초등교사의 가상현실(VR) 스포츠실 운영 경험 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find a way to increase the educational utilization of School Virtual Reality (VR) Sports classroom in primary school. The research questions of this study are: First, what are the experiences of primary school teachers regarding the operation of the VR sports classroom? Second, what are the educational effects and limitations of the VR sports classroom in students learning recognized by the teachers. To this end, qualitative research methods were applied to analyze those research topics and in-depth interviews were conducted with teachers in four primary schools that operate virtual reality classrooms. The results for each research question are followed. First, the primary school teachers who participated in the study thought that the activities of the students in the VR sports classroom have a positive influence on the students through the experiences of operating it. Second, the teachers thought it was difficult to secure budgets and spaces for the VR sports classroom but educational effects, such as motivation and interests of physical activity had been increased through the VR sports classroom activities. For the improvement of the VR sports classroom practices in primary schools, the central platform is highly needed along with the capacity building of VR sports class teachers with the strong support from the education ministries. If so, it will be used as a convergence education as well as physical education in primary school