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Epistemological Beliefs of Elementary School Teachers in Science Class According to Gender and Teaching Experience

초등교사의 과학 수업에 대한 인식론적 신념 -성별과 교직 경력을 중심으로-

  • Received : 2022.03.22
  • Accepted : 2022.04.19
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the main effects and interaction effects of individual variables on the epistemological beliefs of elementary school science teachers. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 338 elementary science teachers in the metropolitan area on gender, teaching career, and epistemological beliefs. Epistemological beliefs show significant differences not only in gender and teaching career, but also in the interaction between gender and teaching career. Depending on gender, female teachers are more integrated in knowledge than male teachers, and process is more important than outcome in learning. Depending on the teaching career, it was found that high-career teachers generally value the process rather than the results, as knowledge is integrated and constantly evolving, knowledge is acquired by individual reasoning and justified through external interaction. On the other hand, teachers with low career perceive that efforts are indispensable in learning compared to other groups. Depending on the interaction between gender and teaching career, elementary school teachers believe that the higher the teaching career, the more integrated and constantly evolved, but low-career male teachers believed that learning ability was born with experience, while high-career male teachers value the learning process. Based on this study, it is expected that many training sessions aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning will provide more effective opportunities to develop elementary science teachers' epistemological beliefs, considering teachers' personal characteristics.

이 연구는 현직 초등 과학 교사의 인식론적 신념에 대한 개인 변인의 주 효과와 상호작용 효과를 확인하였다. 수도권 지역의 338명의 초등 과학 교사들을 대상으로 성별, 교직 경력, 인식론적 신념에 대한 설문을 분석한 결과 인식론적 신념은 성별과 교직 경력, 그리고 성별과 교직 경력의 상호작용에서 모두 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 성별에 따라서는 여교사가 남교사보다 지식이 고도로 통합되어 있으며, 배움에서 결과보다 과정을 중요시하는 것으로 나타났다. 교직 경력에 따라서는 대체로 고경력 교사가 지식은 통합되어 있으며 끊임없이 진화하고, 지식은 개인의 추론에 의해 획득되며 개인과 외부의 상호작용을 통해 정당화되는 것으로 보고 이 과정에서 결과보다 과정을 중요시하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 저경력 교사들이 다른 집단에 비해 학습에 있어서 노력이 필수 불가결한 것으로 인식하는 모습을 보였다. 성별과 교직 경력의 상호작용에 따라서는 초등교사들은 성별과 관계 없이 교직 경력이 높을수록 지식이 통합되어 있으며 끊임없이 진화한다고 믿는 것으로 나타났지만, 학습 능력에 대해서 저경력 남교사들은 학습 능력은 타고나는 것으로 보았지만, 저경력 여교사들은 학습 능력은 경험을 통해 발달하는 것으로 믿고 있었으며, 학습 과정에 대해서 고경력 남교사들은 학습에 있어서 결과를 중요시하는 반면, 고경력 여교사들은 결과보다 과정을 중요시하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 바탕으로, 교수학습의 질 향상을 목적으로 하는 많은 연수들의 설계 시 교사의 개인적 특성을 고려한다면, 교사들의 과학 인식론적 신념을 발달하는 데보다 효과적인 기회를 제공할 것으로 기대한다.

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