학습 흥미 진작을 위한 과학 관련 TV프로그램의 특성과 학습자 생산 미디어 학습자료(UCC)에 관한 중학생들의 인식 조사

Abstract

This study aims to investigate which elements of science-related TV programs increase students' interest in science classes and help their understanding of scientific concepts. It attempts to produce meaningful results that can be used for guiding students in creating User Created Contents (UCC). Students from four classes of seventh and eighth grades were surveyed to get information about their interest in science technology and learning, their attitudes toward watching TV for learning, and their views of characteristics of science-related TV programs and learning environments. Findings of the study include: (1) the students showed relatively low interest in science technology compared with their awareness of its importance, and the amount of their science learning was lower than their interest in science classes; (2) they selected good teachers and interesting learning materials as optimal conditions for studying science and indicated that they get most information on science technology from the Internet and TV programs, rather than from science classes; (3) they considered interesting elements of science-related TV programs as scientific knowledge and experiments in everyday life; and (4) they showed positive attitudes toward watching science-related TV programs for the purpose of science learning and expressed the view that the creation of UCC is helpful to their learning. In addition, male students were more active than female students in producing UCC while female students, who showed lower interest in science technology than male students, studied science more than male students. These findings suggest the need for using science-oriented UCC created by students themselves and developing a new teaching-learning method using UCC in science education.