농촌지역 초등학교 컴퓨터 교육의 분석 및 개선방안

Abstract

Our education system is based on a knowledge-focused society that demands creativity and diversity. It is constantly reforming and fluctuating to keep pace with the rapidly changing society that creates and contains knowledge and information. It meets the demands of the nation’s increasingly more competitive times by discovering learners’ talent and aptitude and developing their talents. Most importantly, computer application in all aspects of society spreads at a rapid pace following a technological advance. Also, most countries are making an effort to cultivate human resources and teach information in order to progress to an information-oriented society. The effort of our country is also from demands of the times. In reality, computer education, which is the basis of informatization, is disappearing in regular curriculums and is being taught only in after school programs. These programs cannot achieve results effectively because of backward school facilities and teachers’ lack of specialty. Also they lack connectivity with other subjects when transitioning from existing specialized private education institutes to the after school programs in public schools. This study is composed of contents centered curriculum for over 10 years, but it is difficult to follow the current trends. There are sequence and repetition problems, problems with the lack of connectivity with other subjects, and problems with focusing on only acquiring techniques and not on creative development programs. This study focuses on the operation status of computer education in the education system’s after school programs and discusses problems with these programs. Also, it suggests an improvement plan for elementary school computer education according to research on what the effective education method for increasing students’ computer application ability is. Suggestion of improvement plan: First, most computer education in elementary school consists of after school programs, so information communication education should be required for one hour per week. Second, exclusive teachers are needed for better quality computer education. Third, training is necessary for teachers who teach a computer class. Forth, computer education must be followed by developing and disseminating computer textbooks. Previously, schools have used illegal education software, but this is improving with the effort of schools and offices of education. Fifth, the gap between student’s computer ability should be narrowed.