• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.759-767
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• 2008

This article arose from the previous studies, which suggested a synthetic list for the nature of science (NOS), discussed the relationship between the NOS and scientific inquiry and the development of the NOS in the context of scientific inquiry. In this article, for teaching scientific inquiry through the NOS, I proposed three teaching models - reflection, interaction, and the direct model -. Within these teaching models, understanding the NOS is viewed as a prerequisite condition for the improved performance of scientific inquiry. In the reflection model, the NOS is embedded and reflected in scientific inquiry without explicit introduction or direct explanation of the NOS. In the interaction model, concrete interaction between scientific inquiry and the NOS is encouraged during the process of scientific inquiry. In the direct model, subsequent to directly comprehending the NOS at the first stage of activity, students conduct scientific inquiry based on their understanding of the NOS. The intention of this present article is to facilitate the use of these models to develop teaching materials for more authentic scientific inquiry.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2012

This study explored practicing elementary school teacher's beliefs of scientific inquiry and scientific inquiry teaching methods. Defining teacher's beliefs as a broad construct, we tried to examine the teachers' understandings about the scientific inquiry and scientific inquiry teaching method. This study drew on interview data from 10 elementary teachers in busan and changwon area of korea. Conclusions of this study include; First, we found that elementary teacher's beliefs of inquiry were represented variously. And they considered that inquiry is the important goal of science education. They though that the goal of science education is development of Scientific inquiry skills, Scientific thinking skills, development of Creativity and problem solving ability, increasing interest about science, understanding of the basic concepts of science and apply of real-life. second, most of the teachers though that Scientific inquiry is scientists activities, they defined 'the process of creation of new knowledge', 'the process of deriving theory', 'solving process of intellectual curiosity', 'Problem-solving process'. third, they considered that teaching method of scientific inquiry is open inquiry activities. however, they thought that there are many difficulties to actually apply. Understanding teachers' beliefs has implications for both the enactment of inquiry teaching in the classroom as well as the uptake of new teaching behaviors during professional development, with enhanced outcomes for engaging students in Science.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to look into self-concept and teaching anxiety of elementary school teachers about inquiry instruction in science class, and investigate correlations among them. For this study, the survey was carried out on 338 elementary school teachers, and the interview was conducted with 5 of them. The results of this study are as follows; Self-concept of elementary school teachers about inquiry instruction in science class was more positive than usual. And the teachers who were male, older and majored in science education showed more affirmative self-concept about inquiry instruction in science class. Teaching anxiety of elementary school teachers about inquiry instruction in science class was less than usual. And the teachers who were male, older and majored in science education showed less teaching anxiety about inquiry instruction in science class. The correlation of self-concept and teaching anxiety of elementary school teachers about inquiry instruction in science class was an negative interrelation. This presents that the teachers, who have more positive self-concept about inquiry instruction in science class, have less teaching anxiety than those who have more negative one. Consequently, teacher training and retraining programs should be developed and conducted by grasping teachers' self-concept and their anxiety, to reduce anxiety about inquiry instruction in science class.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.181-191
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• 2007

The purposes of this study were as follows; to investigate elementary school teachers' understanding of scientific inquiry, experiences in learning/teaching, their educational experience of scientific inquiry, and to study the difficulties they experience in teaching scientific inquiry methods to elementary students and their suggestions for future inquiry materials. For the purposes of this study, 157 elementary school teachers participated in a survey and 10 teachers were interviewed in-depth in relation to their ideas and experiences of scientific inquiry. The results show that most elementary school teachers had a lack of understanding of scientific inquiry skills, and lacked educational experiences of inquiry methods in general. They generally perceived the 7th science text-books as being inappropriate and inadequate for teaching students scientific inquiry processes. The educational implications are discussed to help practitioners implement scientific inquiries successfully through the various types of teaching materials and professional developments.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.334-346
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• 2012

For teachers' conceptions and understandings are critical to their decision making and classroom practice, this study attempts to understand pre-service elementary teachers' views and practices of science inquiry during peer teaching practice. Fifteen 4th year university students in teacher education program participated in peer teaching practice. Their teaching and reflective discussion were video and audio recorded and written lesson plans were collected for data analysis. Five science teacher educators individually looked into the data and shared their comments and interpretations on pre-service teachers' views and practice. The study findings suggest that pre-service teachers emphasized the importance of providing students with motivating resources in the beginning of lesson, employing certain inquiry teaching models, the process of predicting and dis/proving via experiment, and teachers' minimal intervention as the important features of inquiry teaching. Science teacher educators emphasized that it is critical to help children understand inquiry questions in the beginning of inquiry process, to be mindful of children's problem solving and critical thinking rather than following instruction models or simply going through prediction and test process. They also commented that teachers' guidance could lead a good inquiry process in classroom practice, not always interfering students' inquiry. Based on the findings, the study suggests science teacher educators need to understand what and how pre-service teachers view and practice science inquiry teaching and consider these as useful resources where they can start effective teaching for pre-service teachers at the university level.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.114-126
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to identify the theory of inquiry and to suggest an example of teaching/learning strategy through inquiry for effective environmental education. This study was based on the review of literature in the area of background of inquiry, inquiry in school subjects-social science, science, and environment and activities for inquiry. The teaching/learning strategy which was developed in this study included several inquiry activities focusing on recent social issue. And it can be used in environmental class.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.210-224
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• 2020

