Trend Analysis of Research on AI in Earth Science Education published in Korean and International Journals

신명경,김은정 한국지구과학회 2025 한국지구과학회지 Vol.46 No.4

This study investigated the current research trends related to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) intoscience education by analyzing 106 domestic and international research papers published between 2020 and 2025. Theanalysis categorized the studies according to research stage, topic, methodology, educational subject, and keywordfrequency. The results indicate that most research is conceptual and theoretical, focusing on understanding the role of AIand developing educational materials, with limited large-scale empirical or curriculum integration studies. Research ismethodologically early stage, predominantly design-based, and exploratory, with a notable lack of studies addressingexpanded applications and long-term impacts. Curriculum development is active but incomplete; while AI technologyadvances rapidly, it often outpaces pedagogical adaptation. Teachers and students’ readiness for AI integration has beenidentified as a critical gap in emerging training models. Additionally, research on Earth Science Education in the contextof AI remains sparse. These findings highlight the need for more comprehensive, empirical, and application-focusedresearch to effectively incorporate AI into science education across all disciplines.

영재프로그램을 통한 영재학생의 과학실험설계 변화 분석

신명경,여상인,권경필,이규호,최선영,송희경 경인교육대학교 과학교육연구소 2012 과학교육논총 Vol.25 No.-

The purpose of science program for the gifted would change the participants in many ways. In addressing concern for educating the gifted in science toward achieving objectives of fostering their research skill, its elements can be explored and discussed with admitting that various methodologies and features coexist in the name of scientific research. This study explored salient features of changes after the gifted participated 1 year long program in terms of their experimental designing. A Diet Cola Test (DCT) (Fowler, 1990) for digging into science process skills as an element of research skills were administered to 45 elementary students in 4th to 5thgrade and 17 middle school students who enrolled the gifted education center in Keiyang gu before and after the gifted program. We found a significant changes in most of the elements of experiment designing.

초등학교 과학 현장개선연구의 탐색 : 수업담화유형분석을 중심으로

신명경 仁川敎育大學校 科學敎育硏究所 2006 과학교육논총 Vol.19 No.-

The purpose of this study was to explore how elementary science classes could be identified in terms of classroom discourse, student attitude toward science and science classes as well as student perception of their learning environment. A 4th graders' science class was videotaped for this study and two questionnaires for student attitude and perceptions were administered to them. By means of these findings, a classroom teacher can clarify his needs of changing classes and find a direction and topics of his own action research for implementing classroom reform. Discourse pattern analysis as well as student perception on learning environment has been great tools to examine science classes in recent research with regard to secondary science education. This study explored descriptively the potential of them in the context of elementary science education. Starting with one case of elementary science classes, further research would be followed to establish various aspects in elementary school science.

예비초등교사들의 과학 수업에의 자기탐구적 과학 글쓰기(Science Writing Heuristic) 적용

신명경 仁川敎育大學校 科學敎育硏究所 2008 과학교육논총 Vol.21 No.-

This article explores the potential use of Science Writing Heuristic(SWH) provided as scaffolding in science class focusing on practicing scientific inquiry. In Science Methods course for pre-service elementary teachers, SWH was used in working with elementary level science inquiries. I explored how SWH worked for facilitating students' inquiry and making their own claims. This study tried to view and explore SWH focusing not on a part of 'writing' but 'heuristic'. In that context I tried to compare SWH to scaffolding as emphasizing its function of making science class move toward 'scientific practice' away from following the given experiment direction of teachers or textbook.

