| A Study on the Current Status and Improvement Plan of Writing Education in Departments of Science and Engineering - Focusing on the Case of Sogang University |
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Soh-yon Yi |
| 이공계 대학 글쓰기 교육 현황과 개선 방안 연구 |
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이소연 |
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| Abstract |
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Recently, as the importance of science and technology has increased and related fields have expanded, the importance of writing subjects for science and engineering students has been increasing. In some universities, the development of textbooks for academic writing in natural sciences and engineering students is proceeding rapidly. Sogang University has established a liberal arts curriculum for science and engineering students in the first semester of 2019 under the title of University Writing for Science and Engineering Students and began to use the newly developed textbook.
This study examines the current status of science and engineering writing education centered on Sogang University teaching materials and textbook, and looks for direction and improvement plan for writing education in liberal education. In this article, I seek to combine writing, reading, science and engineering knowledge and thought systems, which were traditionally recognized as areas of the humanities, into a single curriculum. And In order to successfully operate liberal arts classes for science and engineering students, there is a need for multifaceted interdisciplinary fusion activities. In order to do this, the necessity for the basic writing courses in liberal arts to be linked closely with the major has been constantly raised through active cooperation between the departments.
In this article, I points out in detail the errors and contradictions of University Writing for Science and Engineering Students, the writing textbook of Sogang University, which was first used in the first semester of 2019. By presenting errors and improvement plans of currently developed textbooks and actively submitting them to academia, I would like to suggest directions for science and engineering writing to meet the demands of the new era.
In addition to the problems listed in this article, science and engineering writing classes are still challenging and questionable in the field. However, given the increasingly strong demand for convergent thinking in college education and research, research on the effective construction and operation of science and engineering writing as an interdisciplinary fusion project needs to be further expanded. |
| Key Words:
writing education in liberal education, academic writing in natural sciences and engineering, Seogang University, writing across the curriculum, writing textbook, curriculum, scientific communication |
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