Liberal Arts Subjects Research Articles

Development of a Balanced Liberal Arts Subject, ‘Book and Video Curation for the Growth of College Students’

The purpose of this study is to develop ‘Book and Video Curation for the Growth of College Students’ as a subject within the field of balanced liberal arts area. Students of today's generation live in a busy environment where it is not easy for them to find and read recognized classics or to see visual versions of these works on their own. They are aware of the need, but it is all too easy for such classics to be deprioritized, and it is also difficult for students to judge and gauge what a good book is as opposed to one that is a “must-read.” In this context, this study is related to developing a book-and video-based liberal arts curriculum that can help college students develop their thinking skills and their academic capabilities from a holistic perspective. To this end, from 2023 to 2024, screen-selling works, books in curation and liberal arts subjects, and video-related journals were surveyed online from various angles, focusing on Google and Riss. The collected data were summarized and reflected in related prior research, research methods, and research results. Through this study, we hope that college students will be able to have a meaningful time reading their chosen books, reconfirming the work’s message through video, and developing the wherewithal to reflect upon and put into practice what they have learned.

대학생 대상 감성지능을 활용한 교양교과목 운영의 효과

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of emotional intelligence-based liberal arts subjects for college students. The subjects of the study were 20 college students attending S University located in Chungcheongbuk-do who took the liberal arts elective class “Relationships and Communication” in the first semester of the 24th year. Analysis was done with T-test using SPSS 25.0. Looking at the research results, as a result of the effectiveness analysis, understanding of one's own emotions, understanding of others' emotions, use of emotions, student-student relationship, self-efficacy, and emotion regulation were significantly improved, indicating the effectiveness of an emotional intelligence-based liberal arts subject. This study showed that university liberal arts courses need to be evaluated in accordance with the needs of the students, the horizontal relationship between the instructor and the students, and the characteristics of the course. It is suggested that various studies be conducted in the future on the application of emotional intelligence in university liberal arts courses.

Innovation Plan of Liberal Arts Education for the Cultivation of Future Convergence Talent

In this article, we looked at what changes liberal arts education should seek to cultivate future convergent talents. If major education performs the function of problem-solving, liberal arts education should be able to diagnose problems in our lives and cultivate basic academic and academic skills that are the basis for problem-solving. In order to cultivate future convergent talents, liberal arts education at universities should seek the following changes.</br>First, a convergence liberal arts curriculum should be designed. It is necessary to design and operate a thematic convergence curriculum that fits the goals of each university by utilizing the various infrastructure of the liberal arts curriculum.</br>Second, it is necessary to seek changes in the operation of liberal arts subjects through the identity of liberal arts education. Liberal arts and liberal arts education are about cultivating both knowledge and practice. Based on the performance of liberal arts education, changes should be made to the instructors in charge of liberal arts education, teaching and learning, educational evaluation, lecture size, and lecture evaluation.</br>Third, support from the Ministry of Education is needed. Liberal arts education consists of common basic studies with liberal arts ranging from humanities, society and nature. If students are compared to one tree, support for liberal arts (basic studies), which are the basis of student growth, is needed in the entire structure of ‘root-culture’, ‘flower-major’, and ‘fruit-self-achievement’ (employment, etc.).</br>Universities must bridge the gap between knowing and living. In order for universities to perform the function of fostering future convergent talents, majors and liberal arts must coexist. It is important to solve a problem, but you must be able to diagnose the problem beforehand, and the foundation for solving the problem must be solid. Liberal arts education should design a convergence curriculum to cultivate future convergent talents and operate the curriculum in accordance with the identity of liberal arts education. In order to successfully carry this out, the support of the Ministry of Education is urgently needed.

플립러닝 교수법의 대학강의 적용에 대한 자문화기술지

Through autoethnography, this study conducted the process of transforming the stories of 'myself' experienced while applying the flipped learning teaching method liberal arts and food service majors at university . Through this process, I reflected on personal experience in a CLAC course and provided insight into its educational meaning and value. With this knowledge, this study focused on 'Pursuit of Flipped Learning Teaching Method', 'Performance of Flipped Learning Teaching Method', and 'Reflection on Flipped Learning Teaching Method' as an autobiographical participation timeline in the flipped learning teaching experience. In liberal arts and food service major classes , the jump learning teaching method was noted to improve battery thinking, problem solving, self-directed learning ability, resilience, capacity building, and cooperative learning. Development of an 'industry-academia-linked flipped learning teaching method' is needed to strengthen the cooperative technical skills and capabilities of food service majors, where improvement is only needed in actual field and scale. Furthermore, it is necessary to develop a flipped learning teaching model that includes strengthening basic learning skills for students who lack basic learning in liberal arts subjects.

