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An Investigation of the Effects of Model-Centered Instruction for Pre-service Teachers Majoring in Computer Education (모형 중심교수의 효과성에 관한 탐구- '컴퓨터 교육'교과를 수강하는 예비교사 대상으로)

  • Kim, Hye-Won;Han, Kyu-Jung
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.359-369
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    • 2007
  • Model-centered instruction which presents expert mental model before or during learning can facilitate and help novice learners' problem solving process. During six phases of cognitive apprenticeship model which is a method for applying model centered instruction theory, collaborative learning strategy can maximize articulation and reflection of novice learners. This article presents results of a study that investigated the effects of model-centered instruction and collaborative learning on the learning of instructional design process for pre-service teachers attending a computer education class at an education university.

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The Programming Education Framework for Programming Course in University (대학 프로그래밍 강좌를 위한 프로그래밍 교육 프레임워크)

  • Choe, Hyun-Jong
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.69-79
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    • 2011
  • In this paper I present the framework for programming education relating to the programming course in university. First of all, I identify the literature of the psychological and educational study of programming in domestic and foreign country. Some outstanding papers in foreign country show that the mental model, programming knowledge and strategies are the important difference between novice and expert programmers. And various problems experienced by novice programmers are identified. I summarise this material and suggest some practical implications for programming teachers in their teaching activity. The framework for programming education presented by this work has three dimensions of program development process, programming learning factors and teaching and learning methods for programming to develope the novice's programming skill. It helps the programming teacher to design, implement and evaluate their programming course with the guideline of programming activities.

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Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of the Reading Materials in Elementary School Science Textbooks (초등학교 과학 교과서의 읽기자료에 대한 교사와 학생의 인식)

  • Kang, Sukjin;Seok, Jongim;Koh, Hanjoong
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.315-326
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    • 2013
  • In this study, we investigated elementary school teachers' and students' perceptions of the reading materials in science textbooks. Participants were 181 teachers from 23 elementary schools who were teaching science and 643 third- to sixth-grade students from 12 elementary schools. A questionnaire for teachers consisted of 18 items and a questionnaire for students consisted of 11 items about their perceptions of the reading materials in science textbooks. Nine to twelve items, according to grades, examining the actual uses of each reading material in science textbooks were also included to both questionnaires. The results indicated that teachers have positive perceptions about reading materials and frequently use them in case of needs for supplement and/or enrichment of science learning. Novice teachers were found to have less positive perceptions about reading materials than expert teachers. Over 70 percent of students responded that they read all reading materials. Fifth- and sixth-grade students were tended to have less positive perceptions about reading materials than third-grade students. Finally, students tended to have more positive perceptions about reading materials than their teachers.

An Efficacy Exploration on Enforcing Empowerment for the Beginner Teachers' Adaptation in Special Education (초임 특수교사의 교직생활 적응을 위한 임파워먼트 강화 효능성 탐색)

  • Hwang, Soon-Young
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.302-313
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    • 2006
  • This paper explores the efficacy on enforcing empowerment for the beginner special education teachers' adaptation of teaching life. Empowerment is widespread public concern regarding the role of the teacher in decision made in the operation of schools. Therefore what is discussed to be definition, a central component and strategies of empowerment based upon the through literature review. Empowerment is defined in terms of teachers power to participate in decision making about teaching and learning condition, especially is related to disabilities. And Empowerment has six components, decision making, professional growth, status, self-efficacy, autonomy, and impact. When novice teachers in special education utilize self-empowerment strategy, they have the opportunities for greater status and increasing power.Finally, empowerment is at the heart of special education teachers' adaptation of teaching life. It is suggested that follow-up studies should be conducted to develop indicator for assessing what teachers in special education perceived their empowerment in overall work. Also higher education program must address this issue in pre-service training of administrators and teachers in special education.

Improving Science Teaching and Learning for New Teachers and Diverse Learners Using Participatory Action Research and Cogenerative Dialogue (공동생성적 대화와 현장연구를 통한 초임교사와 다양한 학습자의 과학 교수학습 증진)

  • Park, Changmi;Martin, Sonya N.
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.97-112
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    • 2018
  • Conducted within the methodological framework of action research, this study examines the ways in which a beginning science teacher in a Korean elementary classroom engaged in collaborative research with her own students to resolve problems preventing effective science teaching and learning. Specifically, this study uses cogenerative dialogue between teachers and students to develop new teachers' knowledge of how to manage the classroom to be able to more effectively implement inquiry instructional strategies and knowledge of students as learners. Findings from this research suggest that by involving students in cogenerative dialogues, beginning teachers are provided with valuable insights into how elementary students think about school, science, and teaching and learning, which can help expand a beginning teacher's capacity to be an effective science teacher of science for all learners, especially diverse learners. These findings suggest that teacher education programs could better support beginning teachers by placing greater emphasis on how to conduct action research, including how to implement cogenerative dialogues to catalyze positive changes in their own classrooms. We conclude by discussing the important implications this research has for supporting new teachers struggle to effectively teach science and who would benefit from using strategies to foster improved relationships with their students and improved understanding about the challenges faced by diverse learners in their classroom.

Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Novice Secondary Science Teachers through Collaborative Reflection (초임 중등 과학교사들의 협력적 성찰을 통한 수업 전문성 발달)

  • Shin, Minkyoung;Kim, Heui-Baik
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.77-96
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    • 2022
  • This study investigated how collaborative reflection between novice secondary science teachers promoted the development of teaching professionalism. We intentionally selected research participants who shared sufficient rapport. Data were collected by videotaping the classes taught by participants, pre-talk, post-interviews and nine collaborative reflection processes. All data were transcribed and analyzed. Results indicated that all three teachers showed changes in teaching practice. Minyoung's practice involved a teacher-led lecture, but through collaborative reflection, she could create a learning environment to enhance students' power and ownership in her class. Emphasizing academic rigor, Soyoung used to teach content outside the scope of the curriculum, but through collaborative reflection, she became more considerate of students' understanding. Finally, in Jiyeon's classes inquiry activities and theoretical explanations were separated from each other. However, she repeated her efforts to improve her class after collaborative reflection, allowing students to construct explanations through activities. In this study, three factors that promoted the development of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge through collaborative reflection were identified. First, the different teaching orientations of the three teachers who participated in this study, promoted sharing of opinions through collaborative reflection. Second, reflection based on teaching practice enabled practical feedback on the class, which enhanced the development of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge. Third, the equal status and formation of rapport between the three teachers created an environment for productive reflection. These results suggest that future teacher education programs should target communities that can promote collaborative reflection based on teachers' teaching practice.

Factor Analysis of Visual Literacy Influencing Diagram Understanding and Drawing in Computer Science Education

  • Park, Chan Jung;Hyun, Jung Suk
    • Journal of Advanced Information Technology and Convergence
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2019
  • Recently, with the advent of the software-based society, many organizations have been providing software developing education, such as coding, to Computer Science majors and non-Computer Science majors. When implementing a program, teachers can let students draw a variety of diagrams, such as flowcharts, UML diagrams, and ERD diagrams ahead. As the importance of computational thinking is increasingly emphasized, abstracting algorithms into diagrams is considered an important educational element. In this paper, we examined the visual literacy and abstract/concrete way of thinking of novice programmers in order to analyze factors affecting the abstraction process of drawing diagrams, and how they influence students' ability to understand diagrams and ability to draw. If we understand what factors influence the abstraction process in this study, we can suggest educational alternatives for future strategies in which teachers will teach students.

Analysis of Inquiry Teaching Levels of Beginning Science Teachers in Middle School Science Laboratories (중학교 과학 실험 수업에서 초임 과학 교사들의 탐구 지도 수준 분석)

  • Jeong, Jin-Woo;Lee, Keun-June;Kim, Jin-Kuk
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.364-373
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate inquiry levels in the laboratory practices of beginning middle school science teachers. For this research eight teachers were chosen among a pool of beginning teachers. Then four finalists were chosen individually by interviews. Topics associated with hands-on activity experiments were provided by the author. In order to analyze teaching-skill development, classroom observations were made under the same topic after one year. The inquiry levels of four novice teachers were confirmation or structured inquiry but the inquiry levels were not out of confirmation or structured inquiry levels when those compared to last year's one. This study contributes to the professional development of teachers and provides various informations for instructional development of beginning teachers.

Design of Teaching·Learning Model for Programming Language Education (프로그래밍 언어 교육을 위한 교수·학습 모델 설계)

  • Kang, Hwan Soo
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.517-524
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    • 2012
  • This paper deals with the design of teaching learning model for programming language education. Various courses related to programming language education have opened at the university having many academic majors. In the meantime, a variety of programming languages have been developed, many integrated development environments of programming language have also been developed for users to make a program easily. But it is difficult for many novice learners to learn programming language still, likewise it is difficult for many teachers to teach the introduction course of programming language. In this paper, we have designed a teaching learning model based on scholastic achievements and blended learning for programming language education. The teaching learning model designed in this study was applied to a course opened in the second semester of 2011. According to the course evaluation result, the teaching learning model for programming language has shown to be an effective for novice learner.

Orientations and Execution of Beginning Secondary Science Teachers' Teaching Practices: Motivating and Understanding Students (초임 중등 과학 교사의 교수활동에 대한 지향과 실행: 동기 유발과 학생 이해를 중심으로)

  • Kwon, Hong-Jin;Kim, Chan-Jong;Choe, Seung-Urn
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.289-301
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate beginning secondary science teachers' teaching practices in terms of motivating and understanding students. Six first-year teachers participated in this study. Data were collected by classroom observations and structured interviews. Instructional materials used during the class were also collected to understand teaching practice. Lessons observed were video-tape recorded and the teachers were interviewed. Video- and audio-tape recording were transcribed. The framework, developed by Knowles Project Team of Michigan State University, was adopted and revised according to Korean classroom context and employed as an analytical tool for teaching practices. The beginning secondary science teachers intention ranged from 'Managing Work' to 'School Science.' No teachers revealed 'Reform Science Teaching' orientation. For the execution of science lessons, one teacher with 'Managing Work' orientation showed 'expert' level of execution, but the others executed at a 'novice' level. Beginning science teachers need to be guided and informed about 'Reform Science Teaching' for motivating and understanding students to develop professionally.