본 연구는 사회과 수업에서 문제해결 과정으로서 웹 자료 읽기를 통한 의미구성 과정에서 나타난 특징을 탐색하는 데에 있다. 이를 위해서 사회과 수업에서 웹 자료가 가지는 의의와 문제해결 과정으로서 웹 자료 읽기를 통한 의미구성 방안을 살펴보았다. 그리고 실제의 사회과 수업에서 문제해결 과정으로서 웹 자료 읽기는 수업의 어떤 차원에서 이루어지고, 의미구성은 어떻게 진행되며, 그 특징은 무엇인가를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 문제해결 과정으로서 웹 자료 읽기 수업은 교과내용에서 고려되는 지식에 기초해서, 실제의 사회문제를 집중적으로 탐구해 갔다. 그 과정은 ‘문제영역→문제확인→문제집중탐구→결론의 도달’이라는 문제해결의 절차를 따라 진행되었는데, 이 과정에서 학생들은 외시적 의미, 함축적 의미, 신화적 의미를 구성해 갔다. 이때 학생들은 찬반글쓰기나 토론과정에서 특정한 가치를 선택함에 있어서 인지적 혼란을 경험하지만, 오히려 그러한 인지적 혼란을 통하여 더 적극적이고 능동적으로 의미를 구성해 간다는 사실을 알 수 있었다.

The Construction of meaning through Web-based text reading as a process of problem solution on Social Studies Instruction Choi Byung Mo Korea National University of Education Park Gil Ja Major in Social Science Education Graduate School of Korea National University of Education This study is to find characteristics shown in the process of meaning construction through web-based text reading which is used as a process of problem solution in social study instruction. First, the meaning of web-based text will be discussed. Second, meaning construction through web-based text reading as a process of problem solution is examined, followed by characteristics found in real social study instruction in relation to the context of class of web-based materials and meaning construction as a process of problem solution. It is concluded that the context of class of web-based text reading is characterized as meaning construction, in which students understand social context through searching for real social problems, rather than searching for knowledge considered in the context of curriculum. The process of meaning construction follows a regular procedure of problem solution ‘problem area, checking problems, intensive searching for the problems, arriving at the conclusion'. In this process, students understand sociocultural context through the meaning construction of denotation, connotation, and myth. It is particularly found that students are involved in meaning construction more actively through writing about pros and cons and debating even though students experience some intellectual confusion by such activities.

The Construction of meaning through Web-based text reading as a process of problem solution on Social Studies Instruction Choi Byung Mo Korea National University of Education Park Gil Ja Major in Social Science Education Graduate School of Korea National University of Education This study is to find characteristics shown in the process of meaning construction through web-based text reading which is used as a process of problem solution in social study instruction. First, the meaning of web-based text will be discussed. Second, meaning construction through web-based text reading as a process of problem solution is examined, followed by characteristics found in real social study instruction in relation to the context of class of web-based materials and meaning construction as a process of problem solution. It is concluded that the context of class of web-based text reading is characterized as meaning construction, in which students understand social context through searching for real social problems, rather than searching for knowledge considered in the context of curriculum. The process of meaning construction follows a regular procedure of problem solution ‘problem area, checking problems, intensive searching for the problems, arriving at the conclusion'. In this process, students understand sociocultural context through the meaning construction of denotation, connotation, and myth. It is particularly found that students are involved in meaning construction more actively through writing about pros and cons and debating even though students experience some intellectual confusion by such activities.

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