The Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육)

Korean Society of Mathematical Education (한국수학교육학회)
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The expected teacher knowledge in elementary school teacher employment tests for mathematics

초등학교 교원 임용후보자 선정경쟁시험 수학과 문항에서 요구되는 지식 분석

  • Received : 2024.01.17
  • Accepted : 2024.02.07
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the mathematics items of the 2013-2024 elementary school teacher employment tests in order to identify the knowledge and characteristics required to teach mathematics, and discuss the future direction of improvement of the elementary school teacher employment tests. By using the revised analytical framework of TEDS-M, we found that the proportion of MCK and MPCK differed from year to year and MPCK was relatively dominant. We also observed that the items were heavily focused on particular knowledge domains, cognitive processes, and levels within MCK and MPCK, and a shortage of items desigend to asseess knowledge in the field of assessments and the ability to engage in higher-order thinking. The results from this study suggest the future direction of improvement of the elementary school teacher employment test to evaluate teacher knowledge and ability necessary in an increasingly diverse society.

본 연구의 목적은 2013-2024학년도 초등임용시험의 수학과 문항을 분석하여 수학 교과를 가르치기 위해 초등학교 교사에게 요구되는 지식과 그 특징을 파악하고 초등임용시험의 개선 방향을 논의하고자 한다. TEDS-M의 분석틀을 수정 및 보완하여 분석한 결과 MCK와 MPCK의 비율이 해마다 차이가 있었지만 전반적으로 MPCK의 비율이 높았다. MCK와 MPCK는 특정 지식 영역, 인지적 과정, 수준에 편중되는 현상을 보이고 있었고 고등 사고력과 평가 지식을 측정하는 문항이 부족하였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 다변화하고 있는 사회에서 필요한 교사의 지식과 능력을 평가할 수 있는 초등임용시험의 개선 방향을 제언하였다.

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