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Case Study of Teaching Practices of Biology Teachers with and without Research Experience in Evolution Education

진화 교육 연구 경험 유무에 따른 생명과학 교사의 교수 실행 사례 연구

  • Received : 2017.07.31
  • Accepted : 2017.08.22
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze differences in the teaching practices of biology teachers according to their awareness of the importance of evolution. For this purpose, two teachers who experienced study of evolution and recognized its importance, along with two teachers with no experience in evolution education in the comparison group, were included in the sample. To observe teaching practices, two classes each on biological evolution and non-evolution were selected, recorded and transcribed. The content analyzed included the teachers' view on evolution education and teachers' evolution concepts reflected in teaching practice. As a result, the level of understanding of the teachers' evolution concept was unrelated to teachers' awareness of the importance of evolution. Instead, each teacher would not feel the need for religious beliefs or awareness of the importance of evolution to have a negative impact on the awareness of the importance of evolution. Inexperienced teachers tend to reject the retraining opportunities to recognize the importance of evolution. In addition, inexperienced teachers were only superficially aware of the evaluation and improvement of evolution presented in textbooks and curricula. In actual teaching practice analysis, inexperienced teachers' utilizing ratio of the evolution key concept was higher than that of experienced teachers. Only experienced teachers were aware of the misconceptions presented in their execution and described the causes that appear in these misconceptions. Teachers who recognized the importance of evolution were widely using the key concepts of evolution, as well as more practical in preventing the misconceptions related to evolution forms. It indicates that biology teachers who do not realize the importance of evolution in biology education need to experience explicit and practical education programs as well as instructional materials on evolution.

이 연구는 생명 과학 교수 실행에 있어서 진화 교육 연구 경험이 있는 교사가 그렇지 않은 교사와 어떤 차이를 나타내는지 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 연구를 위해 진화 교육에 대한 연구 경험이 있는 교사 두 명과 이에 대한 비교집단으로 진화 교육에 대한 연구 경험이 없는 교사 두 명, 총 네 명의 생명과학 교사들을 목적 표집하였다. 먼저, 사전면담을 통해 교사들의 배경지식을 수집하였으며, 생명과학 수업 중 진화 단원과 비진화 단원을 각각 2차시씩 선정하였다. 녹음된 수업은 전사하였으며, 교사들의 진화에 대한 견해 및 교수 실행에 반영된 진화 내용을 중심으로 분석하였다. 또한, 연구를 위한 기초자료로 과학 교수내용지식 설문지, 진화론의 개념 검사지, 진화론의 수용 검사지를 사용하여 자료수집 및 분석 하였다. 연구결과 교사들의 진화 개념에 대한 이해 수준은 진화의 중요성 인식과는 관련이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 다만, 교사 개인의 종교적인 신념이나, 진화의 중요성을 인식하는 것에 대한 필요 자체를 느끼지 못함이 진화의 중요성 인식에 부정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 이 때문에 진화교육 연구 미경험 교사들은 진화의 중요성을 인식할 수 있는 교사 재교육 기회도 거부하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 미경험 교사들은 교과서 및 교육과정에서 나타난 진화 개선점에 대해 피상적으로만 파악하고 있었다. 생명과학 교수 실행 내용을 분석한 결과 경험 교사들의 진화 주요 개념 활용 비율이 더 높게 나타났다. 그리고 경험 교사들만이 자신의 교수 실행에서 나타난 오개념을 스스로 인지하고 이러한 오개념이 나타나게 된 원인에 대해 설명을 했다. 이를 통해 진화 교육 연구 경험 교사가 진화 주요 개념들을 폭넓게 활용할 뿐만 아니라 진화 관련 오개념 방지에 더 실천적임을 확인하였다. 연구 결과는 생물 교육에서 진화의 중요성을 깨닫지 못한 교사들에게 좀 더 다양하고 많은 진화 관련 교사교육 프로그램을 제공할 필요성을 알려준다.

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