Early STEAM Education Practice: Application of Graph Theory through Teaching Assistants

In the age of Society 5.0, which is the concept of a future society developed by the Japanese government, science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) human resources with the skills to grasp things from multiple perspectives and solve problems will be required. Furthermore, Society 5.0 indicates that the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) will become the STEAM center for elementary and junior high school students, as part of the efforts to establish a system that supports STEAM education. Since 2019, we have practiced STEAM education as part of “Liberal Arts Special Lectures” for 4th-year students of the main course (1st year of the undergraduate course). In these lectures, the teachers of liberal arts subjects present themes using their specialties, such as mathematics, debate, and economics. Collaborative learning between students from various departments led them to deep learning, which was a fusion of knowledge and creation. However, there are few opportunities to give back to society, particularly a platform to disseminate the acquired mathematics ability. Therefore, we aim to realize early STEAM education and give back to society by creating STEAM teaching materials on graph theory in open courses for junior high school students between the ages of 13 and 15 with help from teaching assistants who studied graph theory in the liberal arts special lectures. Moreover, through a course on graph theory, the course will not only arouse students' interest in mathematics, but also provide them with clues to develop their multifaceted ideas. Keywords: society 5.0, graph theory, open course for junior high school students, teaching assistants, liberal arts special lecture

대학 교양수업에서 학습자 중심의 팀기반 학습 경험

Objectives The purposes of this study were to explores the experiences that learners who participate in team-based learning experience during the learning process, examines the learners' experiences in team-based learning in a contextual setting through a qualitative approach, and seeks educational reflection and implications. Methods For this purpose, this study was conducted on 94 college students who participated in liberal arts classes. To achieve the purpose of the study, first, team-based learning was designed by selecting a ‘pedagogy-based lib-eral arts’ subject. Second, after analyzing the content covered in the selected subject, the instructor's lecture on the learning topic was conducted in advance in the first half of each lesson, and students studied individually through lectures on the learning topic. After watching various learning materials related to the learning topic, team-based learning related to the learning content was applied. Third, we analyzed individual and team activity sheets, study notes for each session, and reflection logs written by learners before and after learning. The response sheets used in the analysis were all qualitative data collected through classes, and were analyzed through the inter-action of categorization, coding, structuring, and interpretation during the data analysis process. Results In terms of learning motivation from the results of this study, first, the motivation for taking the course was participation due to obligation, accidental choice, and unclear expectations due to the nature of liberal arts subjects, and second, the topic and content of learning were based on their own real-life usefulness and career-related topics. Third, actively apply the cognitive information acquired through participation in learning to solve life problems. Fourth, setting learning goals shows educationally important information and context for converting extrinsic motivation into intrinsic motivation. In terms of cognition, learners showed the highest cognitive factors in motivation to take the course, personal learning goals, and learner needs. In terms of interaction, in the process of participating in team-based learning, learners placed first, the attitude of participants, including communication, participation, and courtesy among team members, as the most important, and second, they meaningfully experienced positive experi-ences and emotional support. In terms of teaching and learning, positive experiences such as self-expression, dis-cussion and presentation, initiative, and overcoming presentation anxiety were recognized through participation in team learning. On the other hand, negative aspects could act as a hindrance to positive interactions between team members. In particular, to overcome these obstacles in the early stages of learning, multifaceted efforts were need-ed, such as clear motivation, setting learning goals, setting learning content that suits the learner's needs and inter-ests, emotional support from the instructor, effective learning support materials, and evaluation plans. Conclusions Through this study, it can be seen that, due to the nature of the learning process in team-based classes where learners' interaction is the center, more active and interactive communication and voluntary and proactive participation are required than previous learning experiences.To achieve this, active and flexible re-sponses will be needed to improve the anxiety and dissatisfaction that learners may feel. Through this, the charac-teristics and diversity of individual learners can be mutually recognized and accepted at the beginning of learning, the strengths of team-based learning of emotional support and consideration through interaction between team members can be effectively demonstrated, and learners' expectations and demands for participation in learning can be improved.

