The purposes of this study were to identify the significance level of goals and curriculum contents of technology education subject as perceived by the technology teachers of middle schools in Seoul. The data were collected by questionnaires from 90 m...
The purposes of this study were to identify the significance level of goals and curriculum contents of technology education subject as perceived by the technology teachers of middle schools in Seoul. The data were collected by questionnaires from 90 middle schools, analyzed by SPSSWIN 10.0 program. The major findings of this study were as follows:
① Level agreed of technology education goals were shown 3.78 as a whole, and the highest level of agreed goals were to understand the social development owing to development of technology. ② As a whole, the highest significance level of goals were to have quest experiences for their technology related career and self-discovery and to improve abilities to apply lots of information in selecting career. ③ The level agreed in curriculum contents were shown 3.69, and the highest level agreed in contents were to have knowledge about the advanced technology influences upon human race, environments, and civilization. ④ The highest significance level technology teachers consider the knowledge about the advanced technology influences upon human race, environments, and civilization as the most provision among lots of education contents. On the contrary, according to teachers majors, the significance levels of the technology courses goals and the education contents were shown differently, namely, the teachers who majored in technology, the teachers who studied technology as a minor or majored in different subjects have different views on the technology study respectively.