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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2021.41.3.251

Changes in Science Teaching Revealed through the Life History of a Highly Experienced Elementary School Teacher  

Hong, Jiyeong (E-hyun Elementary School)
Oh, Phil Seok (Gyeongin National University of Education)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.41, no.3, 2021 , pp. 251-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the life history of a highly experienced elementary school teacher, Mr. Park and to understand how his science teaching practices have changed throughout his educational career. Using life history interviews with Mr. Park and his life history materials as data sources, a life story of the participant teacher was constructed. The ways teaching changed in the inter-relationship between external and personal factors were then analyzed according to three temporal periods of teaching changes. It was revealed that in the first period of teaching change, Mr. Park changed his science teaching practices by actively accepting influences from external factors, which in turn enabled him to start developing his expertise in student-centered science instruction. By contrast, in the second period of teaching change, Mr. Park strengthened his own ways of teaching while responding critically to the trends of educational change by external factors. In the third and final period of teaching change, Mr. Park made changes in teaching practices by taking advantage of his personal factors to convert influences of external factors into positive ones. Based on these findings, it was suggested that educational policies for teaching changes should be provided in consideration of teachers' life cycles and their expertise and that teachers should make efforts to reflect on the factors for educational change and transform them into positive ones.
Keywords
teaching change; science teaching; elementary school teacher; life history;
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