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The Study of Koreans’ View of Nature

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Science is an activity based on the wonders of what happens in nature. The process of theorizing and organizing natural phenomena is affected by views of nature. Koreans’ view of nature was discussed by analyzing literature, mythology, folk tales, and proverbs.

Korea was originally agrarian, and therefore its understanding of nature is cyclical and organic. They recognize humans as a part of nature rather than the controller of nature. Rapid and severe changes in the natural environment created a feeling of awe of nature for Koreans which emphasize human beings as one with nature. Shamans’ myths and narrative literature show an evolving view of creation and pantheistic belief.

Today in Korea, the mainstream of school science education is based on western modern science. It is required to recompose science curriculum, textbooks, and teaching-learning strategy which reflect on Koreans’ view of nature.

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  1. Chongryang Elementary School, Seoul, South Korea

    Yumi Lee

  2. Dankook University, Gyeonggido, South Korea

    Yeon-A Son

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  1. Institute of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Baohui Zhang

  2. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Gavin W. Fulmer

  3. Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, Newyork, USA

    Xiufeng Liu

  4. Teacher Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China

    Weiping Hu

  5. Department of Scientific Research, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China

    Shujin Peng

  6. Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau, China

    Bing Wei

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Lee, Y., Son, YA. (2014). The Study of Koreans’ View of Nature. In: Zhang, B., Fulmer, G., Liu, X., Hu, W., Peng, S., Wei, B. (eds) International Conference on Science Education 2012 Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54365-4_7

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