韓國高中科技教育的變遷

Transition of High School Technology Education in Republic of Korea

在南韓，科技教育是全國國定課程的科目之一。然而，高中科技教育仍然面臨了一些挑戰。韓國科技教育社群將克服這些挑戰列為優先事項。本研究的目標是檢視南韓高中科技教育的變遷。為達成此目標，本研究使用了韓國政府的「學校資訊系統」，並分析了忠清南道地區所有學校的課程文件。本研究蒐集並分析了2018至2020年的數據，用以了解高中科技教育的變遷。研究發現：（一）「科技與家政」科在共同選修科中佔比逐年減少；（二）職業選修科中，與科技教育有關的科目為「工程學入門」和「智慧財產入門」；這些科目大多在高中最後一年的專業課程中教授；高中科技教育在共同選修科中地位下降的趨勢相當明顯。韓國科技教育的專家應著力研究以提升高中科技教育在共同選修科中的佔比。此外，新設立的職業選修科有助於提升大家對高中科技教育的重視。未來的研究可進一步探究其他高中科技教育的傑出實例，並與其他科技教師分享。

Technology Education (TE) has been one of the national curriculum subjects in South Korea. However, TE in high school has faced several challenges. Overcoming these challenges has been a priority to the community of Korean Technology Education. The goal of this study was to examine a transitional status of Korean high school technology education in South Korea. To accomplish the goal, this study utilized the School Information System operated by Korean government and analyzed all school curriculum documents in Chungnam Province. Data from 2018 to 2020 were collected and analyzed for identifying transitional status of high school TE. The findings are as follows: 1) Technology and Home Economics as a general selective subject has been decreased yearly. 2) TE related subjects as a career selective subject are Introductory Engineering and Introductory Intellectual Property. These subjects have been largely implemented in the concentration of the final year of high school. High school TE has had a clear trend of losing the place as a general selective subject. Korean TE professions should pay attention to progressive strategies for increasing high school TE in the perspective of general selective subject. In addition, new career selective subjects can be a good chance to get more attention from others in terms of high school TE. Further studies are needed to develop good cases of high school TE and share with other technology teachers.