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Exploration of High School Science Teachers' Perceptions on Instruction and Assessment of Science Elective Courses in the 2015 Revised Curriculum

2015개정 과학과 선택과목 수업 및 평가에 대한 교사들의 인식 탐색

  • Received : 2021.01.26
  • Accepted : 2021.06.22
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

As part of the second-year monitoring study on the implementation of the 2015 revised science curriculum, this study investigated high school science teachers' perception and realization of instruction and assessment of elective courses to derive measures to settle and improve the science curriculum. A total of 244 high school science teachers responded to the survey questionnaire, and 9 teachers participated in interviews. In survey results, science teachers are contemplating ways to increase students' science competencies and their participation in classes, but still, lecture-oriented classes are most often used in their teaching. Regarding assessment, teachers responded that there were positive changes in all of the questions related to process-based assessment (PBA). Regarding the difficulty of managing science elective courses, teachers most often selected increased numbers of subjects being covered, overload of work, and the burden of restructuring classes considering various ways of teaching and assessment. Through in-depth interviews, teachers argued the difficulty for Science I courses to emphasize student participatory classes compared to integrated science, and the difficulty to implement student participatory classes for Science II courses, which are mainly placed in the third grade. Teachers also argue that it is necessary to secure time to implement PBA in science elective courses, and that there is no need to implement PBA for the science experiment since there are no tests on the SAT. Based on the results of the study, discussed in the conclusion are support plans for the settlement of PBA in elective courses, and the need for in-depth analysis of the direction and cause of student participatory classes and PBA at the school.

본 연구에서는 2015 개정 교육과정 적용 2년차를 맞이하여 고등학교 과학과 선택과목의 수업과 평가 구현 실태를 조사함으로써 과학과 교육과정의 안착 및 개선 방안을 도출하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 244명의 고등학교 과학과 교사들을 대상으로 설문조사를 진행하였으며, 9명의 과학 교사들과 심층 면담을 수행하여 교육과정 운영에 대한 심층적인 답변을 구하였다. 주요 연구결과를 살펴보면, 설문조사에서 과학 교사들은 개정 교육과정에서 교과역량 신장과 학생들의 참여를 높이기 위한 수업을 고민하고 있지만, 여전히 강의 위주 수업을 가장 자주 활용하는 것으로 나타났다. 평가 측면에서는 과정중심평가와 관련된 문항들에서 교사들은 긍정적인 변화가 있다고 응답하였다. 과학과 선택과목 운영의 어려움으로 교사들은 '담당해야 하는 과목의 수 증가', '업무 과다', '다양한 교수학습 및 평가 등을 고려한 수업의 재구조화에 대한 부담'을 가장 많이 선택하였다. 심층 면담을 통해 교사들은 통합과학에 비해 과학I 선택과목에서는 탐구실험 등과 같은 학생참여형 수업을 덜 강조하며, 과학II 과목의 경우 주로 3학년 때 하므로 학생참여형으로 진행하기 어렵다고 주장하였다. 또한, 과학과 선택과목에서 과정중심평가를 하려면 시간 확보가 필요하며, 수능에 실험이 안 나와서 실험에 대한 과정중심평가도 할 필요가 없다고 응답하였다. 연구결과를 토대로 과학과 선택과목에서 과정중심평가 안착을 위한 지원방안, 학교현장의 학생참여형 수업이나 과정중심평가의 방향성과 원인에 대한 심층 분석의 필요성 등을 제안하였다.

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