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Ways to Restructure Science Elective Courses in Preparation for the High School Credit System and the 2022 Revised Curriculum

고교학점제와 2022 개정 교육과정에 대비한 과학과 선택과목 재구조화 방안 탐색

  • Received : 2021.04.07
  • Accepted : 2021.05.06
  • Published : 2021.04.30

Abstract

This study aims to investigate teachers' perceptions of the composition of high school science elective courses ahead of the 2022 curriculum revision, and to derive implications for the organization of the 2022 revised science curriculum in preparation for the full implementation of the high school credit system. To this end, a survey was conducted by randomly sampling high schools across the country. A total of 192 science teachers responded to the questionnaire. In addition, 12 high school science teachers were selected as a focus group, and in-depth interviews were conducted to investigate opinions on the restructuring of elective courses in science. Main research results include 129 (67.2%) science teachers in the survey answered that the current 2015 curriculum's science and elective courses system should be maintained. In the next curriculum, when reconstructing science elective subjects, it is necessary to provide an opportunity to experience the entire contents of each science field through Science I·II system as before, and to ensure student choice in preparation for the credit system. In addition, the opinion that general elective subjects should be organized to include all the contents of science I and II subjects was the highest. Through in-depth interviews, science teachers emphasized that the current science I subject system allows access to the content areas of science as much as possible as the number of subjects is small, and that subjects, such as physics, where the hierarchy of concepts is important, should deal with important content within one subject rather than divided by area. On the other hand, in the current I subject system, there is no subject for liberal arts students to choose from, so teachers suggested that science electives should be organized by subdividing each content area. Based on the research results, the necessity of organizing high school science elective courses in consideration of the purpose of the high school credit system, ways to organize science-convergence elective courses as subjects for all students regardless of career aptitude, ways to organize science-career elective courses, and ways to organize science elective courses in connection with the college admission system were proposed.

본 연구의 목적은 2022 교육과정 개정을 앞두고 고등학교 과학과 선택과목 구성에 관한 교사들의 인식을 조사하고 고교학점제 전면시행에 대비한 2022 개정 과학과 교육과정 선택과목 구성에 관한 시사점을 도출하려는 것이다. 이를 위해 전국에 분포한 고등학교들이 고르게 포함되도록 지역별로 분배하여 표집대상으로 선정하여 설문조사를 실시하였으며 총 192개 학교의 과학교사가 설문에 응답하였다. 또한 과학과 선택과목 재구조화에 대한 심도있는 의견을 조사하기 위해 12명의 고등학교 과학 교사들을 초점집단으로 선정하여 심층 면담을 실시하였다. 주요 연구결과를 살펴보면, 설문조사에서 129명(67.2%)의 과학 교사가 현행 2015 교육과정의 과학과 선택과목 체제를 유지해야 한다고 응답하였다. 한편, 현행 선택과목 체제 유지에 반대하는 이유로는 II과목이 생활과 과학 등의 교양 과목 성격의 교과와 진로선택과목에 함께 묶여 있는 것이 적절하지 않으며, 전체적으로 학생들의 과학과 선택과목 기피가 심화되었고, II과목은 진로선택과목임에도 수능 선택과목으로 포함되어 있어 교육과정과 수능의 연계성이 떨어진다고 교사들은 응답하였다. 2022개정 교육과정에서 선택과목을 구성할 때 고려해야 할 점으로는 기존처럼 과학 I·II의 내용을 모두 포함하도록 일반선택과목을 구성하여 과학영역별 전체 내용을 접할 기회를 제공해야 하고, 학점제에 대비하여 학생 선택권을 보장할 수 있도록 다양한 과학과 선택과목을 편성·운영해야 한다는 의견이 가장 높게 나타났다. 심층면담 결과를 보면, 현재의 과학 I과목 체제는 과목 수가 적은 만큼 과학의 내용영역을 최대한 많이 접하게 할 수 있고, 물리학과 같이 개념의 위계와 체계가 중요한 과목은 쪼개기보다는 한 과목 안에서 중요한 내용을 다뤄야 한다는 의견이 많았다. 한편, 현재의 I과목 체제에서는 문과 진로적성인 학생들이 선택할만한 과목이 없으며, 4개의 과목만으로는 선택권이 충분히 보장되지 않는다는 측면에서 내용영역별로 과목을 세분화하자는 의견도 제시되었다. 연구결과를 토대로 고교학점제 취지를 고려한 고등학교 과학과 선택과목 편성의 필요성, 진로적성을 막론하고 모든 학생들을 위한 과목으로 과학과 융합선택과목을 구성하는 방안, 과학과 진로선택과목 구성 방안, 대입 제도와의 연계성을 고려한 고등학교 과학과 선택과목 편성·운영 방안 등을 제안하였다.

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