본 연구는 1년간 동료 교사들과 과학 탐구 수업을 협력적으로 계획하여 수행한 다섯 명의 중학교 과학 교사들이 과학 탐구 수업에 대하여 어떠한 교수 지향을 가지고 있는지 밝히는 것을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구에서는 사전·사후 설문과 면담, 교사들의 협력적 수업 계획 및 성찰 대화, 개별 수업 관찰 및 수업 후 면담 자료를 수집하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 교사들이 가지고 있는 과학 탐구 교수 지향은 다음과 같이 4가지로 나타났다. 첫째, 본 연구의 교사들은 학생이 과학 탐구를 수행하여 스스로 과학 개념을 형성하고 과학적 소양을 함양하는 것이 중요한 과학 교육 목표라는 '과학 탐구 교육 목표'에 관한 믿음을 가지고 있었다. 둘째, 교사의 치밀한 수업 설계와 학생의 능동적인 과학 탐구 수행을 통해 진정한 과학 학습이 이루어진다는 '과학 탐구 교수-학습'에 관한 지식과 믿음을 가지고 있었다. 셋째, 논의를 활용한 교수가 학생의 사고를 구체화하고 조직하여 과학 학습에 효과적이라는 '논의 기반 과학 교수-학습'에 관한 지식과 믿음을 가지고 있었다. 마지막으로 과학 탐구가 과학적 증거와 사회적 합의를 통해 과학 지식을 형성한다는 '과학 지식 및 과학 탐구의 본성'에 관한 인식론적 믿음을 가지고 있었다. 본 연구의 교사들이 과학 탐구 수업에 대하여 실천적이고 구체적인 교수 지향을 가지게 된 것은 1년 동안 동료 교사와 함께 과학 탐구 수업 계획 및 실행을 하고 성찰하며 수업을 개선한 교사학습공동체 경험과 관련되는 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제67권6호
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• pp.441-461
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• 2023

본 연구는 온-오프라인 혼합 학습환경에서 과학교사의 교수 지향과 그에 따른 PCK의 특징 탐색을 목적으로 한다. 본 연구에서는 교사 12명을 대상으로 설문, 반구조화 면담, 수업관찰 및 현장노트의 질적 자료를 수집하여 귀납적으로 분석하였다. 본 연구 참여교사의 과학 교육 목표 지향과 과학 교수·학습 지향의 조합으로 범주화하여 '과학 개념 이해-강의식 수업' '과학 개념형성-탐구 수업' '과학 개념 및 탐구 과정 적용-탐구 수업' '과학 개념 및 탐구 과정 적용-강의식 수업' '과학 정보 분석 및 판단-탐구 수업' '과학적 태도 함양-탐구 수업' '과학적 태도 함양-강의식 수업' '과학·기술·사회 상호관계 인식 함양-탐구 수업'의 교수 지향을 추출하였다. 온-오프라인 혼합 학습환경에서 과학 교육 목표 지향과 관계없이 '탐구 수업 지향'의 교사는 '강의식 수업 지향'의 교사와 다르게 다양한 탐구 활동을 위한 온라인 학습환경 특이적인 교육과정에 관한 지식을 형성하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. '과학 개념 이해-강의식 수업 지향'의 교사들은 학생 이해 점검을 위한 질문 전략, 반복 강의 전략 등의 교수 전략에 관한 지식을 가지고 있었다. 반면, '과학 개념 형성-탐구 수업 지향'의 교사들은 학생들의 과학 개념 형성을 위해 온라인 학습환경에서 실시간 모둠 활동을 수행하는 전략, 코로나 19 이전 수행하던 대면 모둠 활동을 가상 실험, 학생 개별 실험으로 대체하여 수행하는 전략에 관한 지식을 가지고 있었다. '과학 개념 이해-강의식 수업 지향'의 교사들은 학생 과학 학습에 관한 지식이 드러나지 않은 반면, '과학 개념 형성-탐구 수업 지향'의 교사들은 온라인 학습환경에서 탐구 수업 관련된 학생의 학습 어려움에 관한 지식을 가지고 있었다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.749-758
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• 2008

Even though the importance of the nature of science (NOS) and scientific inquiry in science learning have been emphasized by many science educators and science curriculums, the link between the NOS and scientific inquiry has not been discussed sufficiently. In this article, I discussed that various aspects of NOS are already embedded in defining and characterizing the authentic scientific inquiry and that we need to have special concern about how the NOS should be treated and interpreted when introducing it into scientific inquiry. And I summarized two approaches to teach the NOS and scientific inquiry; teaching the NOS through scientific inquiry and teaching scientific inquiry through the NOS. Finally, some next studies based on this article are introduced.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.465-473
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of scientific inquiry-based peer teaching experience on pre-service elementary teachers' science teaching efficacy, anxiety to science and attitude toward science. The participants of this study included 118 pre-service teachers. The pre-post paired t-test design was implemented to examine the effect of this program. In addition, the semi-structured interviews were carried out for investigating their changes of affective characteristics. The result of this study showed that inquiry-based peer teaching provided pre-service teachers with the opportunities to enhance their science teaching efficacy and attitude toward science and reduce their anxiety to science. The findings imply that it is possible to meaningfully change elementary teachers' affective characteristics when effective strategies are adequately adopted.