제7차 교육과정의 실과 교육내용 적정성 평가

Evaluation of the Content Relevance of Practical Arts Subject in the 7th National Curriculum

The 7th national curriculum of the contents of the Practical arts education that are implemented for 5-6 grade students in Korea. According to the changing society and educational environment, the contents of Practical arts are needed to improve for high quality of elementary education. The purpose of this study is to investigate the concept of content relevance and to evaluate the content relevance of Practical arts in the 7th national curriculum. This study was conducted as follow steps that establishing the definition of relevance for estimation of relevance, and estimating the relevance of Practical arts subject. This study tries to investigate whether the quantity of the contents is relevant for the students, whether difficulty of the contents is relevant for the students, and whether the contents are sequential for the elementary students levels, and whether the objectives of the curriculum are appropriate for the students’ learning and teachers’ teaching. The objectives of this study are 1) to investigate whether the curriculum, the textbooks, and the classes meet the objectives of the curriculum, 2) to decide whether the contents are appropriate to the students and teachers. Data from the curriculum analysis and questionnaire survey was used to examine the relevance of Practical Arts contents for students. To satisfy the purpose of the study, it conducted that a nationwide questionnaire to get opinions from students, teachers, and specialists on the content relevance of the Practical Arts curriculum, textbooks, and classes. Main findings of this study are as follows: First, in the viewpoint of the content validity, some content area of the Practical Arts subject was not validity at unit of ‘computer is my friend’, ‘saving the spending money’, ‘making the utility things by sewing machine’, and ‘computer is my life. Second, in the viewpoint of the comparing content quantity between 6th and 7th national curriculum, almost content area was appropriate amount at the Practical Arts. Third, in the viewpoint of the content level, elementary school students was difficulty understood content area of ‘daily life and electric & electronic’, ‘making the utility things by needle and thread’, ‘making the utility things by sewing machine’, and ‘daily life and woodworking product’. Fourth, in the viewpoint of the subject sequence, the content sequence of subject between Practical Arts and Technology & Home economics was good arranged, but the sequence of subject name was not proper because of the different subject name. Fifth, Practical Arts contents should be selected and organized centering on real-life examples and situations to promote students’ understanding and interest in class, which will provide them with the experiences of authentic experiences. Finally, when the curriculum revision of Practical Arts subject, some contents area will be needed to dramatically change of ‘using of computer’, and ‘handling of sewing machine’.