in no correlation after education. Nutritional knowledge and dietary habit practice plan were in a positive correlation after education(r=0.310, p<0.01). With regard to nutritional knowledge after nutrition education by children’s body type measured using Rohrer Index, knowledge increased significantly in normal children(p<0.001), obese children(p<0.001) and highly obese children(p<0.05) but not in slim children. the effect of education was not significant for children’s dietary habits. Practice plan showed significant changes in all of children(p<0.001). This suggests that nutrition education should be executed from early age. It is necessary to define the goals of systematic nutrition education fit for children’s level and to develop various education programs and teaching materials.

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Effects of Nutritional Education Program through Discretional Activities in Middle School Students (중학교 재량활동 중 실시한 영양교육의 효과 평가)

  • Yun, Young-Ran;Yang, Eun-Ju
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.489-499
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    • 2010
  • The effects of a nutritional education program for first grade middle school students were evaluated from August to December, 2006. The study subjects were 82 boys and 90 girls, residing in Gwangju, Korea. To assess the effects of the nutritional education program, pre- and post-questionnaires examining nutritional knowledge, dietary attitudes, and dietary habits were developed. Paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA were used to evaluate the effects of the nutritional education program. In the general subject, the main after-school activities were studying, watching TV, and using computer (85.5%), and sports (9.3%), suggesting their low physical activity. Parents (46.5%) were indicated as the source of nutritional education rather than teachers (13.4%). Twenty-five percent of girl students had diet experience of skipping meals (54.6%), suggesting the need of proper nutritional education for adolescents' health care. In dietary attitudes, both genders showed some improvement of recognition after education. In the changes in dietary habits, both genders had a significant effect on 'three meals a day, eating breakfast, and regular meal' after education. After education, the rate of having breakfast everyday increased from 52.4% to 65.9% for boys and from 33.3%to 57.8% for girls. In the changes in nutritional knowledge, the appreciation of the importance of school meals increased in both genders from 50.6% to 80.8% after education. The nutritional knowledge, scores of regular eating and well-mannered eating increased in both genders regardless of the students' characteristics. The study results revealed that this education provided an important motivation to improve basic nutritional knowledge and dietary habit. It is recommended to develop systematic and various educational programs and learning materials tailored to subjects before nutritional education.

Development of Nutrition Education Textbook and Teaching Manual in Elementary School (초등학교 고학년의 올바른 식생활 교육을 위한 활동중심의 영양교육 교재 및 영양교사용 지침서 개발)

  • Lee, Gyeong-Hye;Heo, Eun-Sil;U, Tae-Jeong
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.205-215
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    • 2005
  • Health is easily overlooked because it doesn’t be changed good or bad due to sudden effort or indifference unexpectedly but kept in daily life. Especially, schoolchildren period, an important lifetime to develop both physically and mentally needs to be helpful to promote the growth of the body and keep well-balanced mind through balanced and nourishing diet. The purpose of this study was to develop nutrition education contents for discretional activities in elementary school. The present educational contents about food and nutrition was analysed in the curriculum of elementary school. The results showed the Korean language(20.8%) included an highest ratio in educational contents about food and nutrition, the next was the courses of physical education and wise life(18.1%, each). As the educational contents about food and nutrition in the textbook were dealt with food information (20.8%), Health․Disease(15.3%), and correct dietary habits by order. We could found more contents in the text for the higher classes than for the lower classes. But the most of the contents appeared lack of structure, profundity and continuity for the systematic nutrition education in its entirety. The developed nutrition education contents for discretional activities in this study consist of korean dinning cultures and foreign dinning cultures, correct dinning etiquette, how to choose healthy food, personal sanitary and health, nutrients and food tower, and problem for children’s nutrition as main subject. This six main subjects were composed of 23 subtitles. The teaching manual consisted of the educational goal, background, teaching plan and effect-evaluation plan, and the notice point for the effective lesson. The teaching plan was made for 30 hours and consisted of cooking course, singing/making lyrics, games in nutrition, debate on dietary habit, and role play etc which are oriented to practical learning. We intended to develop this program that attempts to improve in dietary habit of schoolchildren. It is because once formed an adults dietary habit is difficult to change. Schoolchildren’s period is the best adjustable stage. Therefore, nutrition education in elementary stage can change to dietary habit and build the awareness of health.

