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The Relationships between Moral Sensitivity and Preference for Science, Belief about Learning Science of Middle School Students

중학생들의 도덕적 감수성과 과학 선호도 및 과학학습에 대한 신념과의 상관관계

  • Received : 2014.11.25
  • Accepted : 2015.02.09
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between moral sensitivity for topics related to science and preference for science, and belief about learning science. 129 middle school students were involved in this study and completed questionnaires to measure moral sensitivity for topics related to science, preference for science, and belief about learning science. Students' responses were analysed to show the distribution of variables and the correlation between variables by gender and grade. As a result, moral sensitivity was not affected by respondents' grades and genders, but was affected by different topics. Preference for science was not affected by respondents' grades and genders, while belief about learning science was not affected by respondents' genders but affected by lower grade. There were correlations between students' moral sensitivity and preference in case of female students and higher grades, as well as relationship between moral sensitivity and belief about learning science. This result infers that students who have higher moral sensitivity can prefer science and show more positive belief about learning science. Also, it can implicate that affective domain including interest or belief can play an important role in the context of science education focusing on moral aspect or ethics, and that teachers should be aware of personal differences in case of teaching moral aspect of science.

본 연구에서는 중학생들을 대상으로 과학과 관련된 주제에 대한 도덕적 감수성과 과학 선호도, 과학 학습에 대한 신념을 알아보았고, 도덕적 감수성과 과학 선호도, 도덕적 감수성과 과학 학습에 대한 신념간의 상관 관계를 주제별, 성별, 학년별로 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 도덕적 감수성은 성별이나 학년에는 영향을 받지 않았지만, 주제에는 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 과학 선호도는 성별이나 학년에는 영향을 받지 않았고, 과학 학습에 대한 신념은 성별에서는 영향을 받지 않았지만 학년이 올라갈수록 낮아지는 것으로 나타났다. 도덕적 감수성과 과학 선호도 간에는 상관관계를 보였으며, 특히 하위 차원에 따라 여학생과 고학년에서 보다 높은 상관을 나타났다. 도덕적 감수성과 과학 학습에 신념 간의 상관관계는 하위 차원에 따라 일부 나타나는데 특히 여학생과 저학년에서 보다 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 이러한 결과는 학생들이 과학을 좋아할수록 과학과 관련된 문제에 대해서 보다 도덕적으로 반응할 수 있음을 보여주며, 도덕적 감수성이 높을수록 과학 공부를 더 재미있어 하고 과학 공부에 대해 긍정적인 신념을 갖는다는 것을 보여준다. 이 연구 결과는 과학교육에서 선호도나 신념과 같은 정의적 영역이 도덕적 감수성과 같은 인성 영역에서도 중요한 부분을 차지할 수 있음을 주장하며, 과학 교과의 도덕적 측면에 대한 교수 학습에 있어서 학생 변인에 따른 차이점을 고려해야함을 시사한다.

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