• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제34권4호
• /
• pp.367-373
• /
• 2014

The purpose of this study was to survey secondary school science teachers' teaching styles and to recognize students' science anxiety about science teachers' different teaching styles. One hundred seventy-four science teachers and 2,122 students participated. The teaching style questionnaire and the science anxiety measurement scale (SAMS) with teaching style were administered to teachers and students, respectively. Teaching styles were analyzed in terms of teacher's individual variables, such as gender and school level. The science anxiety related to each teaching style was analyzed and compared in terms of students' gender and school level. The results were as follows. First, the secondary school science teachers were classified into four types based on their teaching styles: expert, provider, facilitator and enabler. Most teachers fell under the expert style category and the least under enabler style. This indicated that numerous science teachers in secondary school employ a teacher-directed style rather than a student-centered style in class. Second, students felt the highest science anxiety with experts and the lowest science anxiety with enablers. The students' science anxiety showed statistically significant differences with different teaching styles (p<.05). Even though female students felt higher science anxiety than male students towards all four teaching styles, no statistically significant gender differences were found. Middle school students were more influenced by teaching style than high school students. Some suggestions were made for teachers to reduce students' science anxiety in classes based on results.

• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제31권8호
• /
• pp.1110-1120
• /
• 2011

본 연구는 수학, 과학 성취에 대한 일반학생과 상위 성취 학생들의 성차여부에 대한 영재담당 교사의 인식을 알아보는 데 목적이 있다. 연구에 참여한 교사들은 초등 영재담당교사 167명과 중등 영재담당교사 122명이다. 교사들은 일반학생과 상위 성취학생의 수학, 과학 성취에 성차가 존재하는지, 왜 그렇게 생각하는지 등에 관한 설문에 참여하였다. 연구에 참여한 교사의 65%는 남녀 학생 간 과학 성취에 성차가 존재한다고 응답하였으며, 성차가 존재한다고 인식한 교사의 63%는 초등 고학년에서 중학생 시기에 성차가 드러난다고 보았다. 상위 성취 학생집단에도 성차가 나타난다고 보는 교사들은 전체의 57%였으며, 성차가 나타난다고 응답한 교사들이 생각하는 성차 발현의 이유로는 선천적 능력의 차이, 사회적 기대, 부모의 양육태도 등이 있었다. 영재담당교사들의 수학, 과학에 대한 학생들의 성취에 대한 성차인식은 교사의 태도에 영향을 주어 남녀학생들의 실제 성취에 영향을 미칠 가능성이 높으므로, 이러한 교사들의 인식과 태도에 대한 제언이 결론으로 제시되었다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제29권6호
• /
• pp.611-625
• /
• 2009

이 연구의 목적은 수업에서 드러난 초임교사의 과학내용지식 측면의 특징을 탐구하는 것이다. 수업동영상 분석을 위한 컨설팅 협의회, 초임교사와의 면담 자료 등을 활용하여 초임교사들이 지닌 과학교과에 대한 인식 및 과학내용 지식의 특징을 추출하였다. 분석대상으로 한 수업은 중학교 3학년 일과 에너지 단원의 9차시 수업이며, 6명의 초임교사와 선배교사로 구성된 6명의 컨설팅 협의진이 차시별 수업을 교차분석하였다. 연구결과에 따르면, 초임과학교사들은 실증주의적 인식론을 지니고 있으며, 교사의 권위는 내용지식을 많이 아는 데서 나온다고 생각하며, 과학 엘리트 의식을 지니고 있음을 알 수 있다. 교과내용지식 측면에서 초임교사의 수업의 특징을 살펴보면, 때로는 교사 자신의 오개념으로 인해 수업 중에 표현 오류가 발견되고, 교사가 내용을 많이 아는 것이 오히려 독이 되는 경우가 발견되고, 생각나는 것을 모두 언급하는 산발적 내용 전개가 발견되며, 초임이나 비전공자가 진행할 경우 수업시간이 남아도는 등의 특징을 나타내었다. 아울러 초임교사의 과학에 대한 인식에 대하여 경력교사들이 제안하는 대안을 탐색하였다. 결론에서는 과학교사의 교과내용지식(SMK)은 과학 교수활동에 영향을 주지만, 다른 교사지식에 의해 매개되므로, 초임 과학교사들의 과학내용지식(SMK)을 과학 내용교수지식(PCK)으로 전환할 수 있는 지원 방안을 제안하였다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
• /
• 제32권8호
• /
• pp.1378-1389
• /
• 2012

Environmental education is usually taught across the curriculum in most of the countries. This teaching approach has been a challenge for teachers to implement it especially in the Malaysian curriculum context. Thus, science teachers require effectual Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Environmental Education (PCK-EE). The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of teaching option and teaching experience on science teachers' PCK-EE. Five components of PCK-EE were investigated in this study, which were: a) knowledge of curriculum, b) knowledge of content, c) knowledge of student, d) knowledge of teaching strategies, and e) knowledge of evaluation. 347 secondary science teachers from the state of Selangor have participated in this survey study. The questionnaire used had 60 items. The findings revealed teaching option has a significant influence on science teachers' knowledge of content (p=0.000); knowledge of student (p=0.000) and knowledge of teaching strategies (p=0.016). In the case of teaching experience, it was found that there is a low correlation on knowledge of content (r=0.174) and knowledge of evaluation (r=0.170) only. Implication of this study leads to the suggestion in enhancing teachers' service training to improve their PCK-EE and subsequently their ability in teaching environmental education across curriculum.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
• /
• 제23권1호
• /
• pp.74-84
• /
• 2004

