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From Volunteering to Collaboration, and from Transmission to Learning: Interpreting Science Teachers' Learning Experiences in Interculturalism through International Development Cooperation

봉사에서 협력으로, 전달에서 학습으로 -과학교사의 국제개발협력사업 참여를 통한 상호문화주의 학습 경험 해석-

  • Received : 2021.10.31
  • Accepted : 2021.11.18
  • Published : 2021.10.31

Abstract

In this article, we explored the value of interculturalism in developing the discourses of international cooperation in science education. By doing so, we interviewed four teachers who had an experience in teaching science in developing countries, and analyzed their experiences and perceptions in the lens of interculturalism and dialogue. Our analysis of teacher narratives shows the transition in the teachers' perspectives from volunteering and transmission to collaboration and learning. The transition from volunteering to collaboration occurred as the teachers learned how to meet 'the others' as themselves being strangers in the foreign context. Through intervening and colliding, teachers were able to reposition their identities as teachers. Furthermore, their science teaching practices show how the teachers tried to negotiate between the universal or idealistic value of science education and the heterogeneities formed by the country's cultural and specific situation of science education. Through these experiences, the teachers began to understand the importance of the culturally specific 'need' for science education. In conclusion, we proposed a discourse of science education collaboration based on interculturalism in terms of the diversity and complexity of science education practices in developing countries, teacher professionalism, culturally relevant pedagogy and sustainable policy.

본 연구에서는 과학교육 분야에서 국제협력 담론을 개발하는데 있어 상호문화주의의 가치를 탐색하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 개발도상국에서 과학교육 교수 경험이 있는 네 교사를 대상으로 면담을 실시하였고, 상호문화주의와 대화적 관점에서 교사의 경험과 인식을 분석하였다. 교사 내러티브 분석 결과는 봉사와 전달에서 협력과 학습으로 교사의 관점이 변화하고 있음을 보여준다. 봉사에서 협력으로의 전환은 교사들이 현지에서 이방인으로 살아가면서 타인을 만나는 방법을 배우는 과정에서 나타났다. 개입과 충돌을 경험하면서 교사들은 자신의 정체성을 재규정해 나갈 수 있었다. 또한 그들이 경험한 과학 교수 실제는 과학교육의 보편적인 또는 이상적인 가치와 현지 과학교육의 문화적, 특정한 상황으로 발생하는 이질성 간의 협상 경험으로 이해할 수 있었다. 이러한 경험을 통해 교사들은 문화적으로 적정한 방식으로 과학교육의 수요를 파악하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 이해할 수 있었다. 분석 결과를 통해 본 연구에서는 개발도상국 과학교육 실제의 다양성과 복합성, 교사 전문성, 문화적정교수법, 지속가능한 정책의 측면에서 상호문화주의에 입각한 과학교육협력의 담론을 제안하였다.

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