부산 시내 고등학교 1학년 학생의 생물학 교과에 대한 흥미도 비교 연구

Abstract

In the 21st century, the influence of scientific technology is getting bigger and so is the importance of scientific learning. And, in many studies, it was reported that the degree of interest is influencing scientific learning. Thus, the goal of this study is to help teachers in middle and high schools to establish more efficient teaching and studying plans by investigating the levels of interest of the students in the first grade of high schools living in Busan on biology. In order to analyze the levels of interest, a questionnaire of 35 questions were asked to 575 students(336 boys and 239 girls) in the first grade of 7 high schools in Busan and the answers were examined using the Likert Scale. The result of the study is as follows": The level of interest of the first grade high school students as a whole in biology is 3.01 in average, which is a normal level. The question for which the interest was the highest was one of the questions in the Evolution Lesson, "Have creatures been really evolving?" and that with the least interest was one in the Plant Lesson, "What are the differences between the structures of the trunks of balsam and corn?". As to the degree of interest on biology by sex, it showed that the degree of interest of the boys, 3.07, was higher than that of the girls, 2.97. And, in the difference of the level of interest on biology by series of schools, the level of the science high schools was turned out to be the highest scoring 3.59 while that of the vocational high schools was the lowest, scoring 2.62. Finally, as to the difference of the level of interest on biology depending on exterior factors, high income of the parents on education of their children had almost no influence on the interest of the students on biology. Through this study, we suggested that there is a necessity to develop a variety of educational programs at the level of the city in order to increase the level of interest of the high school students in Busan as a whole on biology. In order to induce interest especially on the Plant Lesson, we concluded that learning centered on experiences rather than theory has to be planned and, in order to increase the level of interest of girls on biology, collaboration learning programs such as tasks by team should be designed. And, further studies on other factors which have influence on the level of interest on biology may also be needed.