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An analysis of the Current Status of Computer Education in Elementary Schools in relation to the Revised Curriculum - Focused on discretional activities - (2007 개정교육과정 관련 초등컴퓨터교육 실태 분석- 충북지역의 재량활동을 중심으로 -)

  • Choi, Kyeong-Suk;Jo, Mi-Heon
    • 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.08a
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2009
  • 2009년부터 초등학교 1, 2학년에 적용된 '2007 개정교육과정'의 재량활동 컴퓨터교육이 필수에서 선택으로 바뀌고, 범교과 차원의 독서교육, 환경교육, 통일교육, 보건교육 등이 재량활동에서 비중을 차지하게 됨에 따라 컴퓨터교육이 어려움을 맞게 되었다. 이에 본 연구는 충청북도 초등학교 교사 360명을 대상으로 컴퓨터교육 실태를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 개정교육과정에서 바뀐 컴퓨터교육과정에 대한 교사들의 올바른 이해가 필요하며, 컴퓨터전담교사 배치 및 교사 연수가 필요하다는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 재량활동을 통한 컴퓨터교육은 반드시 필요하고 정보통신 윤리교육에 대한 체계적인 교육이 필요하다는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

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A Study on Utilization Frequency by Beginning Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Perception of Computer Utilization (중등 초임 수학교사들의 컴퓨터 활용의 인식에 따른 활용도에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Kang Sup;Shim, Sang Kil
    • The Mathematical Education
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.415-427
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    • 2012
  • This study investigated the perception and utilization about computer of beginning secondary mathematics teachers by utilization frequency of computer. To increase utilization frequency of computer in school mathematics, our finding shows that beginning secondary mathematics teachers should have an interest in computer utilization and perceive computers as an important tool for mathematics learning. In addition, they are likely to use more frequently computer under the condition that computers have sufficient class materials and supplement their shortcomings that have derived less usage in math classes. Therefore, future studies have to investigate not only how to develope textbooks and run after-school classes but also how to make creative discretional activities by computer, which makes computers more useful for teacher training. In sum, the results of case studies for computer usability should be released to motivate computer utilization and increase mathematical thinking ability.

The Development and Application of Noise Environmental Education Program for the Elementary Student (초등학생을 위한 소음 환경교육 프로그램의 개발과 적용)

  • Chun, Hae-Kyoung;Choi, Don-Hyung
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.18-30
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    • 2007
  • This study was concentrated on the development of the effective noise environmental education program(NEEP) for elementary student. And through this program, the student who is remaining as a spector or has not active attitude for noise problems will be encouraged to solve the troubles spontaneously. The object of this study was the two classes in H elementary school where is near to the Daegu international airport. One class that is a group for experiment has five NEEP lessons during five weeks in the time for the creative discretional activities. The other class, which was compared with the experimental group was given no lessons. NEEP was made on the bases that are the contents related with noise in 7th elementary education policy and the data developed by previous researchers. This program is containing basic concepts for noise and the effects of noise problems on human body or studying in class. And after using NEEP, students became more sensitive for noise environments than previous. And also students showed the positive attitude for solving noise troubles. It was meaningful in the level of p<.001 that the result of noise knowledge and awareness in the pre-post test within experiment group. However, all of the results in comparison group didn't represent statistically meaningful difference. And there were meaningful differences between experiment and comparison group after carrying out NEEP. In the area of noise knowledge and awareness, there were clearly meaningful results in the level of p<.001. Although the difference in noise attitude was a little, it was analyzed to have not a meaningful result. What suggested for researches in future are as follows. First, because until now the concrete research for the elementary student who exposed to noise and experienced a difficulty in hearing is deficient, many studies are needed. Second, NEEP with more lessons is required because the change of effective attitude needs long term. Third, due to the student who exposed to noise generally has low ability for concentration, NEEP compensated with activities is needed.

