물발자국 개념에 기반을 둔 초등학교 고학년용 물 환경교육 프로그램 개발 및 효과분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a water footprint concept-based water environmental education program for the upper grades of elementary school, and to investigate the influence on the water environmental awareness and attitude of 5th graders in an elementary school in Gyeonggi-Do. To achieve the effectiveness of water environmental education containing precious water, pollution and shortages of water, the program developed and implemented the following 4 stages of preparation, development, verification, field test and evaluation. The experiment made progress as pretest-posttest control group design, and the program was applied to a class in creative discretionary activity hour for 8 weeks. A questionnaire was used to survey the effects of student`s awareness and attitude on water environment. The i-STATistics program was used to analyze the results. The major results were as follows. First, the developed program follows the three regions which are contents process of water conservation, practical part on water conservation based on water footprint concept and expanding environments principle in accordance with students` cognitive development stages. Second, the developed program is made up of eight parts : our life and precious water, water pollution and shortages, understanding of water footprints, closing & textiles life to reduce the water footprints, dietary life to reduce the water footprints, housing life to reduce the water footprints, reducing water footprints of school and local community life, and reducing water footprints of national and international society life. Third, the developed program had a positive effect on elementary school student`s awareness and attitude on water environment through quantitative and qualitative analysis. In conclusion, the developed program was an applicable example on water-related environmental education in the elementary school. The study provide to teaching material to proceed with effective class on water environmental education by field teacher toward sustainable society. Therefore, more intensive research needs to be conducted more intensively and systematically on the teaching and learning methods related to a water environmental education in elementary school.