텍스트마이닝 기반 데이터분석을 통한 전문대학 교양교과에 대한 사회적 담론과 현황이해

Objectives The purposes of this study, we seek to gain a macroscopic understanding of the social discourse and current status of liberal arts subjects in colleges in order to improve the quality and strengthen the liberal arts education in colleges.
 Methods To this end, ‘Big data’ was collected using the keywords of ‘junior college+liberal arts’ subjects appearing on the portal site, and data analysis was conducted using the liberal arts subject schedule of junior colleges in the Chungcheong and Gangwon regions as ‘retained data’. Keyword analysis, TF-IDF weight analysis, and network centrality analysis were performed in the big data analysis platform(TEXTOM), and CONCOR analysis was performed using the UCINET6.0 program.
 Results First, as a result of keyword analysis, keywords such as credits, graduation, and completion appeared in portal-collected big data, and in the case of retained data, keywords such as life, English, ability, and understanding were mainly found. Second, keywords with high TF-IDF values a ppeared in the order of ‘credits’, ‘bachelor’s degree’, ‘degree’, and ‘graduation’ in the case of portal-collected big data, and there appeared to be no difference in the case of retained data. Third, as a result of keyword centrality analysis, it was found that in the case of portal big data, ‘credit’ was out of the ranking in closeness centrality, and in the case of retained data, ‘English’ was found to be out of the ranking. Fourth, the clusters formed through CONCOR analysis were found to form two clusters for portal big data and four clusters for retained data.
 Conclusions Big data on liberal arts subjects at colleges showed that social discourse is being formed at a very formal level, such as basic materials related to bachelor's degrees, and the data shows that the nature of liberal arts subjects based on vocational fundamentals is still strong in the composition of subjects.

대학의 ESG 도입방안 연구

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for designing a sustainable curriculum by analyzing the curriculum of teacher education universities by using ESG literacy content elements as an analysis tool as a way to introduce ESG in universities. Methods This study was conducted using a literature study analyzing previous studies related to understanding ESG and extracted content elements necessary for cultivating ESG knowledge. Four teacher training universities were selected as the subjects of this study. To analyze the curriculum, we used the ‘2023 Curriculum’ provided on the websites of four teacher training colleges. In order to improve the validity of the study, four experts were interviewed to collect opinions on the validity of the analysis tool and the validity of the curriculum analysis results. Results First, the university's ESG education content elements were extracted by dividing them into environment (E), society (S), and governance (G). Second, as a result of analyzing the curriculum of the four teacher training col-leges, it was found that overall, the operation of the curriculum related to ESG understanding was very insufficient. Although it contains some content elements that are related to the E and S dimensions, the subjects of the G di-mension were found to be very insufficient. Third, as a way to include ESG understanding elements in the curricu-lum of teacher training colleges to improve the ESG capabilities of prospective teachers, it is necessary to include ESG content elements in major subjects rather than liberal arts subjects. Conclusions The significance of this study is to derive implications for curriculum operation by extracting ESG un-derstanding content elements of teacher training colleges for sustainable curriculum operation and analyzing the curriculum based on this. By improving the ESG understanding capacity of prospective teachers in the era of cli-mate crisis and environmental crisis, teachers at school will be able to contribute to sustainable school operation.

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

Development of the Convergent Liberal Arts Subject for Healing - Psychology in Literature -

학생 요구조사 기반 데이터 리터러시 교과목 개발 기초 연구: J대학 사례를 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to present a course development process and model that reflects the needs of students as learners along with a review of various literature in developing a course to cultivate data literacy capabilities required in the era of the 4th industrial big data. To this end, we looked at the case of J University's development of a data literacy liberal arts subject. In order to develop a data literacy subject, elements for deriving a teaching model were derived through an academic review of prior research, and based on this, a survey was conducted on the needs of students as learners for the elements. Through this, weekly class contents, teaching methods, teaching and learning methods, and class use media were derived to customize learners that can be applied to actual classes and to strengthen learner data literacy capabilities.

대학 융복합 교양교육의 운영개선을 위한 사례 연구

The purpose of this study is to explore ways to improve the operation of university convergence liberal arts education based on a case study of convergence liberal arts education at University A. A research method of in-depth interviews with professors who run convergence liberal arts courses was used, and experiences and opinions on convergence liberal arts education were collected and analyzed. Through this, we sought to develop more progressive convergence liberal arts subjects and explore ways to improve and support convergence liberal arts education. The study analyzed the characteristics and operating system of University A's convergence liberal arts education, the operating method and teaching methods of convergence subjects, and interactions with students, and sought ways to revitalize convergence liberal arts education. In conclusion, the need for a database of convergence materials and cases for instructors, a convergence education program for instructors, a regular opinion listening system for educational support, and efficient collaboration among instructors who discuss textbooks and teaching methods and participate in subject development together is presented.

