웨어러블 장치를 제작하는 메이커 교육 프로그램 적용이 과학에 대한 태도와 창의적 문제해결력에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives In this study, to solve the social problem of safety accidents, a maker education program to manufacture wearable devices in connection with science subjects was designed, and through this, the effect of elementary school students on science attitude and creative problem solving ability was investigated.
 Methods As research subjects, this study selected a total of 36 six-graders from an elementary school located in S City, 19 male students and 17 female students, and conducted an education program that help them produce wearable devices for the prevention of safety-related disasters and explored changes in their attitude toward science and creative problem-solving ability.
 Results The results of this study can be summarized as follows; Firstly, as for the students’ attitude toward science, there were significant improvements found in some subcategories, such as social meaning of science, attitude toward scientific inquiry, application of attitude toward science, science leisure activity and pleasure of science class. However, in the career-related subcategories, such as awareness of scientists and preference for science-related jobs, there was no significant improvement found at all, so this study found it necessary to supplement the program. Secondly, as for the students’ creative problem-solving ability, there were significant improvements found in all the subcategories. This finding indicates that all the activities from drawing ideas to designing a wearable device had positive effect on their creativity. Besides, this study also discovered positive responses from the students in terms of class satisfaction, interest and participation.
 Conclusions Through this, it is necessary to pursue the revitalization of maker-related convergence education in the future education field, and to consider linking with various subjects.