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Educational Needs for Internet Addiction in Middle School Students of Korea (중학교 청소년의 인터넷 중독 관련 교육 요구)

  • Oh Won-Oak
    • Child Health Nursing Research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.48-58
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: Internet addiction is a newly recognized problem in the adolescents. The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the educational needs for Internet addiction in middle school students of Korea. Method: The subjects of this study were 450 middle school students. The data were collected from open and structured questionnaire about the educational needs for Internet addiction. Result: As a result of content analysis of educational needs for Internet addiction, 9 domains and 19 themes were categorized from 542 statements. 9 Domains are : Definition, Etiology, Status, Process, Diagnosis, Influence, Coping and Prevention of Internet Addiction and General Information of Internet Use. These results were revealed that middle school students had comprehensive education needs for Internet Addiction. Also, there were the difference of need contents and frequency between school boy and girl students. Most of students had high educational needs for Internet addiction based on school health care program. Conclusion: It would be necessary to develop on Internet addiction prevention program for adolescents concerning these findings. In the future, there should be study to identify the psychological characteristics of adolescent associated with Internet addiction.

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The Needs of Nutrition Education and Eating Attitudes of Middle School Students in Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province (화성시 중학생의 식생활 태도와 영양교육 요구도)

  • Park, Mi-Yeon;Lee, Sung-Hyen;Rhie, Seung-Gyo
    • The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.299-310
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    • 2011
  • To establish good dietary behavior for middle school students, this study was conducted to analyze the needs of nutrition education and eating attitudes of 373 middle school students(boys 171, girls 202) in Hwaseong city. Using questionnaires, results were gathered and analyzed. Dietary behavior, food group intake and the needs of nutrition education were scored by a five-point Likert scale. Chi-square and student t-test were done for significant gender difference. The correlation between the needs of nutrition education with dietary behavior and food group intake was obtained by Pearson's r. The dietary attitude of 'try to eat first' and 'eating fast' were higher score in boys than in girls(p<0.05). Most of the students thought they didn't have any nutritional problems(71.8%). Nutrition education was considered necessary(54.9%) for proper growth and development(53.0%) in middle school. But 45.1% of students did not suggest by the reasons of 'short time to change'(28.2%), 'more effective in home'(27.4%). The appropriate time of nutrition education was pre-school(28.2%) or elementary school(27.4%), once a week(boys 51%, girls 71.3%) in frequency(p<0.001), and the information acquired by TV/Radio(30.0%) and internet(26.6%). Students(46.0%) wanted to know about 'growth and nutrition'. They were to learn information on the 'healthy growth'(4.10) and 'adolescent nutrition'(4.03). The vegetables group consumption and the thought of dietary attitude 'try to modify bad eating habits' were correlated with almost all categories of desired nutrition education. Through these results, good eating habits would be attained by nutrition education. A nutrition education program would require an expert teacher for middle school students.

A Study on Knowledge, Experience in Venereal Disease and the Needs of Sex Education for the Middle and High School Students in Urban Area (일부 중 . 고등학생의 성에 대한 지식 및 태도에 관한 고찰)

  • 조유향
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.51-55
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    • 1984
  • In order to study middle school and high school students' knowledge and experiences in sexually transmitted diseases(STD) and needs of sex education for them, a survey was conducted at four schools in Seoul from December 7 to 12, 1983. The subject of the survey was 403 of middle school students(boy-199, girl-204) and 672 of high school students(boy-419, girl-353) who were randomly sampled. 1. Knowledge: The level of students' knowledge on venereal disease was relatively low. Boy students have more knowledge on STD than girl students. 2. Experience: 3.7% of the respondents have experiences in venereal disease. 20.0% of the middle school students and 80.0% of the high school students whom 3.7% of the respondents. 3. Need of sex education: 32.5% of the respondents suffer from sexual problems and 80.0% of the respondents want to learn more about sex education. In conclusion, sex education for students is required and should be included in regular curricula of all level of Korean schools.