과학탐구의 핸즈온 활동 내용, 사고 활동 내용, 논리적 구조 측면에서의 초등 과학 교과서 분석 : 지구와 우주 영역의 사례

신명경,이수정 이화여자대학교 사범대학 교과교육연구소 2013 교과교육학연구 Vol.17 No.4

본 연구는 2007개정 교육과정에 의해 개발된 3학년에서 6학년 과학 교과서 지구와 우주영역에서 탐구 활동의 핸즈 온 활동(hands-onactivity) 내용, 사고활동(minds-onactivity) 내용 및 논리적 구조가 어떻게 제시되고 있는지 분석하여 교과서에서 과학탐구 활동이 교육과정의 목표를 달성하는 데 적합하게 구성되었는지 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 문헌조사 및 선행 연구 검토과정을 거쳐 과학탐구 활동을 분석하였다. 즉, 탐구의 핸즈 온 활동내용 및 사고활동 내용을 우선 정리하고 논리적 구조가 어떻게 분류․ 제시되는지를 분석하였다. 이를 위해 다양한 선행 연구에서의 탐구 활동 분석연구에서 제안한 분석틀을 사용하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 핸즈 온 활동 내용은 주제별로, 그리고 학년별로 고르게 분배되어 있음을 알 수 있었다. 반면에 사고활동 내용 측면에서는 ‘자료에 대해 가능한 설명제안하기’의 비중이 적었음을 알게 되었다. 이는 학생들이 교과서에 제시된 탐구 과정을 그대로 따라 하도록 하는 경우가 상당히 많았음을 의미한다. 마지막으로 논리적 구조를 분석한 결과 ‘질문이나 예상을 하고 나서 자료를 수집하는 논리적 구조’는 6학년에서만 높은 비중(91.6%)을 차지하는 것으로 나타나고 있다. 이는 탐구 활동에서의 논리적 구조가 미래 교과서 개발에서 고려되어야 함을 암시한다. 또한 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 과학적 학생 탐구라는 목적에 걸맞도록 과학적 추론과 사고를 지향점으로 하는 교과서의 변화 방향에 대해서도 논의하였다. This research intended to analyze the inquiry activities of the area of earth and space in Science textbooks from the third grade to the sixth grade, developed by the revised 2007 curriculum, examine scientific inquiry activities of textbooks are suitably organized for achieving the purposes of curriculum. To achieve them, it was analyzed how hands-on activity contents, minds-on activity contents and logical structure are by means of a framework suggested by analyzing scientific activities through previous literature reviews. Based on the findings, the hands-on activity contents were evenly distributed throughout the grades and topics. On the other hand, minds-on activity contents involving students in initiating their own inquiry and manipulating their own thinking were rarely found, which means that the proportion of ‘suggestion of the explanation which is possible for materials’ was low in the given textbooks. The logical structure of inquiry activities was only found in 6th grade among 3rd to 6th textbooks. That is, ‘logical structure gathering materials after questions and expectation’ showed 91.6% in the 6th grade. It implies that logical structure of inquiry activities should be considered in future elementary science textbooks. It was also discussed based on the findings how the textbook needed to be changed in order to purchase scientific reasoning and thinking which is the goal of science inquiry.

교사전문성 개발 프로그램 과정을 통한 과학교사의 변화

신명경 朝鮮大學校 師範大學 附設 敎科敎育硏究所 2004 敎科敎育硏究 Vol.25 No.1

이 연구는 Iowa Chautauqua 여름 워크삽(rCP)에 참석한 한국과학교사의 교수법 변화를 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 하였다. ICP는 다년간 진행되어 온 과학교사의 전문성 개발과 수업 개혁을 위한 과정으로 과학 교수와 학습에 효과적이다. 또한 이 프로그램은 미국의 교육부에서 인정한 Iwoa 중등학교 과학 교수와 학습의 향상을 위한 프로그램으로 National Diffusion Network을 통하여 미국 전역에 보급되었다. 2000년도 ICP에 참여한 한국 과학 교사 7명이 자원하여 연구에 참여하였다. 체계화되고 잘 조직된 교사교육 프로그램은 교사의 바람직한 변화를 유도할 수 있다. ICP는 구성주의 관점에서 참여 과학교사들에게 교수와 학습의 향상을 위하여 다양한 방법들이 제공되었고, 그러한 경험들을 교사의 현장 실행에 적용시킬 수 있도록 실질적이고 구체적인 노력을 하였다. 교사의 교실 실행과 과학교 육연구가와의 상호협동적 연구는 과학교수와 학습에 있어서 실질적인 변화를 이끌었다.

