메이커 교육 프로그램이 초등 예비교사의 창의적 문제해결력에 미치는 효과

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to verify the effects of maker education programs on the creative problem-solving ability of preservice elementary teachers. For such purpose, maker education program for preservice elementary teachers was developed, and its effect was verified by applying such program. The development of the maker education program was carried out in the preparation, development, and improvement steps, and the verification of its effect was carried out by applying the pretest-posttest design with a single group targeting 20 preservice elementary teachers in their freshman year. The collected data were analyzed by conducting a matching sample t-test at a significance level below .05. The results of the study were as follows. First, maker education program was developed through Make A Thon using artificial intelligence and IoT robot under the subject of ‘Build a device that improves inconvenience in life!’ It was developed as a 15-hour education program, and the program was designed to cultivate creative problem-solving ability through pre-tinkering including basic learning activities of artificial intelligence and IoT robots and Make A Thon activities allowing preservice elementary teachers to discover inconvenient problems in life and find solutions to create devices. Second, the developed maker education program showed a statistically significant effect on improving the creative problem-solving ability of preservice elementary teachers. Third, the developed maker education program had a statistically significant effect on all sub-factors of creative problem-solving ability of preservice elementary teachers including problem discovery and analysis, idea generation, action planning, execution, persuasion, and communication.