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http://dx.doi.org/10.15267/keses.2021.40.3.407

Elementary School Teachers' Perceptions of Philosophy of Science Education  

Kang, Eunju (Okpo Elementary School)
Kim, Jina (Pusan National University)
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Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education / v.40, no.3, 2021 , pp. 407-419 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the perception of science philosophy education targeting 150 elementary school teachers in metropolitan cities and provinces. The questionnaire survey on the perception of the philosophy of science education was composed of a 5-point Likert scale based on the interest and experience of the philosophy of science, the reason for difficulty in using it, and the introduction method, the expected effect. As a result of the survey, elementary school teachers' awareness of the interest and necessity of the philosophy of science was generally high, while the experience of learning and teaching the philosophy of science was low. In addition, to the reason why it was difficult to utilize the philosophy of science, teachers answered that there was insufficient teacher training and development of teaching and learning methods. As a way to introduce the philosophy of science in science education, it was thought that it was necessary to combine the concept learning and inquiry method, and elementary school teachers' perception of the expected effect of using the philosophy of science was generally high. The results of this study are meaningful in that they provide basic data on the direction of the introduction of the philosophy of science in elementary science education.
Keywords
philosophy of science education; perception survey; elementary school teacher;
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