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The Effect of Mentoring Participation on Science Teachers' General Teaching and Science Teaching Efficacies

멘토링 참여 경험이 과학교사의 일반교수효능감과 과학교수효능감에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2017.09.07
  • Accepted : 2017.11.22
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of mentoring in enhancing the professionalism of low-experience science teachers on their general teaching and science teaching efficacies. The mentoring for low-experience science teachers was conducted on 24 science teachers with less than three years of experience over a nine-month period between April and December, 2016. The questionnaires developed by advanced researches were modified and used to test the teachers' general teaching and science teaching efficacies. As the result of a pre-test, the mean science teaching efficacy score was 3.02 points. In particular, the mean science teaching self-efficacy score was 2.86 points and the mean science teaching outcome expectancy score was higher at 3.17 points. In the domain of science teaching outcome expectancy, the mean for female teachers was higher than that of male teachers, and the mean for middle school teachers was higher than that of high school teachers in every domain. However, this result is not statistically significant. The results of a post-test showed that the mean science teaching efficacy score of mentee teachers increased to 3.08 points over the pre-test. In particular, the mean science teaching self-efficacy score was 3.11 points and the mean science teaching outcome expectancy score was 3.04 points in the post-test. This presents that the mentoring training conducted was effective in improving the science teaching efficacy of mentee teachers.

이 연구는 저경력 과학교사 전문성 신장을 위한 멘토링이 과학교사의 일반교수효능감과 과학교수효능감에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 것이다. 저경력 과학교사 멘토링은 J도에서 현직 임용 경력 3년 이하의 과학교사 24명을 대상으로 2016년 4월부터 2016년 12월까지 9개월에 걸쳐 진행되었다. 일반교수효능감과 과학교수효능감 검사는 선행 연구들에서 개발한 검사지를 수정 보완하여 활용하였다. 과학교수효능감 사전 검사 결과 평균은 3.02점으로 나타났다. 특히 과학교수 자기 효능감은 평균 2.86점이었고, 과학교수 결과 기대감은 평균 3.17점으로 나타나 결과 기대감이 더 높았다. 과학교수 결과 기대감 영역에서 여교사 평균이 남교사 평균 보다 높게 나타났고, 중학교 교사평균이 고등학교 교사 평균보다 모든 영역에서 높게 나타났으나 유의미한 차이는 보이지 않았다. 사후 검사 결과 멘티 교사들의 과학교수효능감은 평균 3.08점으로 사전 검사보다 증가하였다. 특히 사후 검사에서 과학교수 개인 효능감은 평균 3.11점, 결과 기대감은 평균 3.04점으로 나타났는데, 이는 멘토링 연수가 멘티 교사들의 과학교수효능감 향상에 긍정적 영향을 미쳤을 가능성을 보여주고 있는 것이다.

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