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Perceptions and Teaching Practices of Elementary Teachers on the Integrated Inquiry Unit

통합탐구 단원에 대한 초등학교 교사들의 인식과 지도 실태

  • Received : 2016.07.24
  • Accepted : 2016.10.26
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

The 'Integrated Inquiry' unit is a new addition in the 5th~6th grade science textbooks, and was developed for the 2009 revised national curriculum. The unit deals with six integrated inquiry process skills: problem cognition, formulating hypotheses, controlling variables, transforming and interpreting data, drawing results, and generalization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions and the teaching practices of elementary school teachers on this unit in their school curriculum and where improvements can be made. Data was collected from questionnaires filled out by 92 elementary school teachers. The results are as follows: First, teachers do have a positive perception on the importance of teaching integrated process skills. Second, with that being true, this unit ended up receiving both positive and negative reviews by teachers. This research found that there were good and bad responses on the educational aspects of this unit in three particular areas: dealing with the development of integrated inquiry process skills, facilitating science learning in other units, and implementing open inquiry. Third, teachers have difficulties particularly in problem cognition, formulating hypotheses, controlling variables, transforming and interpreting data, generalization, and drawing results. There is a lack of student understanding as well as a lack of professionalism for teachers on this unit, and many issues related to the composition of the textbook. This study may have important implications for making improvements in this unit and teaching integrated process skills.

이 연구는 2009 개정 교육과정 5~6학년 과학 교과서에 새롭게 제시된 통합탐구 단원에 대한 초등학교 교사들의 인식과 지도 실태를 조사하여 통합탐구 단원 구성과 지도의 개선 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 탐구지도와 관련된 기존 설문지를 수정, 보완하여 통합탐구 단원을 지도한 경험이 있는 교사들에게 설문을 실시해서 응답 내용을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 교사들은 통합탐구과정 지도의 중요성에 대해 긍정적으로 인식하고 있었다. '통합탐구능력 습득 및 발달, 과학 학습의 전이, 자유탐구 실행' 측면에서 교사들의 통합탐구 단원의 적용 효과에 대한 인식은 긍정적이었으며 그 이유로 '통합탐구과정 학습을 위한 별도의 시간 확보, 후속 학습에서의 활용, 자유탐구 활동에서 통합탐구과정 적용의 용이함'을 들었다. 반면에 교사들은 '통합탐구과정의 분절적 학습, 통합탐구 단원과 다른 단원 간의 연계성 부족, 학생의 호기심 유발이 어려운 교과서 내용 구성'을 이유로 통합탐구 단원의 효과에 대해 부정적인 의견을 제시하기도 했다. 또한 통합탐구 단원의 지도 실태에 대한 조사를 통해 많은 교사들이 통합탐구과정 지도 시 교과서 내용을 그대로 따르는 것을 확인하였다. 교사들이 통합탐구 단원 지도 시 어려움을 가장 크게 겪는 과정은 문제인식이었으며 그 다음으로 가설설정, 변인통제, 자료변환 및 자료해석, 일반화, 결론도출 순이었다. 교사들이 어려움을 겪는 이유는 '학생들의 호기심 경험 이해력 부족, 교사의 전문성 부족, 교과서 구성의 한계 및 학습 시간 부족' 등으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구 결과는 통합탐구 단원의 개선 및 통합탐구과정 지도 관련 교사 전문성 제고를 위한 노력이 필요함을 시사한다.

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