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Understanding STEM, STEAM Education, and Addressing the Issues Facing STEAM in the Korean Context

STEM, STEAM 교육과 우리나라 융합인재교육의 이해와 해결 과제

  • Received : 2015.07.27
  • Accepted : 2015.08.01
  • Published : 2015.08.31

Abstract

Since 2011, after beginning of the systematic study on STEAM education, South Korea has developed a number of related programs. At this point we see that this is the time to clarify the challenges. The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of their education through the review of many domestic and foreign papers in order to propose the challenges of STEAM education of Korea. The results are as follows. First, the course of integration cannot be separated by the difference in superiority but should be separated in accordance with the purpose of integration. Second, curriculum integration such as STEAM education is characterized by the emphasis on horizontal linking than vertical depth fusion. Accordingly, the content knowledge and vertical linkages are inevitably weakened. In order to overcome this problem, the key concepts and features that were emphasized in the previous curriculum need to also be emphasized in STEAM training, and the comparative study on the core concept and function of each subjects should be preceded. Third, after looking upon the current situation of our country's fusion research and talent training, the limits and the challenges that need to be overcome has been suggested. Fourth, with the basis on research results, we offered an example of the approach on STEAM education which is applicable to the current situation and proposed the challenges and implications that need to be addressed in the STEAM education of Korea in educational contexts such as curriculum, teaching and learning, and evaluation.

우리나라는 2011년부터 체계적으로 융합인재교육 연구를 수행하기 시작하여 수많은 프로그램을 개발해오고 있으며, 교육과정에도 구체적으로 반영할 움직임을 보이고 있다. 이에 STEM, STEAM 교육에 관한 수많은 논문들의 리뷰를 통해 이 교육의 특징, 문제점, 해결해야 할 과제를 명료화할 시점이 되었다고 본다. 따라서 본 연구는 STEM과 STEAM 교육과 관련한 많은 국내외 논문들의 리뷰를 통해 이들 교육의 특징 및 문제점을 명료화하고 이를 통해 우리나라 융합인재교육의 해결 과제를 제안하는 데 있다. 본 연구를 통해 얻은 의미 있는 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 다양한 통합교육과정의 접근 방식은 통합의 목적에 따라 구분되는 것이지 우월성의 차이로 구분될 수 없음을 제시하였다. 둘째, STEAM 교육과 같은 통합교육과정은 이전의 교육과정에서 강조된 수직적 깊이보다 교과 융합과 같은 수평적 연계를 중시하는 특징이 있다. 이에 따라 교과 지식과 수직적인 연계성이 약화될 수밖에 없다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해서는 기존의 교육과정에서 강조되었던 핵심 개념과 기능이 STEAM 교육에서도 강조되어야 하며, 이와 더불어 기존의 각 교과의 핵심 개념과 기능에 대한 비교 연구가 선행되어야 함을 제시하였다. 셋째, 우리나라 융합인재교육의 연구 현황을 제시하고, 그 한계와 극복해야 할 사항을 제시하였다. 넷째, 이러한 리뷰 연구 결과를 토대로 현 상황에서 적용 가능한 STEAM 교육의 접근 방안의 예를 제안하고, 교육과정, 교수학습, 평가 측면에서 우리나라 융합인재교육에서 해결해야 할 과제와 시사점을 제안하였다.

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