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Analysis of Trends of Character-Related Research in Science Education

과학교육에서 인성 관련 연구의 동향 분석

  • Received : 2017.05.13
  • Accepted : 2017.06.22
  • Published : 2017.06.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the trends of character-related research in science education by analyzing science education research literatures in South Korea. To this end, literatures on character were extracted from the KCI-listed journals and theses from 1990 to December 2016, and analyzed according to the criteria such as terms relating to character, year of publication, research design and method, and research content. A total of 54 KCI-listed papers and 67 theses were extracted. As a result, 46%, 49%, and 5% of the researches include the terms like character, ethic, and moral in their titles. According to the year of publication, it was found that the number of research papers related to character increased rapidly by more than two times in 2012 as compared to the past years. According to research objects, researches about gifted students were the most common, and when considering the ratio of gifted students to general students, many studies related to character concentrated on gifted students. Starting 2009, research papers on qualitative and hybrid research design begin to advance as compared the number of papers in quantitative research design. With regards to research methods used, seven methods were classified; five of them ranged from 16% to 19% while interpretive research method was 12% and test tool validity study was the lowest at 2%. By extracting 30 representative keywords so as to analyze the contents of character-related researches, we found various implications to character in relation to nature and researches about SSI, etc. As time passed by, the contents of character-related research in science education became more diversified and the number of researches increased. New research contents appeared due to the needs of the times.

이 연구의 목적은 국내 과학교육 연구 문헌들을 분석하여 과학교육에서 인성 관련 연구의 동향을 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위해 1990년부터 2016년 12월까지 KCI 등재 학술지와 국내 석 박사 학위 논문 중 인성 관련 과학교육 연구 문헌들을 추출하였으며, 이를 연구 출처, 수행 연도, 인성 관련 용어별 연구, 연구 대상, 연구 설계 및 방법, 내용으로 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 총 54편의 KCI 등재 논문과 67편의 석 박사 학위 논문이 추출되었고 이중 인성, 윤리, 도덕을 표제어로 포함하는 연구가 각각 46%, 49%, 5%를 차지하였다. 연도에 따른 분석 결과 2012년을 기점으로 인성 관련 과학교육 논문의 수가 전에 비해 2배 이상 급격히 증가했음을 알 수 있었다. 연구 대상에서는 영재 학생을 대상으로 한 연구가 가장 많았고 인성과 관련된 많은 연구가 영재 교육 중심으로 수행된 것을 알 수 있었다. 2009년을 기점으로 질적 연구와 혼합 연구 설계 논문이 양적 연구 설계의 논문수를 앞서기 시작했다. 연구 방법은 다양한 연구 방법들이 골고루 사용되어 16%에서 19%정도의 비율을 보여 주었고 해석 연구 방법이 12%, 검사 도구 타당성 연구가 2%로 가장 낮은 비율을 차지하였다. 전체 분석 대상 논문들의 핵심어 중에서 대표 핵심어 30개를 추출하여 인성 관련 과학교육 연구 내용을 분석한 결과 자연과의 관계 영역에서 인성과 SSI 등 인성과 관련된 다양한 과학교육 연구의 함의를 확인할 수 있었다. 시간이 지남에 따라 인성 관련 과학교육 연구 내용은 더욱 다양화 되었고 연구 수행 빈도는 증가하였으며 시대적 요구에 따라 새로운 연구 내용들이 등장하였다.

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