실과 교과에서 발명교육을 위한 프로그램 개발

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to develop an invention education program usable for the practical arts subject in elementary school. The invention education program developed in this study included invention education materials applicable to the practical arts subject and teachers’ guidebook, and was composed of a large unit and three small units for six sessions. The contents of the developed program were revised through four specialists’ review, and were improved through field application to 30 six graders. The results of this study are as follows. First, according to the general objective of invention education, we set the specific goals of invention education in elementary practical arts as ‘to understand invention in daily life, to acquire basic invention techniques, to conceive simple interventions, and to have an active attitude toward invention.’ Second, the small units of contents selected for invention education were the understanding of invention, the conception of inventions, and the understanding of intellectual property rights. The unit for understanding invention taught invention in daily life and the understanding of invention, the unit for conceiving inventions taught various invention techniques and idea sketch, and the unit for understanding intellectual property rights taught the meaning and importance of intellectual property rights, and the contents were designed to be taught through six sessions. Third, the teaching materials and teachers’ guidebook suggested guidelines for practice, invention worksheets, and teaching-learning plans so that teachers can solve problems in their practice instruction, and lastly, various reading materials were suggested so that students may have a positive attitude toward invention.