인천지역 초등과학영재학급의 교육과정 운영실태 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analysis the curriculum for educating and operating the classes of elementaryscience gifted in Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education. We developed the framework for curriculum contentanalysis based on the principles of curriculum development for gifted education. The developed framework wasapplied to the curricula of four classes of elementary science gifted in Incheon. And the needs of gifted studentswere surveyed in the classes of the elementary science gifted. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Thecurrent curriculums of two classes described the goal of the elementary gifted education, but the content and themeof the curricula of three classes were not related to the contents of the 7th national curriculum. 2. The teachingmethods used in the science gifted class were mainly a lecture and an experimental activity, and there was little theprocess of individual instruction. 3. There was not mostly the products as the results of learning because of littleperformed by a project learning, an announcement and an exhibition in gifted class. 4. Most of the students of thescience gifted class were estimated by the paper tests and observation of the teacher in charge of the gifted class, notand the instructional type of enrichment learning and acceleration learning over the grade of themselves. 6. Theymainly expected that the curriculum of the gifted class is operated during the semester.