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http://dx.doi.org/10.5012/jkcs.2009.53.5.570

High School Students' Perception on Psychological Learning EnvironmentGenerated by Science Teachers and Their Attitude Change Related to Science  

Park, Ki-Sung (Buram High School)
Kim, Dong-Jin (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
Park, So-Young (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
Park, Kwang-Seo (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
Jeong, Yeon-Mi (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
Lim, Kyoung-Ok (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
Park, Kuk-Tae (Department of Chemistry Education, Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society / v.53, no.5, 2009 , pp. 570-584 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out high school students' perception on psychologicallearning environment generated by science teachers and their attitude change related to science. The subjectsconsisted of 539 freshmen in a boys' high school pre-applied of common school group in S city. This study wasconducted with students' perception survey and classification of teachers' features according to it. The surveyabout science-related attitude was also made in early 1st semester and 2nd semester, and the students showingthe great attitude change related to science were interviewed. The results of this study revealed that statistically,students had a more positive perception on female teachers than on male ones and that according to their teachers,there were clear different in the psychological learning environment perceived by students. As for the relation of teachers' features and students' attitude change, it showed the negative effect only when the teacher was incharge of only one class, but in most of the cases, there was no meaningful correlation. The semi-structuredinterview with students with great attitude change related to science indicated that the main cause of the changewas the achievement they made in class. The interview showed that the change related to science happenedunder the indirect influence of teachers rather than direct influence. Furthermore, students wanted scienceteachers to meet the science class possessing various instruction behaviors and support behaviors. Therefore,science teachers playing an important role in students' choice of career should make efforts to realize thelearner-centered curriculum and change students' science-related attitude into a positive direction.
Keywords
Psychological learning environment; Attitude change related to science;
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