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Health Education Needs of Students, Parents and Teachers and the Status of Health Education in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools (초․중․고등학교 학생․학부모․일반교사의 보건교육 영역별 요구도와 보건교육)

  • Yun, Soon-Nyoung;Kim, Young-Im;Choi, Jeong-Myung;Cho, Hee-Soon;Kim, Young-Hee;Park, Young-Nam;Oh, Gyoung-Soon;Lee, Boon-Ok;Cho, Sun-Nyu;Cho, So-Young;Han, Sun-Hee;Ha, Yeong-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2005
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the needs of health education in students, their parents and teachers in the elementary, middle and high schools and the current situation of health education class. Method: The subjects of this study were a total of 9450 persons including students, their parents and teachers from 279 schools throughout the country. They were selected through convenient sampling. Data were analyzed through $\chi^2$-test and ANOVA. Result: Students, their parents and teachers replied that 18 dimensions of health education class (DHEC) are necessary. The four DHEC - healthier life style, sex education, mental health and safety education - showed high educational needs in students, their parents, and teachers. High school students had higher educational need of 'symptom management for daily living' than elementary and middle school students. Students, their parents and teachers in elementary school had higher educational needs of 17 DHEC than those in middle and high school. The percentages of schools with health education class taught by health teachers were 99.2%, 75.5% and 66.0% respectively in elementary, middle and high schools. Health education was given mainly using physical education classes at elementary schools, and creative class hours at middle and high schools. In general, health education took 1-3 hours per week at elementary schools, and less than an hour at middle and high schools. Conclusion: Therefore, based on the results, systematic health education class should begin from elementary school to meet the need of health education in students, their parents and teachers, and further study should be made on the number of hours required and the amount of contents of 18 DHEC.

Needs of Health Education of Students, Parents, and General Teachers in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools (초.중.고등학교 학생, 학부모, 일반교사의 보건교육 요구)

  • Yun, Soon-Nyoung;Kim, Young-Im;Choi, Jeong-Myung;Cho, Hee-Soon;Kim, Young-Hee;Park, Young-Nam;Oh, Gyoung-Soon;Lee, Boon-Ok;Cho, Sun-Nyu;Cho, So-Young;Han, Sun-Hee;Ha, Yeong-Mi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.151-160
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify needs of health education of the students, parents, general teachers, and health teacher of the elementary, middle, and high schools. Method: 279 schools of elementary, middle, and high school were sampled nonproportionally during the period from June 28 to July 26, 2004 The data were collected by the questionnaire from 1,888 students, 1,876 parents, 1,695 general teachers, 279 health teachers. A frequency, % and $x^2-test$ were used to analysis by SAS program. Result: 1. It showed that 98.1% of elementary school students, 92.3% of middle school students, 89.6% of high school students answered that they need health education. The most of students, parents, and general teachers had high interests in health education. 2. In the case of students, main causes of needs of health education was 'to prevent diseases or accidents'. But parents answered that it was 'to build up a healthier behavior'. General teachers answered that it was 'more effective systematic and continuous health education'. 3. Over 80% of students, parents, and general teachers about the question of who qualified person is to teach health education as a regular class responded that health teacher is available. Especially 93% of elementary school students answered like that. 4. The most of students, parents, and general teachers answered that health education in the classroom is favorable 1 to 2 hours per week. Conclusion: As results of the study, the majority of students, parents, general teachers agreed needs of health education. Therefore, on the basis of this study, systematic and continuous health education is necessary. Additionally the establishment of independent health subject is required certainly.

The Behavioral Systemic Needs of Students for the Housing Chapters in Home Economics Curriculum (전주지역 중학생의 가정교과의 주생활 영역에 대한 행동체계별 요구도)

  • Yu, Won-Hee;Choi, Byung-Sook
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.5-18
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to examine middle school students' three behavioral systemic needs for the Housing chapter in Home Economics curriculum, Through literature review, the concepts of the three behavioral systems in this study were divided into technical, interpretive and emancipatory one. The questionnaire survey method was used, The subjects were selected randomly the third grade 259 students at 6 middle schools located in Jeonju city, from December 17, 2004 to January 17, 2005, Data were analyzed by using SPSS/WIN 11.5 program. The results were as follows; 1) Average of importance which middle school students recognized was showed the interpretive behavioral system> the emancipatory behavioral system> the technical behavioral system, That of reflection of the text book was showed that the technical was same with the interpretive, and the emancipatory was a little lower value than two systems, And needs in each system were the emancipatory behavioral system> the technical behavioral system> the interpretive behavioral system, 2) Average needs were showed according to the sub-chapter of housing. 'Preservation and Repair of house' in the technical behavioral system and 'Indoor Environment and Equipment' in the interpretive and the emancipatory behavioral systems.

