중학교 기술교과와 연계한 초등 실과 생명기술교육 프로그램 개발 및 적용

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a systematic content for the biotechnology education in elementary school that is in linkage with the contents of biotechnology in the middle school curriculum, to develop the class activity programs based upon this content, and to apply these activities to elementary school students, thereby examining the possibility of applying biotechnology education in the elementary educational curriculum. To achieve the purpose, documentary and investigatory research is conducted and thereafter the program is developed and implemented following the 4 stages of planning, preparation, development and improvement. The results of this study are as follows. First, the biotechnology contents in the 7th and 2007 revised curriculum were insufficient linkage between the grade levels, and the elementary educational curriculum covered basic contents in a few subject areas. Second, the proposed system of the elementary biotechnology contents is developed in linkage with the two areas in the 2007 revised middle school technology & home education curriculum, namely ‘daily life and biotechnology’ and ‘the utilization of biotechnology’. Third, the experimental group showed only the significant difference on the level of interest(p<.001), as it proved those are effect on the topics of ‘biomimetics‘, ‘biotechnology in food products‘, and ‘the world transformed by biotechnology‘. Fourth, among the 10 topics that were selected in the biotechnological education program, the most preferred topic in terms of level of interest, learning motivation, and level of comprehension is the ‘biotechnology in food products.’Fifth, the result of the qualitative analysis showed that most students have positive impact on the interest, learning motivation and comprehension after receiving the biotechnological education.