영상정보양식적 연구법으로서 가추법과 그 교육적 함의

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the relationship between the image mode of information and the abductive method. The image mode of information is defined as the mode of information exchange between persons that determines thinking and acting, worldview, and belief. There are three kinds of modes, oral, letter, and digital image modes. The three modes have been appearing in sequence with the historical progress of media. According to the mode of information theory, the research method is determined by way of information and knowledge exchange. Hence, the inductive method is included within the oral mode, and the ground of this assertion is that both the inductive method and the oral exchange of information share ideas in which a law/general rule stems from the lateral accumulation of individual experiences. The deductive method is established within the letter mode, and the ground of this assertion is that both the deductive method and the oral exchange of information believe that a law is established through logical thinking with propositions. The abductive method is established within the digital image mode, and this assertion has its basis as follows. First, the abductive method and exchange of digital image information share the ideas that both research and visual perception are performed within a strategy that creates and then proves a hypothesis. Second, the abductive method was suggested by Peirce when image media such as pictures and movies began to be popular. Third, the abductive method is an appropriated method to analyze data in web 2.0. Schooling has to develop students’ image thinking ability and encourage students to use their abductive learning and research ability to adapt to the AI society.