Development and Application of the Educational Program to Increase High School Students' Systems Thinking Skills - Focus on Global Warming -

Abstract

The purposes of this study are: (1) to develop educational program designed to improve high school students' knowledge integration and their system thinking skills about global warming and (2) to identify the change of students' system thinking level. The developed program was implemented to twenty seven high school students, and six students grouped into three highs and three lows in their performance were selected to analyze their level of system thinking. The word association, casual map and drawing were used to measure and identify any significant change. As a result, the low level system thinking group improved their system thinking skills for global warming and the earth and sub-systems after the intervention. However, participants' misconception remained the same. And the high level systems thinking group showed more organize system thinking skills about a global warming topic. It is suggested that more educational programs be developed on various topics in order for high school students to improve their systems thinking skills as well as knowledge integration of earth systems and earth environment in school curriculum.

Development of a Climate Change SSIBL-STEAM Program Aligned to the National Curriculum for SSI Elementary School in Korea

“…However, it has been a very small part of the curriculum, and its importance was often underestimated until 2015 when the revised national science curriculum integrated the concepts of global warming and climate change across ten curriculum subjects, including science, society, ethics, and geography (MOE, 2015). This change has resulted in many climate change education programs being conducted in various contexts, including out-of-school programs (e.g., Lee et al, 2011), creative experiential activities (e.g., Park & Kim, 2020;, and as part of the Grade 7 "free" semester system in which students can engage in in-depth investigation about a topic without traditional evaluations (Kim, H. B. et al, 2015). However, programs designed for regular school classrooms have been relatively rarer than for the after-school or short-term activity context.…”

Characterizing Undergraduate Students’ Systems-Thinking Skills through Agent-Based Modeling Simulation

“…Therefore, developing systems-thinking skills in grades K-12 and higher education settings is essential. Several researchers have previously focused on the early development of these skills in K-12 settings [16][17][18][19][20].…”

The Development and Application of STEAM Education Program based on Systems Thinking for High School Students

“…. (Ben-Zvi Assaraf & Orion, 2005a, 2005b, 2010a, 2010bKali, Orion & Eylon, 2003;Kim & Kim, 2002;Sohn, 1995 (Ben-Zvi Assaraf & Orion, 2005a, 2005b, 2010a, 2010bKali, Orion & Eylon, 2003;Kim & Kim, 2002;Sohn, 1995) Meadows, 2008;O'Connor & McDermott, 1997;Senge, 1996Senge, , 2012 (Im & Lee, 2014;Kwon et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2011;Lee & Kim, 2009;Moon et al, 2004; (Ben-Zvi Assaraf & Orion, 2005a, 2005b, 2010a, 2010bKali, Orion & Eylon, 2003).…”

“…시스템 사고를 측정하는 검사 도구는 Lee, Kwon, Park, & Lee(2013) 이 개발하고 Lee & Lee(2013)가 고등학생을 대상으로 타당도를 재검 사한 도구를 활용하였다. 시스템 사고를 검사하기 위한 도구의 경우 기존에는 인과지도 작성과 같은 질적인 도구가 대부분이기 때문에(Ben-Zvi Assaraf & Orion, 2005a, 2005b, 2010a, 2010bKali, Orion & Eylon, 2003; Lee & Kim, 2005;Lee et al, 2011) 많은 수의 학습자 를 대상으로 연구하기에는 무리가 있고 관련 연구 영역의 확장에도 한계가 있었다. 하지만 학생들의 시스템 사고를 체계적으로 확인할 수 있는 양적 검사지가 개발되었고 이 연구에서는 해당 검사지를 투입 하여 분석하였다.…”