Diet Cola Test를 이용한 영재아의 실험설계 분석

신명경,여상인,최선영,송화경 仁川敎育大學校 科學敎育硏究所 2011 과학교육논총 Vol.24 No.-

예비초등교사들의 과학영재교육에 대한 인식

신명경 한국과학영재교육학회 2022 과학영재교육 Vol.14 No.2

This study aims to explore how pre-service elementary teachers perceive the science gifted education. Teachers’ perceptions of students impact their decision on how they practice instruction in their classrooms. The issue of how to respond to the gifted students’ various academic needs within academically diverse classrooms is one of the central challenges of teaching. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of undergraduate- elementary education majors at an elementary teacher education university. The 49 pre-service teachers who enrolled in the science gifted education course were involved in the survey. According to the finding of this survey, pre-service elementary teachers perceived that an effective way to identify gifted students is hardly to look for students with the highest grades. They depicted that in teaching gifted students, all students won’t need to use the same processes and don’t have to generate the same projects as well. They have a quite proper attitudes towards the science gifted education in general. However the pre-service teachers showed low confidence in teaching the science gifted students. The implications of the study concerning needs of gifted elementary teachers were discussed. 본 연구는 예비초등교사들이 과학영재교육을 어떻게 인식하고 있는지를 알아보고자 하는 데 목적이 있다. 교사의 학생에 대한 인식은 교실에서 그들의 교수 실행에 대한 의사결정에 영향을 미친다. 영재학생들의 다양한 학문적 수요에 어떻게 대응하는가라는 이슈는 교수의 주요 쟁점이 된다. 본 연구의 목적은 교육대학교의 학부생인 예비초등교사들의 과학영재수업에 대한 인식을 탐색하는 것이다. 과학영재교육 강의에 참여한 49명의 예비교사들이 본 조사에 참여하였다. 연구 결과 예비초등교사들은 학교에서 우수한 성적을 내지 않은 학생이어도 영재학생일 수 있다고 생각하거나, 영재학생들에게 일제수업을 제시하는 것이 비효율적이라고 생각하는 등 과학영재교육에 대한 적절한 태도를 가지고 있다고 볼 수 있었다. 그러나 스스로가 영재교육 수행에 대해 자신감이 낮다고 인식하고 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 통해 영재초등교사 교육의 수요에 대해서도 논의할 수 있었다.

이원조의 현실주의 문학관

신명경 동아대학교 1992 국어국문학 Vol.11 No.-

A Study of Visitor Behavior in Informal Learning Setting: A Natural History Museum

신명경,김찬종,이창진 한국지구과학회 2004 한국지구과학회지 Vol.25 No.3

This study was designed to determine whether visitor behavior at science museums differs across various exhibit styles and between Family and Non Family groups. Eight exhibits in the natural history sections of the national science museum located in Daejeon were identified to have distinctive characteristics and styles. At each selected exhibit, visitor behavior was observed for an hour. An average of eighty people stopped by each exhibit. Descriptive analyses of visitors behaviors showed that: 1) families spent more time than non-family visitors; 2) families paid more attention to exhibits, for instance, they talked and commented about the exhibits; 3) exhibit characteristics related to holding power and attention span; 4) families more frequently visited exhibits related to school curriculum rather than ones that looked attractive, fun or novel. Visitors did not play with sensory simulation types of exhibits as much as expected. This implicates that exhibit style does not guarantee long visitors holding time and attracting power. Non-significant results are explained in terms of environmental and exhibit-related factors. Several potential factors including visitor factors, setting factors, and exhibit factors are discussed and explored with topics proposed for future study.