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The Effect of 「Introduction to Special Education」 on the Understanding of Integrated Education and the Performance of Integrated Education of Elementary School Pre-service Teachers

특수교육학개론 수강이 초등예비교사들의 통합교육 인식과 통합교육 수행 능력 인식에 미치는 영향

  • Kyung-ho Lee (Dept. of Center for Assisting Inclusive Education, Gwangju National University of Education)
  • 이경호 (광주교육대학교 통합교육지원센터)
  • Received : 2021.11.13
  • Accepted : 2021.12.20
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

In the university of education that trains teachers, elementary school pre-service teachers understand the importance of integrated education and complete 「Introduction to Special Education」 as an essential subject for teaching knowledge so that they can perform integrated education well in the school field. Therefore, this paper has examined whether elementary school pre-service teachers understand integrated education well through 「Introduction to Special Education」 and whether their ability to perform integrated education has improved. In this study, 55 fourth-grade students taking 「Introduction to Special Education」 at the university of education were selected as experimental groups and questioned their understanding of integrated education and their ability to perform integrated education twice before and after taking the class. The research results are as follows: First, the perception of elementary school pre-service teachers about the integrated education changed statistically significantly and positively in all areas and points. And next, the ability of elementary school pre-service teachers to conduct the integrated education improved statistically significantly. These findings show that elementary school pre-service teachers can better understand integrated education and provide a foundation for conducting integrated education well in the field by completing 「Introduction to Special Education」 at universities.

교사양성 대학에서는 예비교사들의 통합교육에 대한 긍정적인 인식과 통합교육 수행 능력 향상을 위해 특수교육학개론을 교직소양 필수과목으로 이수토록 하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 특수교육학개론의 수강을 통해 초등예비교사들의 통합교육에 대한 인식과 통합교육 수행 능력에 대한 인식의 변화가 있는지를 살펴보았다. 본 연구의 대상은 대학에서 특수교육학개론을 수강하는 55명의 4학년 학생이며, 수강 전과 후 두 차례에 걸쳐 통합교육에 대한 인식과 통합교육 수행 능력에 대한 인식 설문지에 응답하도록 하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 초등예비교사들의 통합교육에 대한 인식은 모든 영역과 총점에서 통계적으로 유의하게 긍정적으로 변화하였다. 둘째, 초등예비교사들의 통합교육 수행 능력에 대한 인식이 통계적으로 유의하게 향상되었다. 이러한 긍정적인 연구결과는 초등예비교사들에게 특수교육학개론을 이수하도록 하는 것이 성공적인 통합교육의 발판이 될 수 있음을 보여준다.

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