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A Case Study on Spatial Thinking Revealed in Elementary School Science Class on Solar System and Stars

초등학교 태양계와 별 수업에서 나타나는 공간적 사고 사례 연구

  • Received : 2015.01.14
  • Accepted : 2015.04.27
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

Based on the importance of spatial thinking to understand celestial motion, this study aimed to investigate how spatial thinking was treated in astronomy classes. For this study, we analyzed four elementary teachers' science classes about the unit 'solar systems and stars' in 5th grade in terms of spatial thinking. The results showed that sharing perspectives and orientation explicitly between a teacher and students were important for students to understand celestial motion. Providing the earth-based and the space-based viewpoints simultaneously were helpful for students' understanding of celestial motion. Based on these results, this study suggested that clarifying the viewpoint and orientation, showing the earth-based and the space-based viewpoint simultaneously, and reorganizing the relative units of astronomy based on celestial motion and spatial thinking.

이 연구에서는 천체의 운동을 이해하는데 공간적 사고가 중요한 역할을 하는 사고임을 전제로, 실제 천문 관련 수업에서 공간적 사고가 어떻게 다루어지고 있는지를 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 초등학교 5학년 태양계와 별 단원 수업에 대한 네 교사들의 수업을 공간적 사고 측면에서 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 천체의 운동을 온전히 이해하기 위해서는 학생과 교사가 관측의 기준점과 방위를 명시적으로 공유하는 것이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지구기반 관점과 우주기반 관점을 학생에게 동시에 제공하는 것이 천체의 운동을 이해시키는데 도움이 되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 이 연구에서는 학생들이 천체의 운동을 이해하고 공간적 사고를 키우기 위하여 첫째, 관측 기준점과 방위를 명확히 제시하는 수업, 둘째, 지구기반 관점과 우주기반 관점을 동시에 제시하여 운동의 상대성을 체험시키는 수업, 셋째, 운동을 주제로 천체의 운동을 설명하는 수업이 필요함을 논의하였다.

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