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Study on the quality of instruction of two beginning mathematics teachers: Toward the above criteria

두 초임 수학교사의 수업의 질에 대한 연구

  • Received : 2022.02.10
  • Accepted : 2022.02.23
  • Published : 2022.02.28

Abstract

Teaching is delicate, complicated, and demanding work, and especially beginning teachers set forth their difficulties in preparing and implementing mathematics instruction. It is important to ensure the quality of beginning mathematics teachers' instruction above a consistent level because such affirmation justifies the national policy on teacher education as well as the individual efforts of preservice teachers in South Korea. The current study collected mathematics lessons of the two beginning teachers who graduated from the same teacher training institute and worked at the same high school. The findings reported what features their lessons have with regard to the learning environment, engaging students in learning, deepening student learning, and using representations of the edTPA in order to identify what can or cannot be expected in their mathematics instruction. The instruction of the one teacher was assessed middle or more than middle scores throughout the rubrics, but the other one had lower scores. Based on these findings, this study suggested the implications for teacher education in ways of improving the quality of instruction of beginning mathematics teachers.

수학 수업의 질은 교사들마다 그리고 교사들의 수업에 따라 상이할 수 있으나 일정 수준 이상의 질을 가지는 수학 수업을 운영하는 역량은 경력교사 뿐만 아니라 초임교사들에게도 요구된다. 초임교사의 수학 수업이 질적으로 큰 상이함 없이 일정 수준 이상의 질을 보여주는 지를 확인하는 것은 교사교육의 현황을 가늠해보는 척도가 될 수 있다. 이에 본 연구는 초임교사의 수학 수업의 질에 대한 분석 결과에 기반하여 초임교사의 수학 수업의 질을 향상시키기 위해 예비교사 및 현직교사를 위한 교육에서 강조해야 하는 점을 제안하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 예비교사교육 및 근무 환경 등에서 유사점이 많은 두 초임 수학교사의 수업을 edTPA의 수업 실행 규준 중 학습 환경, 학습 참여, 학습 심화, 표상 도구 규준의 네 가지로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 한 초임교사의 수학 수업은 모든 규준에서 일정 수준 이상의 점수가 나타났으나, 다른 한 초임교사의 수학 수업은 학습 환경 규준을 제외한 나머지 규준에서 점수가 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과에 기반하여 초임교사의 수학 수업의 질적 향상을 위해 필요한 교사교육에 대한 시사점을 제시하였다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2020년 대한민국 교육부와 한국연구재단의 인문사회분야 신진연구자지원사업의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2020S1A5A8044078).

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