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A Study for Substantial of Computer Education in Elementary Schools through Discretion Activity (재량활동을 통한 초등 컴퓨터 교육 내실화 방안)

  • Oh, Pill-Woo;Kim, Yong-Beom;Kim, Myeong-Ryeol
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.15-23
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    • 2006
  • The current 7th Curriculum require elementary students to participate in an independent computer education class one time per week through means of discretion activity. However a national standard of this educational process has yet to be established, which has made regional provincial and city offices of education to choose textbooks for this purpose by discretion, that showed difference in quality, in operating education curriculums related to computer education for each classes in school such as continuing the repetitive contents without any rank or system. Also informatization education, which is one of national policies, might develop educational unbalance to young children who are to become the main characters in the future information society, due to excessive emphasis on aspect of using computer, which develops education mainly based on learning functions of applicable software. Therefore, we are proposing a discretion activity education curriculum model for utilization of computer education in elementary school which is showing regional difference based on former studies. This study will be helpful in substantiating of computer education in elementary schools in the future.

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Research on the Application and Effectiveness of a Teaching and Learning Curriculum Fostering the Development of Self-Identity: With a Focus on the 'Self-Identity Development' Units in Technology and Home Economics Textbooks (자아정체감 형성을 돕는 교수 - 학습 과정안 개발과 수업 적용 효과 : 중학교 1학년 기술.가정교과'자아정체감의 발달'영역을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jung;Cho, Byung-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.23-34
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this research is to analyze the development of a teaching and learning curriculum contributing to the development of self-identity, one of the most important developmental tasks during adolescence, and its effectiveness. This research analyzed the contents concerning self-identity and its subordinate concepts in 12 different technology and home economics textbooks for 7th graders. Based on the analysis, a teaching and learning curriculum contributing to the development of adolescents’' self-identity was developed and applied to classes through discretional creative activities. The effectiveness of the curriculum was analyzed by conducting a survey on the students before and after its application. Assessments were also conducted on the lessons applied. As a result, the lessons designed to help the development of self-identity increased the scores of self-identity, as well as all subordinate concepts, including subjectivity, self-acceptance, future planning, intimacy, stability and uniqueness. An ANCOVA analysis was conducted in order to determine whether the enhanced results of the survey after the classes were due to the application of the curriculum. It was found that the classes proved helpful to the students as the application of the curriculum remained effective even after the other influencing factors affecting selfidentity were controlled.

A Survey on Practice of Nutrition Education and Perception for Implementing Nutrition Education by Nutrition Teacher in Elementary Schools (전국 초등학교 영양교육 실태 및 영양교사의 영양교육 실시를 위한 학교에서의 인식도 조사)

  • Park You-Hwa;Kim Hyun-Hee;Shin Kyune-Hee;Shin Eun-Kyung;Bae In-Sook;Lee Yeon-Kyung
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.403-416
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice of nutrition education and perceptions for implementing nutrition education in elementary schools. In this survey, 833 dietitians, 808 principals and 3,141 teachers across the country were asked about the present status and problems as well as necessity, methods, education time, education subjects and the proper nutrition educator ratio. The results of the survey showed that only 4.2% of dietitians implemented nutrition education during regular school hours or through special activities. Many subjects responded that the reasons for not practicing nutrition education were systematic problems of lack of time due to too much food service work. Especially, many rural area dietitians responded that the reason was lack of time due to joint management and cooking. Many dietitians, principals and teachers responded that the placement of one nutrition teacher in every school is needed to resolve these problems. Other solutions suggested were the introduction of a dietitian internship, and the modernization of foodservice facilities for principals and teachers. Of those surveyed 98.4 percent of principals and 95.5 percent of teachers responded that nutrition education is urgently needed. Many subjects also responded that the first three years of elementary school are the most proper time for nutrition education and it is best that these lessons are reinforced at least once a month through discretional or special activities. Survey participants responded that the proper ratio for nutrition educators is 400-800 persons for dietitians compared to less than 400 persons for principals. In conclusion, it is hoped that this study will be able to provide a foundation of data for implementing a systematic nutrition education program by nutrition teachers in elementary school.