제7.x차 실과(기술ㆍ가정) 교육과정에 따른 초등 기술교육 내용의 선정 및 조직 방안

A Study on the Selection and Organization of Technology Education Contents at the 7.xth Practical Arts Curriculum

The purpose of this study was to present the selection and organization plans of the technology education contents in the 7.xth practical arts curriculum. This study was carried out through review of literature related to practical arts education, elementary school technology education(ESTE). Merits of ESTE could be justified in the respect of psycho-motor, affective, and cognitive domains. And, ESTE has also shortcomings which should be gotten over, including limited lesson hours, lots of compulsory preparation of materials and tools for experiment and practice, and difficulties in reflecting rapidly changing technology to textbook. Plans for selecting and organizing the contents of ESTE were classified into general ones and concrete ones. General plans were proposed as follows; compromised approach between objective-oriented and content-oriented, an emphasis of learner needs in the contents selecting criteria, an emphasis of appropriateness than systemicity, and an integrated approach based at problems. And concrete plans were proposed as follows. First, newer contents which are dealt with in DIY wooden classes or T puzzle, game of assembling wooden pieces should be added to attract students in the unit of wooden ware in the life . Second, easier and more interesting contents should be selected, organized, and systemized for more effective ESTE in the unit of electricity·electron in the life . Finally, it was proposed that more emphasis should be given to improvement of creative problem solving skill instead of computer operating skill, in the unit of information machinery and tools, cyber space and Internet and information .