PBL(Project-Based Learning)을 이용한 학습동기 및 자기주도적 학습력 상승 효과 : 치과위생사 인적자원개발을 중심으로

This study aimed to investigate the learning effect of project-based learning(PBL) based on community dental hygiene education. In this study, we sampled 38 dental hygiene students(4th grade) composed of 9 PBL group in B university(in Cheonan). Each team selected a target group for 9 places to apply the oral health promotion project, which was carried out for 8 weeks from planning to evaluation. It was surveyed to analyze the learning effect of PBL on learning motivation and self-directed ability with 47 questions of the motivation and self-directed learning ability developed in the previous study using paired t-test pre and post PBL. In results, learning motivation was increased after PBL(p<.05), and self-directed learning effect were not increased after PBL. And, according to learning ability, there was no difference between learning motivation and self-directed learning ability before PBL, but self-directed learning effect was higher for students with high learning ability after PBL. In conclusion, project-based learning for community dental hygiene has the effect of improving learners' motivation and self-directed learning ability for the students with high learning ability. This study suggests that PBL contributes to improve learning motivation in community dental hygiene education. It is meaningful that this study analyzed the effects of community-linked PBL in the areas of learning motivation, learning attitude, and self-directed learning ability.