공학캠프를 통한 공학과 기술에 대한 이미지 변화 연구

Abstract

This study has a purpose to analyse changes in perception and image about engineering and technology of students who participatedin the engineering camp. To achieve this objective, the questions were as follows. 1) What about participants’ image difference forengineering before and after participating the engineering camp 2) What about participants’ image difference for technology beforeand after participating the engineering camp. For this study, the program was progressed from Aug in 2017 and the data was collectedfrom 88 students, middle school seniors and high school freshmen. The results of this study were as follows: First, secondary studentsperceived ‘valuable(6.74)’, ‘meaningful(6.73)’, ‘rich(6.40)’, ‘collaborative(6.42)’, ‘nice(6.22)’ as high image rank of the positive responsefor engineering. On the other hand, ‘complex(3.59)’, ‘labored(3.80)’, ‘hard(4.66)’, ‘dangerous(4.48)’, ‘cold(4.86)’ were perceived aslow image rank of the negative response for engineering. We can realize that they generally has the image that engineering is valuable,meaningful and nice but also labored, complex and hard. The students who participated in the engineering camp showed the greatestdifference in ‘complex – simple’ and ‘dangerous – safe’ engineering categories before and after the camp, followed by ‘cold – hot',‘labored - easy', and ‘hard – soft’, respectively. Second, secondary students perceived ‘meaningful(6.58)’, ‘valuable(6.55)’, ‘wide(6.38)’,‘nice(6.37)’, ‘strong(6.25)’ as high image rank of the positive response for technology. On the other hand, ‘complex(3.85)’, ‘labored(3.93)’,‘hard(4.62)’, ‘dangerous(4.72)’, ‘cold(5.05)’ were perceived as low image rank of the negative response for technology. The studentswho participated in the engineering camp had the big change in ‘hard – soft’ technology category before and after the camp, followedby ‘complex – simple', ‘labored - easy', ‘theoretical – practical’ and ‘dangerous – safe’, respectively. We can see that the negativeimages for technology which were complex, labored, dangerous, theoretical was improved with positive image such as simple, easy,safe and practical, after conducting the engineering camp. In conclusion, both image recognitions for engineering and technology haveimproved after the camp. It means that interesting and entertaining engineering-technology program can boost interests in engineeringand technology which felt difficult, so that images about them can be turned out positive. Also, it is possible to reduce avoidanceof natural science and engineering subjects, as part of the purpose of training creative talents in science and engineering, so it canbe said that the engineering camp is highly meaningful because it can lead students into the field of science and engineering.