Effectiveness of the ‘Untact Unification Education Program’ on the Leadership Development of Unification Awareness of MZ Generation : FGI

This study examines the unification awareness of the MZ generation and develops unification leadership. To extract data of detail, the study of the focus group interview (FGI) included a total of 12 students who took the course throughout the first and second semester of 2021. Necessary procedures were taken to prevent ethical breaches from study participants, and all data were categorized. Through a process of transcriptionAs a result of the study, a total of 12 subcategories with 30 concepts were derived from 4 areas of categories. Namely, research results, significance as a liberal arts subject, positive perception of unification, negative perception of unification, leadership cultivation through education and vision design (there are more than 4 categories listed). Through this study, a plan for unification education was derived and proposed to raise awareness of unification for the development of leadership competency.

Analysis of the Educational Effects Regarding the Use of ChatGPT in Compulsory Basic Coding Subjects

Computational thinking and basic coding education are recognized as essential competencies for living in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Therefore, there has been a recent trend in universities to expand the number of required general education classes dealing with basic coding and AI data analysis. Computational thinking and coding are unfamiliar fields to college freshmen, so they often find these fields of study difficult. In addition, there is a large variation in class understanding depending on the student's elementary, middle, and high school learning background, making it difficult to administer the course as a required liberal arts course. To solve these problems, instructors can consider introducing the ChatGPT service, an AI-generated chatbot. In this study, the effectiveness of ChatGPT was analyzed by applying ChatGPT to some classes in the compulsory liberal arts subject in computational thinking at S University in Seoul. Out of a total of 75 classes, 7 classes included the use of ChatGPT in the curriculum and actively utilized it, while the remaining 68 classes used the existing general method. An end-of-semester student survey was conducted, and 966 students participated in the survey. Following this, a t-test was performed to compare the differences in satisfaction and perception between the two groups. As a result of the analysis, this study confirmed that the classes that actively used ChatGPT brought about a positive perception among the students in terms of their satisfaction with the course and their awareness of ChatGPT use. Moreover, this study confirmed a statistically significant difference between the students’ perception and satisfaction with this chatbot. The use of ChatGPT in basic coding has positive aspects, but on the other hand, it may have a negative effect on developing one's capabilities as students become dependent on AI chatbots. In the future, there is a need to develop and operate a more systematic ChatGPT application curriculum and to analyze its effectiveness.

공유대학의 현황과 발전 방안 연구

The purpose of this study is to explore the current status and development plan for sharing of liberal arts courses in locally-based universities. Interviews were conducted with managers of 5 regions promoting the sharing of liberal arts subjects. Data related to the criteria for selecting liberal arts subjects, sharing methods, and student selection methods were determined. Additionally, FGI (Focus Group Interview) was conducted with 4 experts related to sharing liberal arts courses for suggesting development plans of liberal arts subject sharing of universities in local ares. As a result of the analysis, the subject tended to be selected by the professor in charge of the shared university, and the sharing method was mainly nonface-to-face and non-face-to-face mixed use. Lastly, as for the student selection method, each school sometimes limited the number of students, while others did not. This study is meaningful in suggesting implications such as subject selection, evaluation, and sharing methods for development plans when regional-based universities want to successfully promote liberal arts sharing in the future.

A Study on the Educational Needs and Perception of the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum

The purpose of this study is to explore the direction of reorganization of S University's liberal arts core curriculum by analyzing the educational needs assessment and perceptions of members inside and outside S University to foster “H+ future talents” with future capabilities to lead a diversifying society. To this end, a total of 234 internal and external members (teachers, students, graduates, and industries) of S University were surveyed on the educational needs assessment and perceptions of S University's liberal arts core curriculum. After combining the collected data with t-verification, Borich education needs, the Locus for Focus model, and frequency analysis, the current liberal arts core curriculum was reorganized in the order of ｢Computing Thinking and Coding｣, ｢Critical Reading and Writing｣, ｢EnglishⅠ(Listening & Speaking)｣, and ｢English II (Reading & Writing)｣. In addition, through a survey on the perception of the liberal arts core curriculum, the need for class options for Christian liberal arts subjects and classes by English level were confirmed. This study is meaningful in that it can be used as useful basic data for the reorganization of the liberal arts core curriculum of S University and can be a basis for the return of the direction of liberal arts education and the development of liberal arts subjects in the future.

