Effects of Astronomical STEAM Program Using Co-teaching on Self-Directed Learning Attitude of Elementary Science Gifted Students

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(electronic edition) 천문 STEAM 프로그램에서 코티칭의 활용이 초등과학 영재학생의 자기주도적 학습 태도에 미치는 효과 손준호 1 ·김종희 2, * ·김영곤 3 1 서일초등학교, 500-815, 광주광역시 북구 설죽로 590 2 전남대학교 지구과학교육과, 500-757, 광주광역시 북구 용봉로 77 3 교육부, 339-012, 세종특별자치시 갈매로 408 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of astronomical STEAM program using co-teaching on self-directed learning attitude. For this purpose, we developed an astronomical STEAM program and applied it to elementary science gifted students. Thirty six, 5 th and 6 th grade elementary science gifted students were participated in this study in total having 16 students in experimental group and 20 students in control group. The results were described as follows. First, astronomical STEAM program using co-teaching was effective in improving self-directed learning attitude. Second, the program was effective in improving participants' openness to learning opportunities and problem-solving. Third, students were satisfied with the co-teaching that provided ample feedbacks and detailed explanations, and teachers perceived that co-teaching was helpful to overcome a lack of professional knowledge, and to solve difficulties of evaluation and preparing teaching materials for STEAM classes. With findings, we discussed implications for co-teaching of STEAM lessons to improve students' self-directed learning attitude at the end of paper. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.