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http://dx.doi.org/10.15523/JKSESE.2018.11.2.78

Analysis of Exam Trend of Earth Science Education in the Secondary-school Teacher Employment Test  

Kwak, Youngsun (Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education / v.11, no.2, 2018 , pp. 78-89 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore ways to improve developing exam questions for Earth science education by analyzing exam trend of Earth science education in the secondary-school teacher employment test (TET, hereafter). For this purpose, we developed an analysis framework to analyze items of Earth science education in the secondary-school TET, and this analysis framework covers required courses for 'theory of Earth science education' of 'Earth science teaching certificate courses'. The analysis framework consists of big categories, assessment domains, and assessment components. We divided system changes in secondary-school TET into 4 types, and analyzed exams of 2014-2018 school year, which is the existing exam system. According to the results, 22-24 points out of 80 have been allotted to Earth science education. Among assessment domains, Earth science Teaching & Learning domain has taken the highest percentage of scores and item numbers, followed by Earth science inquiry, history & philosophy of science, etc. For each domain, we analyzed exam tendencies in detail. Based the results, we suggested ways to improve developing exam questions for Earth science education in the secondary-school TET, and ways to improve curriculum for Earth science education in the teacher education program.
Keywords
secondary-school teacher employment test; Earth science; science education; Earth science inquiry;
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