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Perception of Science Teachers on Integrated Science Practice

통합과학 실행에 대한 과학 교사의 인식

  • Kim, Hyunjung (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation) ;
  • Ahn, Yumin (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
  • Received : 2018.12.27
  • Accepted : 2019.03.19
  • Published : 2019.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to diagnose the operation status of high school integrated science newly introduced in the 2015 revised national curriculum and first applied in 2018, to examine teachers' perception on the new educational policy, and then based on this, extract implications for settling down the policy. A survey was administered to science teachers who participated in the in-service teacher training on integrated science, and the responses of 384 high school science teachers were analyzed. According to the results of the survey, integrated science was allotted six units to each school, and two or more teachers divided achievement standards and were responsible for them in many cases. Science teachers pointed to the increase of student-oriented activities as the biggest change due to the application of integrated science and also showed a positive attitude towards increasing the proportion of performance-based assessment, diversifying evaluation methods, increasing teacher consultations, and enhancing the holistic understanding of natural phenomenon, etc. In particular, teachers with 15 years or more of teaching experience were significantly positive about the increase of student-oriented activities, diverse assessment methods, and opportunities of teacher consultations. For teachers with a sub-major in science, teaching about non-majored contents was the most difficult and it was also difficult to determine the appropriate level of contents to teach. Teachers who majored common science, however, rarely complained about teaching non-majored content. In the case of two teachers in charge of integrated science, there was a statistically significant demand for subject matter knowledge as training content, and for mixed education incorporating theory and practice and customized training as a training method. In the case of one teacher responsible for the subject, there was a relatively lower demand. From these results, some implications for the successful implementation of integrated science were discussed.

이 연구의 목적은 2015 개정 교육과정에서 신설되어 2018학년도에 처음 적용된 고등학교 통합과학의 운영 실태를 진단하고 과학 교사들의 인식을 파악하며, 이로부터 현장 안착을 위한 시사점을 도출하는 것이다. 이를 위해 통합과학 교원 연수에 참여한 과학 교사를 대상으로 설문을 실시하였으며, 고등학교 과학 교사 384명의 응답 결과를 분석하였다. 분석 결과에 따르면 단위학교에서 통합과학은 6단위로 편성하고 2명 이상의 교사가 성취기준을 나누어 담당하는 경우가 많은 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 과학 교사들은 통합과학 적용으로 인한 가장 큰 변화로 학생 활동 증가를 꼽았으며, 수행평가 비중 증가, 평가 방법 다양화, 교사 간 협의 증가, 자연 현상의 통합적 이해 제고 등에 대해 대체로 긍정적 변화 인식을 보였다. 특히 화학을 전공한 교사들은 자연 현상의 통합적 이해 제고에, 교직 경력 15년 이상의 교사들은 학생 활동 증가, 평가 방법 다양화, 교사 간 협의 증가에 대해 더욱 긍정적으로 인식하고 있었다. 통합과학을 지도하는 데 있어서는 비전공 내용에 대한 교수를 가장 어려워하며, 가르쳐야 하는 내용의 적정 수준을 결정하는 것 역시 어렵게 느끼고 있었다. 그러나 공통과학을 전공한 교사들은 비전공 내용을 가르치는 것에는 어려움을 거의 호소하지 않았으며, 15년 이상 경력 교사들은 상대적으로 활동 위주의 수업과 과정 중심 평가에 어려움을 겪는 등 집단 간 차이도 확인되었다. 통합과학을 2명의 교사가 나누어 담당하는 경우에 연수 내용으로는 교과내용학, 연수 방법으로는 이론과 실천을 접목한 혼합 연수와 맞춤형 연수에 대한 요구가 통계적으로 유의하게 높았고, 1명의 교사가 전담하는 경우에는 대체로 가장 낮은 요구를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 통합과학이 성공적으로 실행되기 위해서는 양질의 교수학습 및 평가 자료를 개발하여 배포해야 하고 통합과학 지도를 위한 교사 연구 모임 등을 활성화하며, 중 장기적으로는 단위학교 상황에 맞게 적용할 수 있는 통합과학 편성 운영 모델을 개발하고 통합과학에 대한 전문성을 갖춘 과학 교사 양성 시스템이 요청됨을 논의하였다.

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Figure 1. Comparison of the ratio between sub-majors of integrated science and kinds of the high school science teacher qualification

Table 1. Basic information of participants

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Table 2. Main contents of the questionnaire

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Table 3. Results on units of integrated science and number of integrated science teacher per class

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Table 4. Main consideration for deciding on who teach the integrated science

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Table 5. One-way ANOVA results on the perception of class changes according to sub-majors of integrated science teachers

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Table 6. One-way ANOVA results on the perception of class changes according to teaching career of integrated science teachers

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Table 7. Chi-square test results on difficulties in teaching integrated science

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Table 8. One-way ANOVA results on the content of the In-service teacher training program according to the number of integrated science teacher per class

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Table 9. One-way ANOVA results on the method of the In-service teacher training program according to the number of integrated science teacher per class

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