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본 연구는 창의적 문제해결력 신장을 위한 중등 과학 프로그램 개발의 기초연구를 위해 수행된 것이다. 기초 연구로서 제 6차 과학과 교육과정에는 창의적 문제해결력에 관한 내용이 어떻게 반영되고 있으며, 교실현장에서는 창의적 문제해결력 신장을 위한 수업이 이루어지고 있는지에 대하여 알아보았다. 이를 위하여 제 6차 중 학교 과학과 교육과정의 성격, 목표, 방법에 나타난 창의적 문제해결력의 요소를 조사하였으며, 과학 수업 관찰, 교사면담을 실시하였다. 중학교 과학과 교육과정은 특정, 총괄목표, 하위목표 모두 창의성 및 문제해결력이라는 용어를 명시함으로써 창의적 문제해결력을 강조하였다. 그러나 현 중학교 과학교육에 있어 창의적 문제해결력은 교육과정의 성격 및 총괄 목표에만 포괄적으로 기술되어 있을 뿐, 실제적으로는 실시되지 못하고 있음이 드러놨다. 또한 과학 교사들은 창의적 문제해결력에 대하여 대체로 이해하고 있었으나 교과진도 문제, 학급당 과다한 학생수, 지식중심의 교과 내용, 입시와 연관된 평가, 교사의 준비 부족으로 인하여 창의적 문제해결력 배양을 위한 수업은 거의 하지 못하고 있음을 밝혔다.

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the 6th national secondary science curriculum and classroom practices to collect the basic data for developing secondary science program focusing on creative problem-solving ability. The creative problem-solving ability was conceptualized as an active process...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the 6th national secondary science curriculum and classroom practices to collect the basic data for developing secondary science program focusing on creative problem-solving ability. The creative problem-solving ability was conceptualized as an active process of producing new solutions to problems and consisted of five components: general knowledge, domain-specific knowledge, motivation, divergent thinking and critical thinking. The research questions were generated as follows: (1) Whether creative problem-solving elements-domain specific knowledge(declarative knowledge and inquiry methods) were included or not in the 6th secondary science curriculum, textbooks and teacher's guide? If so, how are they represented? (2) Whether the teachers tried to enhance divergent and critical thinking of their students. Through content analyses, observations and interviews, these research questions were answered as follows: (1) Inquiry methods, which are important to develop creative problem-solving abilities in science, were underestimated in comparison with declarative knowledge. In other words. inquiry methods were regarded only as tools to understand the scientific concepts and principles. (2) It was hard to find the situations which teachers provided opportunities for divergent and critical thinking to their students. Based on these results, the followings were recommended: (1) Inquiry methods should be regarded as a goal not as a tool and be used to acquire inquiry methods themselves. (2) Teachers should not stick to the prescribed inquiry methods prescribed in the textbook, but to give opportunities for thinking various kinds of inquiry methods to improve divergent and critical thinking.

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