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A Study on Middle School Student′s Needs for Home Economics Curriculum Education and the Family Life Participation (중학생의 가정과교육 학습요구도 및 가정생활참여에 관한 연구)

  • 김경숙;박미금
    • Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.67-78
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    • 1998
  • The purposes of this study is to find middle school student's needs for Home Economics Curriculum and the family life participation. The samples are 323 middle school students in Kangneung. The results of this study are summarized follows; 1. It is shown that the family life participation of boys was higher than that of girls. 2. Variables that affect middle school student's needs for Home Economics curriculum are needs for Home Economics, number of brothers and sisters and the age for mother. 3. Variables that affect middle school student's the family life participation are human development and family relationship, the clothing, participation in class of Home Economics, perception of life status and sex. 4. The relative contributions of independent variables of the family life participation of middle school students are as follows. The degree of explanation of middle school student's family environmental variable is 12.2%. Adding the variable of Home Economics course, the degree of explanation is increased to 21.8%(deviation 9.6%). Adding the variable of needs for Home Economics curriculum, the degree of explanation is increased to 33.1% (deviation 11.3%).

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Effects of Multicultural Society Recognition and Multicultural Education Experience on Cultural Sensitivity of Middle and High School Students in Daejeon: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Multicultural Education Needs Perception (대전시 중·고등학생의 다문화사회 인식과 다문화교육 경험이 문화적 민감성에 미치는 영향: 다문화교육 필요성 인식의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Jung-Hyun;Song, Jin-Suk;Moon, Hee-Kang;Lee, Myung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 2013
  • The objective of this study is to underline the important role of needs for multicultural education in the formation of middle and high school students' cultural sensitivity for the sake of coping multicultural society. This study focuses on how adolescents' multicultural society recognition and education experiences shape and influence their cultural sensitivity, with the mediating role of multicultural education needs perception. A survey 303 middle school students and 236 high school students Daejeon was conducted. The results of this study as follows. First, high school students' open minded and social participation were significantly higher than those of middle school students, while the latter multicultural education experience level was higher than the former. Second, it was found that multicultural society recognition and education experiences have an indirect impact on cultural sensitivity mediating multicultural education needs perception as well as have a direct effect. However, adolescents' cultural sensitivity was shaped by mediating role of multicultural education needs perception rather than by direct effect of multicultural society recognition and education experiences. A major contribution of this research is the identification of the role of multicultural education needs perception in fostering adolescents' cultural sensitivity.

Research on the Needs of Learners for Cooking Practice Education (조리실습교육에 대한 학습자의 요구도 조사)

  • 복혜자
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.74-82
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    • 2004
  • The study was aimed to estimate the degree of recognition of, satisfaction with and needs for cooking practice education. 300 female students of middle schools and high schools in Seoul, Kyung-gi, Inchon area were targeted fer the research, which has been conducted from January 1st to December 20th in 2003. The crosstab, the t-test, and the ANOVA analysis were processed as methods using SPSS. The study showed that most of students had experienced cooking exercises, and the degree of satisfaction of the high school group was higher than that of the middle school group. Both groups answered they wanted more time for the cooking practice classes and the middle school group had the greater necessity. The necessity far practice lessons of cooking traditional foods reaches n high level in both groups, All the students answered they liked both western and traditional foods, but preferred the traditional food to the western one. They also believed the traditional food was more healthy than the western one. In terms of the needs for cooking practice education, the middle school group wanted to learn how to cook cake, pie, steak potato chip, and hamburger, while the high school group wanted cake, pie, steak sandwich, and potato chip. As for the traditional food, the middle school group wanted to learn how to cook Naegmyun(cold noodles), fried rice, rice hash, dumpling soup, and knife-cut noodles. The high school group, however, picked knife-cut noodles, fried rice, iced noodles, rice hash, and rice-cake soup.

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Analysis on Bullying Tendencies Among Elementary, Middle, and High School Students (초.중.고등학생의 집단따돌림 경향분석)

  • Yoon, Young-Mi
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.230-240
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    • 2007
  • Purpose: To identify bullying tendencies among elementary, middle, and high school students. Method: A descriptive study was conducted with 911 participating students. Data were collected using three, self-administered questionnaires that had been modified by the investigator. The data were analyzed by the SPSS Win 10.0 program using descriptive statistics, ANOVA. Result: The level of bullying was significantly different among elementary school, middle school and high school students. Middle school students were higher than elementary and high school students. In subtypes of bullying, language type was higher than alienation and physical damage types in elementary, middle and high school students. The methods to resolve a bullying situation are for the victim to 'speak to parents' in elementary school students, but 'bear alone' in middle school and highschool students. The answer to the question 'how many of your friends have been the victim of bullying' was 3-8 friends'. The reason for being a bully victim was 'because they pretend to be a superior man'. Conclusion: Although much research has been conducted in this area, further study among elementary, middle and high school students needs to be conducted. Furthermore, a variety of programs for preventing bullying among elementary, middle and highschool students should be developed.

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