초등과학교육 연구의 동향

Abstract

The Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education has ben developed in both quantitative and qualitative aspectsjournals, which has been published so far. It wil give an orientation of science education research and suggestionstowards research to improve science education. The 243 articles of the journals, which were published from 1983 to2002 by Korean Elementary Science Education Society, were classified into 7 categories including science teaching,science learning, asesment in science, science teacher education, science curiculum, educational facilities &materials, and general science education. The results are as follows: 1. The articles published last decade are increased four times compared with the first decade. facilities & materials or general science education are few. 3. During the last decade, the articles on science teacher education, educational facilities & materials, assessment inscience, and science learning relatively increased than the first decade. The number of articles on science curiculumwas fluctuated every five years. 4. Most of articles were focused on the narrow subject areas. For example, the articles on science teaching, sciencelearning, asesment in science, science teacher education, science curiculum, and educational facilities & materialswere largely focused on the teaching strategies, pupils' conception, affective assessment and teaching practice survey,experimental materials or the audiovisual aids respectively. 5. The subject areas highlighted so far in science education, for example, inquiry or experimental activities, STSinstruction, environmental education, gifted education, instruction with multimedia, problem-solving or reasoning,experimental skill asesment, etc. were not much researched.