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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2012.32.10.1567

Preference and Actuality for Science Laboratory and Teaching Environment of Science Teachers' in Primary and Secondary School  

Kim, Myung-Hee (Woonam Middle School)
Kim, Youngshin (Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.32, no.10, 2012 , pp. 1567-1579 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study carried a survey to investigate teacher's cognition on preference and actuality about science laboratory and class environment targeting 262 science teachers. The results of this study are as follow: First, the actuality cognition of science teachers on science laboratory and class environment was lower than preference (p<.05). Second, there were no differences between preference and actuality regardless of gender (p<.05). However, the cognition on all of subordinates of preference appeared higher in females than males (p<.05). Third, at all levels of schools, preference is higher than actuality for science laboratory and teaching environment (p<.05). In case of preference, all of the subordinates indicated the difference between elementary and high school teachers (p<.05). On the other hand, in actuality there was a difference between elementary and middle school teachers in 'science laboratory facilities condition' domain only (p<.05). Fourth, the preference was higher than actuality in all school locations (p<.05). And in case of preference, there was no difference in all subordinates regardless of school sites. Whereas the cognition of small-medium city teachers was lower than metropolitan in actuality on the three domains of 'science laboratory facilities condition,' 'teaching condition and service support,' and 'staff policy and practice' (p<.05). As a result, this study informs that upgrading is necessary to achieve inquiry activity in science class in overall teaching environment including science classroom and laboratory.
Keywords
science laboratory; teaching environment; preference; actuality;
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