중학생의 ‘기술’과 ‘기술교과’에 대한 인식

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the recognition toward ‘technology’ and ‘technology subject’ of middle school students. The study was carried out through questionnaire survey method. The population for the survey was the third grade middle school students. Five hundred seventy six out of 604 questionnaires were used for analysis after eliminating incomplete responses. A survey questionnaire was developed by researcher to collect the information needed for the study. It consist of recognition toward technology scale, recognition toward technology subject scale, personal characteristics items. They consisted of 34 items. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis. Major findings of this study were as follows: First, recognition toward ‘technology’ of middle school students was very high. In the domains of recognition toward technology, 'importance of technology' domain was the highest, and 'conception about technology' domain was the lowest. Second, recognition toward ‘technology’ of male students was higher than that of female students. It of high grades students was higher than that of middle grades students and low grades students. And it of students living in big cities and small and medium-sized cities was higher than that of students living in rural areas. Third, recognition toward ‘technology subject’ of middle school students was moderate. In the domains of recognition toward technology subject, 'educational evaluation' domain was the highest, and 'educational objectives' domain was the lowest. Fourth, recognition toward ‘technology subject’ of male students was higher than that of female students. And it of students living in big cities was higher than that of students living in rural areas.