Research in Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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Elementary Teachers' Use of Mathematical Textbooks in Korea

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho (Department of Elementary Education, Korea National University of Education) ;
  • Ha, Su-Hyun (Hyorim Elementary School)
  • Received : 2011.04.07
  • Accepted : 2011.09.28
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze Korean teacher textbook use and explore the effective use of textbooks. The researcher surveyed teachers to obtain information relative to their dispositions and views of textbook use, and a subset interviewed to obtain additional insight about these views. For the sample, 278 elementary school teachers were surveyed and a group interview was conducted with 6 teachers. The results showed that many teachers teach all the students simply by following the textbook content. These results suggest that for effective us of textbooks, teachers need to understand how to reconstruct the textbook within an understanding of the textbook authors' intension for the textbook content.

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