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http://dx.doi.org/10.21796/jse.2020.44.1.122

Exploring Ways to Improve the First Major Area of the Examination for Appointing Secondary Science Teachers with the Change of Educational Environment  

Kwak, Youngsun (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of Science Education / v.44, no.1, 2020 , pp. 122-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the teacher expertise to be evaluated in the secondary science teacher employment test (TET, hereafter) in order to respond to changes in educational environments including the transition to competency-based curriculum, and ways to improve the first exam in major areas in the current TET. For this purpose, Delphi surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 professors of science education who have experience in the TET. According to the research results, teacher expertise such as subject teaching, student understanding, intelligence information utilization, community competencies, and so on were suggested. Ways to improve science content exam in the TET include securing fairness and validity by increasing the number of questions, strengthening the connection with the secondary school curriculum, updating assessment areas for certificate subjects periodically, etc. Ways to improve science education exam in the TET include research and development on the types of science education questions, introducing essay test to science education exam, development of a standardized curriculum on science education, etc. Based on the research results, the necessity of revising the curriculum for teacher training colleges, differentiating curriculum between teachers' colleges and natural science colleges, and reforming the teacher training system by introducing graduate school of education were suggested.
Keywords
teacher employment test; teacher expertise; science content; science education; graduate school of education;
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