The purpose of this study was to get an implication on teacher education program, by exploring the difficulties pre-service elementary teachers have with their science lessons. 37 pre-service teachers were requested to write an anecdote about their science lessons during their 4 week practicum. By analyzing these anecdotes, the difficulties were grouped into several categories by the researcher, and then reconfirmed by the pre-service teachers themselves. The result showed that there were far more difficulties with practical work (cases: 48), than with content knowledge teaching (cases: 17). Among practical work related difficulties, the most frequent cases were: 1) when they have unexpected result different from scientific theory (cases: 10), 2) when they teach process skill and usage of lab equipments (cases: 8), and 3) when they do not have enough preparation for practical work (cases: 7). Unlike the result of preceding research on secondary pre-service teachers, there was no affective aspect problems. These difficulties also can be divided into 'problems' and 'dilemmas'. Whereas 'problems' can be settled by removing obstacles, 'dilemmas', a conflict-filled situation, require choices between competing values or aims. The use of scientific language, the decision on the level and amount of knowledge they teach, and disposal of unexpected experiment results caused such dilemmas in science lessons. The research results imply practical work should be more strengthened in the elementary teacher education program. And both teacher educators and pre-service teachers need to understand that practical teaching is a complex enterprise accompanying some 'dilemmas'. The role of science teachers as managers of dilemmas could be considered.

• 아동학회지
• /
• 제22권2호
• /
• pp.361-373
• /
• 2001

This study identified significant variables that influence the science teaching self-efficacy beliefs of Kindergarten teachers. Data was obtained from 317 kindergarten teachers who responded to the questionnaire, the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (Riggs & Enochs). Results indicated that science teaching experience, teachers' attitudes about science and teaching science, and children's interest in science influenced science teaching self-efficacy. Science related experiences of childhood and schooling negatively affected science teaching outcome expectancy.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
• /
• 제8권3호
• /
• pp.355-366
• /
• 2015

The purpose of this study was to investigate the elementary school pre-service teachers' and in-service teachers' and STEAM leader school teachers' difficulties and requirements in the relation to STEAM Education. For this study, 49 pre-service teachers, 57 in-service teachers, 16 leader school teachers in G Area were selected. And they conducted the survey. The results of this study were as follows. First, in order to minimize elementary teachers' physical burden actually, it is necessary to distribute STEAM teaching materials including various and specific programs to the schools in the booklet. Second, for the fast and effective spreading of STEAM, it also should be permitted the pre-service teachers to access STEAM homepage, which is limited to teachers. Third, we should make circumstance to research on STEAM through collaboration with colleagues freely. Therefore, we should give intensive training and consulting opportunities to science teacher. Because they who is getting stronger in this field to do this can furnish other colleagues to teaching tips and information in the relation to STEAM education. By all this fulfillment simultaneously, STEAM will be settlement in elementary school in the short period.

• 한국생활과학회지
• /
• 제16권4호
• /
• pp.691-697
• /
• 2007

This study investigates how well pre-teachers in preschools aware the importance of science teaching methods, goals and efficacy, and how different the pre-teachers recognize the importance of methods and goals in science teaching according to the levels of their science teaching efficacy. The subjects were 207 pre-service preschool teachers in Chonnam University and Chonbuk University. The data were collected by using three questionnaires("Science teaching efficacy", "Science teaching goal" and "Science teaching method"). The data were analyzed by a t-test and descriptive statistic. The results are as follows: first, the efficacy levels of the pre-teachers are higher than the average. The pre-teachers perceive a 'process-oriented' goal more importantly than a 'content-oriented' goal in early science education. Also, they recognize science teaching methods as being significant in the order of an 'interactive' approach, an 'activity-discovery' approach and a 'knowledge-transmission' approach. Second, the pre-teachers with high teaching efficacy recognize a 'process-oriented' goal as being more important than those with low teaching efficacy do.

• 과학교육연구지
• /
• 제35권2호
• /
• pp.240-249
• /
• 2011

이 연구는 과학의 본성, 과학교수. 과학학습에 대한 초등과학 영재담당교사와 일반교사의 신념을 비교한 것이다. 이 연구를 위하여 초등과학 영재담당교사 88명과 초등학교 일반교사 90명을 대상으로 과학의 본성, 과학교수, 과학학습에 대한 신념을 측정하는 설문을 실시하였으며, 교사의 최종학력, 심화전공에 따른 과학교육의 본성과 그 하위 영역에 대한 신념의 차이를 비교 분석하였다. 연구 결과에 따르면 초등과학 영재담당교사와 일반교사 사이에는 과학의 본성과 과학교수에 대한 신념의 차이는 없었으나 과학학습에 대한 신념에서는 영재담당교사가 더 구성주의적인 신념을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 과학의 본성, 과학교수, 과학학습의 하위 영역에 대한 최종학력과 심화과정에 따른 두 집단 간의 신념에서는 일부 하위 영역에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 나타났다. 연구 결과를 토대로 영재교사의 선발, 영재교사를 위한 연수에 대한 시사점 등이 논의되었다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
• /
• 제34권1호
• /
• pp.58-71
• /
• 2015

Ability of understanding students' ideas and thinking is critical to teachers' professional growth. In this study, 'pedagogical reasoning' was conceptualized as teachers' reasoning ability of students' misconceptions and possible causes of misconceptions when they hear and observe students' science discourses. To investigate elementary pre-service teachers' pedagogical reasoning levels, children's science discourses on light reflection and electric circuit were video recorded and 43 pre-service elementary teachers were asked to identify children's misconceptions and possible causes of misconceptions after watching the video clips. In conclusion, pedagogical reasoning levels of pre-service elementary teachers were not high enough, showing significant difference in light reflection and electric circuit. Possible explanations of this difference and educational implications were discussed.