초등학생들의 세계 이해도 발달

Abstract

I studied the development of primary students? world understanding in Korea. In this study, I knew, primary students? world understanding (PSWU) is developed as they are growing. Especially this development is made rapidly at the fourth grade, ie. 10 years old. And PSWU is expanding concentrically from home country or major countries to distant or unknown countries, and from Asia, Europe and North America continents to South America, Africa and Oceania continents. And PSWU is affected mutually with social factors, learning and life experiences. Major learning experiences are maps and books, and major life experiences are soccer and TV.And there are patterns of misunderstanding of world. Some students considered city, locality in country, continents as country. I think, this misunderstanding resulted in ignorance of hierachy about locality, country, continent and world. But this phenomena decline with increasing PSWU.This development character will suggest on primary world geography learning. I think the fittest time for world geography learning is on the 4th grade. And world geography curriculum is expanding from home country or major countries to distant or unknown countries. Also I think we should concentrate on map learning with school atlas from the 4th grade.