A Study on the Operation of College Liberal Arts Education for the Improvement of Quantitative Reasoning Competency as Data Literacy

The goal of this study is to suggest the potential and significance of quantitative reasoning education as a college liberal arts program and to come up with methods to improve it. To do so, this study analyzed the case of <Quantitative Reasoning and Computational Thinking> at S National University, presenting its achievements, weaknesses, and improvement plans. From the first semester in 2020, <Quantitative Reasoning and Computational Thinking> at S National University has been offered as a semi-compulsory subject with the purpose of cultivating quantitative reasoning based on quantitative relationships and computational thinking for everyday algorithms. In the class, instructors refrain from using mere problem solving using mathematical and/or scientific formulas, and instead an activity-oriented learning approach is emphasized. This allows for the students to interpret quantitative data based on logical algorithms. According to a survey about this subject, most students were satisfied with its contents and reported that it had helped them solve problems creatively based on quantitative and computational thinking. Nevertheless, various problematic issues such as the low enrollment of students in the humanities and social sciences, the dualization of subject operation between classes, and the difficulty in securing lecturers, were raised. To address these issues, it is necessary for us to expand awareness among students that <Quantitative Reasoning and Computational Thinking> aims to promote thinking ability through the understanding and interpretation of quantitative data. Also, it is important that we have faculties that operate on a consistent basis, so that the courses offered are able to meet the goals of the subject. By applying these improvements, the effort to develop liberal arts subjects that enhance students’ data-driven scientific thinking should be continued.

대학의 인공지능․소프트웨어 교양교육 교과목 개발 연구

This study aims to develop AI․SW liberal arts subjects for university learners based on the analysis of learners' needs for artificial intelligence and software education. To analyze learners' educational needs, a survey was conducted on learners at A University. Based on the analysis, the AI․SW liberal arts subjects was designed to combine learning theory of artificial intelligence and Python practice. The theory of artificial intelligence focuses on the development process and service cases to increase the interest of learners. It helps learners explore ways to use artificial intelligence in their field. And Python practice is to create results by modifying the source code to reduce the burden of beginners. In the long term, it helps learners integrate artificial intelligence into their majors. This study presents basic research for a liberal arts curriculum that creates talents who can converge artificial intelligence in each academic field.

‘우수교양강의인증제’ 운영 사례 연구

The purpose of this study is to examine the implementation and improvement plans of the excellent liberal arts lecture certification system as a way to improve the lecture quality of liberal arts education. This is to enhance instructors' willingness to develop subjects by combining quantitative values (30%) of lecture evaluation results and qualitative evaluation of professors and students (70%) and discovering and sharing subjects that show outstanding improvement efforts. To this end, through a preliminary implementation plan in 2019, each contest was held in 2020 and 2021, and each of nine liberal arts subjects applied were reviewed and four subjects were selected. The subjects included 3 advanced liberal arts subjects, 1 personality subject in 2020, and 4 advanced liberal arts subjects in 2021. The subjects were certified for the next two years, and the instructors received rewards and certificates, and presented them as excellent cases at the instructor workshop to share teaching strategies and know-how. Through this study, it can be confirmed that it is important not only to select and discover excellent liberal arts lectures, but also to encourage and spread instructors' efforts to improve lectures.

지역 기반 대학의 교양 교과 공유 추진 사례 연구

This study was conducted as a basic study to review shared subjects and methods necessary for sharing liberal arts education by regional-based universities. It targeted liberal arts education courses at three universities in Chungbuk, which form a consensus on regional-based shared universities. In order to supplement the tribal curriculum with mutual strengths, the liberal arts curriculum of each university was compared and analyzed, and the strong and tribal curriculum were extracted and presented. In addition, the evaluation and method of sharing liberal arts were investigated through a survey on students' perceptions of sharing liberal arts subjects. As a result, students preferred the 'video recording method' as the sharing method of shared curriculum, and the 'Pass/Non-pass' method was selected by the most students as the evaluation method. This study is meaningful in suggesting implications for subject selection, evaluation, and sharing methods when regional-based universities promote cultural sharing in the future.