중학교 가정과 수업 방법의 개선을 위한 탐구훈련수업의 학습효과 - 식생활 단원을 중심으로 -

A Study on the Learning Effects of the Inquiry Training Model for the Home Economics of the Middle School - Focusing on the Unit of Food and Nutrition -

The purpose of this study is to compare of learning effects between the inquire training model and traditional lecture method in unit of food and nutrition of home economics in the middle and propose a teaching-learning method of home economics in the middle school. For this study I sampled one hundred students both male and female who were in the first grade students of school in Ansan city. The students were divided into two groups each of which was composed of one male class and one female class. One was called the inquiry training model group, which was taught by inquiry training model, the other the traditional lecture method group, which was taught by traditional lecture method. They learned about food and nutrition unit during the same time. To evaluate the effectiveness of learning, learning achievenment degree, instruction interest degree, and the powers of exploration process, a creativity test by using a questionnaire was given. The results of this study are as follows; 1. In the traditional lecture method group between the inquire training model one, the difference of learning achievement degree was not significant. The score of learning achievement degree in the inquiry training group, the female class got higher scores than the male one, but the difference was not significant. 2. In the test of instruction interest degree, the traditional lecture method group got higher scores than the inquiry training model one. (p<.001). In the inquiry training group, the male class got higher score than the female one. (p<.001) 3. In the test of powers of wxploration process, the traditional lrcture method group got higher score than the inquiry training model one.(p<.001). In the inquiry training group, the male class got higher scores than the female one, but the difference was not significant. 4. In the test of creativity, the traditional lecture method group got higher scores than the inquiry training one. (p<.001). In the inquiry training group, the famale class got higher scores than the male one, but the difference was not significant. Therefore, the inquiry training model is the more effective instruction model for both male and female students, rather than the traditional lecture method for instruction interest degree, powers of exploation process, creativity and extends instruction interest degree for the male students.