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Development and Application of the a Measuring Instrument for Perception of Science Classes Based on the View of 'Community of Inquiry in Science Classroom'

'과학 교실 탐구공동체' 관점 기반 과학 수업 인식 조사 도구 개발 및 적용

  • Received : 2017.03.18
  • Accepted : 2017.04.10
  • Published : 2017.04.30
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Abstract

The purposes of this study are to develop a measuring instrument for perception of science classes based on the view of 'Community of Inquiry in Science Classroom' and to investigate elementary school students' perceptions with the instrument developed in the study. A total of 417 6th grade students participated in this study. As a result, first, we developed two set of questionnaire: (a) the questionnaire for the 'process of inquiry' consisted of six factors: 'problem recognition I: recognition of inconsistency,' 'problem recognition II: interests,' 'problem explanation I: hypothesis generation and examination,' 'problem explanation II: cooperative review,' 'problem solving I: reflection on the change of relationship with objects/conceptions,' and 'problem solving II: reflection on the change of relationship with community/ inquirer,' comprising a total of 42 items; (b) the questionnaire for the 'basis of inquiry' consisted of three factors:'will of conducting inquiry,' 'attitudes of conducting inquiry,' and 'structure of communication,' comprising a total of 17 items. Second, we found that elementary school students had positive recognition generally on their science classes in terms of the 'community of inquiry in science classroom,' but they had relatively negative recognition on the factors of problem recognition based on recognition of inconsistency, problem solving accompanied with reflection on the change of relationship with objects/conceptions, and attitudes of conducting inquiry based on severity and fallibilism, Finally, several suggestions for the science education were given.

본 연구의 목적은 과학 교실 탐구공동체 관점에서 접근한 학생의 과학 수업에 대한 인식 조사 도구 개발과, 개발된 도구를 사용하여 과학 교실 탐구공동체 관점에서 과학 수업에 대한 학생의 인식을 조사하는 것이다. 본 연구는 총 417명의 초등학교 6학년 학생들을 대상으로 수행되었다. 연구결과, (a) 6개의 요인('문제인식I: 불일치 인식', '문제인식II: 흥미', '문제원인설명I: 가설설정 및 검증', '문제원인설명II: 협력적 검토', '문제해결I: 대상관계/개념 변화 반추', '문제해결II: 공동체관계/탐구자 변화 반추')으로 구성된 총 42개 문항의 '탐구수행 과정' 관련 조사 도구와, (b) 3개의 요인('탐구실행 의지', '탐구수행 태도', '의사소통 구조')으로 구성된 총 17개 문항의 '탐구수행 토대' 관련 조사 도구를 개발하였다. 또, 개발된 도구를 사용하여 초등학생들의 인식을 조사한 결과, 학생들은 과학 수업에 대해 과학 교실 탐구공동체 관점에서 대체로 보통 이상의 긍정적 인식을 하고 있었지만, 불일치에 기반 한 문제인식, 탐구자의 변화 및 공동체와의 관계 변화 반추를 동반하는 문제해결, 엄격성과 오류가능성 견지에 기반 한 탐구수행 태도 등 일부 요인에 대해서는 상대적으로 덜 긍정적인 인식을 하고 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 탐구 중심의 과학 교육을 위한 몇 가지 시사점에 대해 논의하였다.

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