로봇은 미래 사회에서 산업현장 뿐만 아니라, 일상적인 삶에서도 매우 큰 영향을 발휘할 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 첨단기술로 인한 미래사회의 큰 변화 속에서 미래 삶의 주역이 될 학생들은 로봇을 더 잘 이해하고 더 가까이 하는 생활을 경험해야 할 필요성이 있다.
본 연구의 목적은 초등학교에서 실기위주의 로봇활동수업을 담당하고 있는 방과후학교 로봇 지도교사의 로봇교육 전반에 대한 인식 조사를 통해 로봇교육의 의의, 로봇교육의 대상, 로봇교육의 현황, 교사 연수, 교사의 현재 능력, 로봇 대회, 선호하는 로봇교육의 자료 및 내용, 이상적 근무 여건 등을 살펴보고 더 나아가 미래지향적 로봇교육 발전을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하는 데 있다. 전반적인 로봇교육 현황에 대한 현직교사의 인식조사 연구는 있지만 방과후학교 로봇 지도교사의 인식 조사에 대한 연구는 거의 없는 실정이다.
서울 및 경기도 소재 방과후학교에서 로봇교육을 담당하고 있는 183명의 지도교사를 대상으로 로봇교육 현황에 대한 인식 설문조사를 실시해서 초등 현직교사의 인식조사와 비교해 보았다.
정규 교육과정 속에서 다루고 있지 않는 로봇 조립 및 컴퓨터 프로그래밍 과정 등을 담당하고 있는 방과후학교 지도교사의 로봇교육 인식에 대한 분석 기초 자료는 초등 로봇교육 내실화 및 로봇의 생활화에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.
The purpose of study is to examine the present condition of robot education (education target, education place, class hour, working hour, etc), problems(the contest of robot, education condition, etc), satisfaction(working condition, self-accomplishment, etc), and demands(training, working condition) through cognition of after-school teachers being in charge of robot education. Though there is the study of present teachers' cognition survey about present condition of whole robot education, there's hardly any study about cognition survey of after-school teachers being in charge of mainly practical robot class.
Studied have been conducted on 183 after- school teachers teaching robot education in Seoul and Kyunggi Province and the results are followed:
First, both present teachers and after-school robot teachers see the necessity on introduction of robot education in elementary curriculum. There are different perspectives between homeroom teachers and after-school teachers on the reason why we need robot education, the field we could expect to improve by learning robot education, techniques required to robot teachers, the ways of improving skills to make robots and the difficulties in teaching robot-making education in elementary schools.
Second, both present teachers and after-school robot teachers expect practical robot class was mainly accomplished in after school class, but they show different views for the kinds of robot tools and the most important activity to elementary students.
Third, after-school robot teachers expect robot education to begin from elementary school. They showed their opinion that robot seekers are better general students than gifted students. The classroom of robot education is better computer lab than science lab.
Forth, robot teachers chose teaching reward as the most satisfactory factor in robot education and change in students' attitudes, contribution to students after school education and teachers' self-realization follow next.
After-school robot teachers want to teach 5 days a week and 8~9 hours per week. They also want to teach as many school as possible and say it is appropriate to have 16~20 students in one class.
Sixth, they have high needs for teacher's training program of 15 hours and prefer private robot training center, robot research center or robot-making companies as training institutes. As for program contents, they want teaching method for elementary school. They want to get financial support for training from after-school agency or a local education department.
Although after-school robot teachers have several things on common with homeroom teachers, there are some differences. The basic comparison and analysis on the awareness of after-school robot teachers ,who are in charge of teaching robot assembling and computer programming which are not in regular elementary education curriculum, should insure substantiality for robot education.