방송고 사이버교육환경에서 학습자의 학습패턴에 관한 연구 : 근거이론을 중심으로

Abstract

The Air-Correspondence High School (ACHS) in Korea started to offer interactive internet courses in accordance with the introduction of the cyber education system in 2006. The purpose of this study is to present theoretical models of the characteristics or patterns of the learning process and learning activities in the ACHS cyber education system. This study was conducted with 20 ACHS students based on grounded theory. In accordance with the theoretical sampling method of grounded theory, the in-depth interview was conducted with selected participants, and collected data were analyzed according to the three steps of open coding, axial coding, selective coding. According to the results of the analysis, the causal conditions related to learning patterns exhibited by students in the current ACHS cyber education environment were ‘the desire to learn’, ‘an inferiority complex’, ‘adversity in life’. The phenomena that lead to these patterns of learning were ‘enjoyment of school life’ and ‘self-development’. The contextual conditions were ‘personal attributes’, ‘support background’, ‘academic sense of purpose’, and ‘the perception of the usefulness of the school system’, while the intervening conditions were ‘school environment’, ‘learning benefits’, and ‘learning obstructions’. The students’ action/interaction strategies were ‘active recognition of objectives’, ‘maladjustment’, ‘timid attitude’, and ‘learning involvement’, while the resulting factors were ‘social relationships’ and ‘personal accomplishment’. On this basis, it was determined that the core category that explained the integrated relationship between categories of learners’ learning patterns in the ACHS cyber education environment was ‘to participate in student life of the cyber high school system with goals and aspirations’. Finally we found five characteristic types of learning patterns: the ‘social pure vision-oriented type’, the ‘personal accomplishment-oriented type’, the ‘timid desire for study type’, the ‘protected and sheltered type’, and the ‘close to circumstances type’. As a result of this study, five characteristic learning patterns of learners in the ACHS cyber education environment were determined, and these patterns will allow for a better understanding of and the ability to offer educational programs appropriate to ACHS cyber learners.