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What Factors Affect Pre-service Teachers in Choosing Teaching Science as Career?: Teaching Motivations of Pre-Service Science Teachers in Korea

왜 과학교사가 되려하는가? -우리나라 예비과학교사들의 교직 선택 동기-

  • Received : 2018.01.23
  • Accepted : 2018.03.28
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-service science teachers' motivation factor and satisfaction of teaching choice in Korea. For this purpose, we surveyed 815 pre-service science teachers in 11 universities in Korea. The questionnaire used in this study was the FIT-Choice scale (Factors Influencing Teaching-Choice) developed by Richardson and Watt (2006). The most significant factor in choosing teaching science as a profession was 'intrinsic value,' followed by 'social utility value,' but lower than the average of other countries in the previous research results. The confidence in teaching professions was low because the percentage of respondents about 'ability' was low and 'task demand' was high. Satisfaction with teaching choice was 5.36, and it is lower than the average of responses in Australia and USA. As for the differences according to gender, male pre-service teachers responded that they chose teaching because they have the proper ability to teach, while female pre-service teachers perceived that the influence of others was greater. Also, female pre-service teachers felt the burden of job such as hard work and emotional demands more than men. Finally, the motivation which showed the highest correlation with the satisfaction of choosing to teach was the intrinsic value. Therefore, finding ways to increase the intrinsic/social utility motivation for pre-service science teachers and differentiated approach considering gender differences are needed.

본 연구의 목적은 우리나라 예비 과학 교사들의 교직 선택 동기요인과 만족도를 조사하는 것이다. 이를 위해 우리나라 11개 대학의 예비과학교사 815명을 대상으로 설문을 수행하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 교직 선택 동기 설문지는 Richardson과 Watt(2006)의 연구에서 개발된 FIT(Factors Influencing Teaching Choice)를 사용하였다. 분석 결과, 우리나라 예비 과학 교사들의 교직 선택에 가장 크게 영향을 미친 것은 내재적 직업 가치였으며, 그 다음은 과거의 교수학습 경험과 사회적 기여에 대한 동기에 대한 응답 비율이 높아 외재적 가치보다는 내재적 동기와 이타적 동기가 높은 것으로 나타났으나 기존 연구결과에서 나타난 다른 나라들의 평균보다 낮았다. 한편, 자신이 교직에 적합한 능력을 갖고 있다는 응답 비율이 낮거나, 교직은 전문성이 요구되며 어려움이 요구된다는 응답비율이 높아 교직에 대한 자신감은 낮은 것으로 분석되었다. 교직선택에 대한 만족도를 살펴보면, 평균 5.36으로 대체적으로 만족하는 것으로 보이나, 호주, 미국 등의 응답 평균에 비해서는 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 성에 따른 차이로는 교직 선택에 대해 남자 예비 교사들은 자신이 교직에 적합한 능력을 갖고 있기 때문에 택하였다고 응답한 비율이 높은 반면 여자 예비 교사들은 타인의 영향이 더 컸다고 인식하고 있었다. 또한, 여자 예비 교사들은 남자들보다 교사직무의 행정적, 감정적 어려움 등의 직무부담을 크게 느끼고 있었다. 마지막으로 교직 선택에 대한 만족도와 가장 높은 상관관계를 보인 동기는 내재적 직업 가치였다. 따라서 예비교사들의 내재적/이타적 동기를 높일 수 있는 방안이 필요하며 성별 차이에 따른 차별화된 접근이 요청된다.

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