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The Development of Science Culture Indicators for Socio-Scientific Issues: Focusing on Climate Change

과학관련 사회적 이슈에 대한 과학문화지표의 개발: '기후변화'를 중심으로

  • Received : 2010.02.25
  • Accepted : 2010.05.13
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

The surveys for public awareness in relation to socio-scientific issues (SSI) have been limited to several topics such as public perception of risks about the issues and preference for some policies. To illuminate the public science culture literacy about SSI from a holistic perspective, this study aimed to develop an indicator system. For this purpose, the issue on climate change, which is currently one of the biggest issues worldwide, was adopted as a specific SSI and the framework centering on climate change was developed. Science culture literacy about SSI was defined as a lifestyle to identify SSI from various viewpoints and to cope with problems related to SSI appropriately. In the framework proposed, individual science culture indicators are divided into Potential and Activity area. The Potential consists of categories of Interest, Opinion and Understanding, whereas the Activity is composed of categories of Learning and Practice. To examine the reliability and validity of this framework statistically, the developed questionnaire was reviewed by science educators, environment experts and atmospheric scientists and was used to asked 777 secondary students. Based on the results of statistical analyses, the framework was modified and it consequently had 2 areas, 5 categories, 15 sub-categories, 34 indicators and 63 items. It is expected that the framework of science culture indicators for SSI could be used as a measurement tool for public awareness about various SSI topics.

현재 행해지는 과학관련 사회적 이슈(socio-scientific issue: SSI)에 대한 대중의 인식 조사는 대개 현상의 위험성 인식 및 정책 선호도와 같은 일부 영역에 한정되어 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 특정 SSI에 대한 대중의 과학문화소양을 보다 다각적이고 총체적으로 살펴볼 수 있는 지표체계를 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 연구자들은 최근 세계적으로 관심의 초점이 되고 있는 기후변화를 특정 SSI로 선정하였으며, 이 이슈를 중심으로 새로운 지표체계 및 설문지를 개발하였다. 먼저, 문헌연구를 바탕으로 'SSI에 대한 과학문화소양'을 '다양한 측면에서 SSI를 바라보고, 이를 통해 합리적인 의사결정을 하며, 관련된 문제에 현명하게 대처해나가는 생활양식'이라 정의하였다. 보다 체계적인 접근을 위하여 개인의 과학문화소양을 잠재적 소양과 실행적 소양으로 구분하였으며, 대범주 '잠재'는 중범주 '관심', '의견', '이해'로, 대범주 '실행'은 중범주 '학습', '실천'으로 나누어 지표 및 설문항목을 구성하였다. 개발 과정에서 과학교육, 환경 교육, 대기과학 전문가의 검토를 거쳤으며, 중학생 777명의 응답을 바탕으로 신뢰도분석과 요인분석 및 상관분석을 실시하여 통계적 타당성을 검토하였다. 그 결과, 지표체계와 설문지의 일부가 수정 보완되었으며, 수정된 지표체계는 2개의 대범주, 5개의 중범주, 15개의 소범주, 34개의 지표, 63개의 설문항목으로 구성되었다. 이는 신뢰도와 타당도가 비교적 양호한 것으로 검증되었다. 본 연구에서 개발된 지표체계는 향후 다양한 SSI 주제에 관한 대중의 인식을 조사함에 있어 종합적인 자료를 효율적으로 축적하고 분석할 수 있는 틀로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.

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