Need Analysis

- Learner Analysis

- Theoretical Background for Learning Material

- Learning Goal

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Geography Education ;

Interdisciplinary• Geography - Humanities and Social

Sciences

+ Natural Science(Anthropology, Biology, geology, economics, politics,

climatology)

• However, current geography education in

Korea

- Without interdisciplinary approach, mainlyfocus on rote memorization.

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Geography Education ;

Interdisciplinary

<Graph 1> - Difficulties when learning

geography

• Quality of Geography Education – Depending on

Images, Pictures, Flashes and Video Clips so on.

• Learning Materials help learning geography more

effectively than any other subjects

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Geography Education

; Using Proper Learning Materials

• However, current geography learning materials

– limited and ineffective

• Using Middle School Atlas – Passive Activities by

teacher, Not Active Activities by learners→ lecture method instruction

• Overall Images of Learners about Middle School

Atlas - ‘Complicated and Boring’7

Geography Education

; Using Proper Learning Materials

<Graph 2> - The degree of effect when learning material is used in

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Geography Education

; Using Proper Learning Materials

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• Geography - Humanities and Social

Sciences

+ Natural Science→ Research and study is important

<Graph 3> - Subjects which have great connection with field

Geography Education ; Field Study

Learner

Analysis

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• Pinchemel (French Geographer) :

Age of ‘10 ~ 15’ - Can approach to formal geographical

notions

Age of ‘14 ~ 19’ - Can approach to academic geographical

notions

• Scarfe (Canadian Geographer)

Age of ‘12- 15’ – Stage of understanding geographical

relation.

Age of ‘15 – 18’ – Stage of induction, generalization and

synthesis

Middle School Students

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Middle School Students• Piaget (Swiss psychologist) :

Age of ‘12-14’ (formal operational stage)

– Expanded spatial perception, Using coordinates,

Understanding spaces comprehensively.

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→ Academic approach to geography for the first

time.

Learners are active so that they lead learning.

Learning should follow constructivism

Middle School Students

Theoretical

Background

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Theoretical

Background

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Constructivism

• Geography Education – Cover our living

environment

• Learners think living environment

geographically – Consider contexts and

situations

→ Suitable for adopting

Constructivism

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Theoretical

Background• 2009 Revised Curriculum

- Constructivism

- Learner-centered

- Smart learning

→ This trend will be continued in the future

education.

Revised Curriculum

Learning

Goal

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• human geography → physical

geography( Easy one → Difficult one )

human geography and physical

geography

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Learning Goal Free-choice Informal Learning

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Learning Goal

• Because more complicated in high

school, Physical geography, especially,

should be perfectly completed.

• Developing learners’ ability to think

geographically.

Free-choice Informal Learning

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Augmented Reality Using Virtual

Cocoon① Augmented Reality

- an artificial environment created through the

combination of real-world and computer-

generated

data

- the technology functions by enhancing one’s

current

perception of reality

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② Virtual Cocoon

- a proposed, in development virtual reality helmet

that

will allegedly stimulate all five of the human

senses

when it is finished

Augmented Reality Using Virtual

Cocoon

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Augmented Reality Using Virtual

Cocoon

<Original Virtual

Cocoon>

<Improved Virtual

Cocoon>

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• Accepting Visual Information

• Accepting Haptic Information

Augmented Reality Using Virtual

Cocoon

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Augmented Reality Using Virtual

Cocoon• Through Virtual Cocoon, learners

can learn something they want to.

• During learning, leaners can interact

each other if they use same gadget.

• Teachers induce learners to learn

actively.

• Teachers could give team projects so

that they learn by constructivism.

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Choosing Korean Festival

• Festivals that can show both human

geography with physical geography

• Learners can experience everything

that learned in class -

Climate, Culture, Architecture, Enviro

nment, Food and soil so on- with

their five senses.

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Choosing Korean Festival

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Choosing Korean Festival

Boryeong Mud

FestivalCoastal Landform

Yanggu FestivalUsing Mathematical Location

Taebaek-Mt. Snow FestivalHeavy Snow fall Region

Suncheon Bay Reed FestivalSwamp and Reed

Jinhae Naval Port FestivalCherry-blossom and the Navy

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Choosing Korean Festival

• many learners can enter at the

same time.

• Teachers could give team

assignment.

• Learners could learn geography

through games or field study.

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Teacher as a scaffolder

• Teacher as humanware is marginal

- Learners’ free choice is important.

- Scaffolder

- AR-Contents Maker

- Facilitator inducing learners to enter the AR.

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When the learners wear glasses

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Consist of 7 learning contents

• Formation process of coal

• Sorts of coal and equipment

• Experiencing a vertical shaft

• Cold air shower in abandoned mine

• Production process of coal

• Making briquette

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• Separating geography into human geography and

physical geography

• Learning physical geography first and human

geography later → Lack of link between two parts

• Limited learning materials – Mainly use ‘Middle

School Atlas’.

→ Not active, creative, but passive standardized

Problems of Current Geography

Education

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• Integrating two geography -human geography and

physical geography → Full of link between two parts

• heuristic learning materials – Use ‘Augmented

Reality Using Virtual Cocoon’

• Learners can learn freely without seasons, time,

places limit

→ Active, creative and meaningful learning takes

place

“OMG” for the Solution

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