Survey on the General Public’s Invention Attitude

This study was conducted to find the level of invention attitude of the general public in their 20s and older, who were not teachers or students, and discover the differences in attitudes according to the general background (gender, age, region, occupational group, and educational level) and educational background (experience of invention education). The results of the study are as follows. First, the participants’ invention attitude according to their general background was measured in the order of cognitive, emotional, interest, and practical attitudes—with the level of cognitive attitude toward invention being high and that of practical attitude being relatively low. Detailed analysis of these results showed no significant differences in the level of invention attitude among the general public by gender, and in the field of practical attitude, the level of invention attitude by age was high. There were no significant differences in invention attitudes between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas; however, a significant difference was observed with regard to occupation. Further, experts and related workers (in the fields of research, medical care, education, artistic creative activities, etc.) showed a high level of invention attitude. There were significant differences in the invention attitudes of the general public according to their educational level, with the level of invention attitude being high for people with graduate degrees or higher. Second, in terms of participants’ educational background, a significant difference was observed in the level of invention attitude by educational background; the general public’ according to their experience of invention education was high. The study’s findings provide data that can be used as references when designing invention curriculums to expand the subject of invention education for the general public and developing teaching and learning materials.