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Elementary Teachers' Perception, Practice, and Background Factors in Using Students' Everyday Experience in Teaching Science

과학수업에서 학생의 일상경험 도입에 대한 초등교사의 인식과 실행 및 배경요인

  • Received : 2014.09.25
  • Accepted : 2014.10.24
  • Published : 2014.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify elementary school teachers' perceptions, practices, and background factors related to introducing students' everyday experience in science teaching process. The participants of this study were four elementary school teachers who have different features such as major, teaching period, gender, growth area, and age. The data was collected through semi-constructed and in-depth interviews. The results of the research are as follows: Teachers mostly used students' everyday experience during the introduction phase of science lessons for the purpose of motivation. They hold a positive view of using students' everyday experience during science lessons and thought that science teaching needs to actively use more of students' everyday experience, while in actual practice they disregarded or only passively introduced students' everyday experience. The various background factors found to affect teachers' practice are as follows: positive memory on their science class; educational experience of their own children; their own childhood environment; their learning style; their insufficient knowledge or enthusiasm; perceived educational value of everyday life in science education; teacher's duties; importance of students' achievement; difficulty in guiding experiment; reaction of students on introducing everyday experience; characteristics of science textbook and teacher's guidebook; lack of lesson time; realization of national common basic education; characteristics of their students; demands from parents or students; effect of introducing everyday experience. In addition, we found that the teachers behave not in accordance with what they thought due to external factors related to their profession and that, for a more active use of students' everyday experience in their teaching, teachers need support from textbooks and teachers' guidebooks.

본 연구는 과학교수과정에서 학생의 일상경험 도입과 관련된 초등교사의 인식과 실행, 그 배경요인을 밝히는 데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 전공, 교직경력, 성별, 성장지역, 연령 등 각각의 특성이 다른 네 명의 초등교사를 대상으로 반 구조화된 심층면담을 실시하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 교사들은 주로 동기유발을 하기 위해 수업의 도입부에 일상경험을 상기하도록 학생들에게 발문하였다. 교사들은 과학수업에 일상경험을 도입하는 것에 우호적이었고 더 높은 수준의 도입이 필요하다고 생각했지만, 실제 과학수업에서는 일상경험을 소극적으로 도입하거나 외면하기도 하였다. 이러한 현상에 영향을 미친 요인들은 '과학수업에 대한 기억', '자녀교육 경험', '유년기의 성장환경', '개인의 학습양식', '불충분한 지식 열정', '일상생활의 과학 교육적 의미', '교사의 의무에 대한 인식', '평가결과의 중요성', '실험의 어려움', '일상경험 도입 시 학생의 반응', '교과용 도서의 체계', '교수학습 시간 부족', '국민공통기본 교육 구현', '담당 학생의 특성', '타 교육주체의 요구', '일상경험 도입의 효과'가 있었다. 또한 교사들은 직무관련 외적 요인의 영향에 의해 자신의 인식과 다른 실행을 하고 있으며, 일상경험의 적극적인 도입을 위하여 교과용 도서 등의 도움을 필요로 하였다.

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