신병정신전력교육 방안 연구 - 질문과 토의를 중심으로 -

Abstract

IE(Information & Education) for recruits is very important because it is a process that a recruit understands one’s duties, roles, and specialties of army and internalizes one’s values as soldiers. It directly links to positive awareness and confidence in the entire term of military service. Nevertheless, there was a lack of research on education methods considering the characteristics of the recruits. Thus, Office of the TI&E(Troop Information & Education) in KATC(Korea Army Training Center) recognized the importance of ‘Learner-centered education’ and developed ‘Why campaign applied education’ : focused on discussion and Question. The process of developing the education method was as follows. : First, we selected ‘the core Why question’ which is the most important question for the recruits and chose the subjects for discussion. To have a lively discussion, we gave recruits time to think about their own learning. In the actual class, the instructor provided information for discussion in a short lecture, after forming a consensus on the questions. Recruits carried out a group discussion and presentation to expand their thoughts and solve problems. Finally, the instructor commented about the class. After the class, recruits conducted a descriptive evaluation to encourage their learning motivation and rearrange their thoughts. The method was applied to the actual recruits. We compared the participation and understanding of the experimental group(studying with ‘Why campaign applied education’) with the control group(studying with the existing education). As a result, recruits in the experimental group more responded ‘I participated in the class’ and ‘I understood the assignment' than recruits in the control group in both cases. In addition, we conducted a survey that applied to ‘the core Why question’ (Likert 5 score). As a result, the experimental group showed a larger mean difference. This study derived several parts of initial teaching menthod that needs to be improved. We reinforced the pre– learning and reduced presentation. Also, we divided the method of discussion into two, ‘partner discussion’ and ‘squad discussion’, according to the characteristic of task. The new method of IE is practical and expected to be implemented well. However, it is necessary to have further refine plan and apply it to diverse groups. In the long term, careful follow-up study is needed to determine whether this education will lead to positive behavioral changes during one’s IET(Initial Entry Training) and entire term of military service.