실과 프로젝트 수업에 관한 질적 탐구

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the meaning through qualitive inquiry into project class. The research questions were as follows. First, what abilities are developed through project class? Second, what effects does project class have on the learners? The subjects of this study were a fifth‐grade class at B Elementary School in Goyang City, Gyeonggi‐do, and included 18 male and 15 female children. The project used in this study was the ‘Bean’ Project. Data were collected through observation, interviews, impression presentation, and participant observation, and students’ activities during each session of the project were videotaped and transcribed. Collected data were analyzed and interpreted through the procedure of transcription, data integration, area classification and coding. The results of this study were as follows. First, the students had enhanced self‐directed learning abilities to make research by themselves, and became able to plan and solve by themselves for a given research task. Second, they participated and cooperated through social interaction, and attained abilities to communicate through discussions. Third, they developed responsibility through recognizing and carrying out their roles and duties through discussions. Fourth, they showed internal motivation intensified by heightened interest in the project class, and attained knowledge related to the project as well as abilities to apply the knowledge to other projects. The students expanded and reproduced knowledge through the process of generating creative ideas, and came to do flexible open thinking. In the project class activities, moreover, they participated more voluntarily than in any other cases, and their intensified internal motivation induced them to participate in the class actively. From the project class, the students experienced the value of sweat and the importance of laborious activities. In conclusion, project class is considered an effective learning method for enhancing learners’ ability and through improving their abilities and concentration on the class.