국내 초등학교 STEAM 교육 연구 현황 분석을 통한 유아교육에서의 방향 탐색

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the STEAM education project as it is practiced in Korean primary schools and to explore applicable directions for STEAM in early childhood education. To this end, 114 of previous STEAM studies which focus on primary schools were analyzed. The analysis was carried out by in the following order: mixed method study, literature research, and both quantitative and qualitative research. The contents of the research were analyzed by program development, analysis of effect, analysis of theory and contents and lastly, by awareness of conditions. According to the analysis, science based STEAM education for the last grade in primary school and the analysis of STEAM’s effect on creativity take up the majority of the studies in the collected data. From this analysis we are able to suggest the most suitable age for children to engage in STEAM education activities. Effective ways to pursue this education program, whose aim Is to enhance problem solving capability through engineering and technology, are also suggested. Study findings also point to a need for basic research in analyzing the awareness of and demands exerted on the actual integration of STEAM in the various disciplines. Also, the study finds that adequate assessment, evaluation tools and programs need to be developed and constantly refined, if STEAM is to fulfill its educational mission of enabling and encouraging students to engage in interpreting science and technology through engineering and the arts, all based on mathematical elements.

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