학습자 요구 기반 대학 기초 의사소통 교과목 개선 연구 - 충청북도 A대학교 사례를 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to improve the basic communication subjects of universities based on the needs of learners. To this end, the first research question is: How to define the characteristics of basic university communication subjects based on learners’ needs? Second, what is the core content of university basic communication subjects based on learners’ needs? It proceeded by setting it to “?”. As research methodology, a survey was conducted for learners and freshmen at University A who took the courses, “Thinking and Expression 1” and “Thinking and Expression 2,” the web was conducted from November 2, 2020 to November 20, 2020. Data of 687 out of 1,567 students surveyed(43.84%) were collected and analyzed. The analysis results is used to improve textbooks and standard lecture plans by designing standard lecture content that reflects the needs of learners, who are educational subjects. The main research areas and future implications are as follows. First, it was found that there was a high demand for education on practical communication skills, such as professional communication skills. This point conflicts with the essential characteristics of liberal arts education among the characteristics of basic communication courses in college, so it is a point to be careful about when defining the nature of curriculum and composing educational content. Second, the research results that showed the highest performance burden on learners’ “public speaking” suggests the necessity to reconsider the nature of basic communication subjects centered on “writing” education. Third, when constructing a curriculum for each department, it is necessary to consider both the learning structure of the major discipline and the characteristics of the subject. Usually, in the curriculum of each department, only the learning structure of the major disciplines is considered. However, there are also characteristics of learners, such as feeling a great burden of communication performance or low awareness of the need for education. So, it is necessary to prepare an educational plan to solve this problem. Fourth, it is essential to organize the educational content in a modular form to cope with the situation in which the criteria for classifying major categories are different while accommodating social demands, and to take into account that there is no single learning structure for each major field.