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An Analysis of a Teacher's Transformation Knowledge in Elementary Mathematics Teaching (초등 수학 수업에서 발현되는 교사의 변환 지식 분석)

  • Jung, YooKyung;Pang, JeongSuk
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.695-717
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    • 2013
  • Teacher knowledge needed for teaching is bound to be revealed in teaching the subject matter in relation to the given instructional context. Given this, recent studies on mathematics teacher knowledge tend to analyze actual Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching [MKiT]. This study focused on the dimension of transformation and its related codes in Knowledge Quartet, which has been recognized as a MKiT framework, and analyzed a Korean teacher's transformation knowledge revealed in her elementary mathematics teaching. The analysis showed that the codes related to the dimension of transformation were useful in analyzing teacher knowledge in the Korean context. However, a few codes need to be revised or added for more suitability. On the basis of these results, this paper closes with implications for analyzing teacher knowledge in mathematics teaching.

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A Study on Actual Conditions and Ways to Improve Primary School Science Teaching (초등 과학수업 실태 점검 및 개선 방안 연구)

  • Kwak, Young-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.422-434
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this research is to investigate the actual conditions of primary school science teaching and ways to improve it. In elementary science teaching, teachers themselves tend to have science misconceptions and insufficient science content knowledge. Experienced teachers argued that it could be hard for elementary teachers with lack of science content knowledge to provide their students with meaningful learning experiences of science. Based on the general characteristics of elementary teaching and the awareness of elementary teachers' insufficient science content knowledge, we explored the real situation of the elementary science classroom. We conducted open-ended interviews with teachers and focus group discussions on a regular basis to analyze and compare classes of five primary school teachers. Data analysis focused on why elementary students avoid science classes in upper grades of elementary school and why elementary science classes always need hands-on activities. We also discussed ways to turn hands-on investigation into minds-on investigation by connecting it to important ideas in science. Based on the results, we suggested ways to improve inservice teacher training such as designing supplementary in-service training focused on content knowledge for primary school teachers, setting up professional exchange or collaboration between primary and secondary teachers, and introducing subject-specialized teachers for the fifth and sixth graders of primary school. In particular, considering elementary teachers' insufficient science content knowledge, employing science subject matter specialists in the elementary school could be a useful strategy.

An Analysis of Characteristics and Strategies for Reorganization of Computer Science Education Curriculum (컴퓨터교과의 성격 분석과 교육과정 구성 전략)

  • Shin, Soo-Bum;Lee, Tae-Wuk
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2005
  • This study analyzes the realities of computer curriculum to accommodate computer study as an elementary and secondary educational course of study, and reviews its value and character as a course of computer subject matter, and the strategy for organizing educational courses, reflecting those value and character, etc. First of all, the study raises some questions on the excessively instrumentaI and study-oriented approach of the computer educational curricula at this point of time, as well as summarizing and analyzing viewpoints from the related societies and experts on the character and distinctive feature of the computer study. And this study verifies that the character of computer study is pretty similar to the empirical meaning curriculum from the viewpoint of an educational scholar. Based on the foregoing, a strategy is needed to expand the extrinsic value of computer study as an elementary and secondary school educational curriculum, clarify the knowledge structure internally and to organize a computer subject curriculum which is closely related to daily life of students.

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Narrative Inquiry on Student-Teachers' Teaching Experiences with Extra Curricular Science Classes of a High School: Types and Characteristics of the Knowledge Constructed by the Pre-service Science Teachers (예비 과학 교사들의 고등학교 과학반 지도 경험에 관한 내러티브 탐구: 예비 교사들이 형성하는 지식의 종류와 특징)

  • Oh, Phil-Seok;Lee, Sun-Kyung;Lee, Gyoung-Ho;Kim, Chan-Jong;Kim, Heui-Baik
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.546-564
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the types and characteristics of the knowledge constructed by pre-service secondary science teachers. Data included 26 student-teachers' narratives regarding their experiences in teaching high school students who were enrolled in extra-curricular science classes. It was revealed that the pre-service teachers awoke to the importance of subject matter knowledge, and learned it themselves in the situation of their own teaching. Especially their concern about science content knowledge was strongly associated with the matter of didactic transposition of the knowledge. The result also showed that the pre-service teachers constructed knowledge about the relationship with students as well as pedagogical knowledge to help students learn, and that they newly realized the nature of science in the context of teaching science. In addition, the teaching experiences allowed for the student-teachers to develop knowledge of oneself as a teacher and knowledge about science education in schools. It was believed that the knowledge constructed personally by the pre-service teachers from their teaching experiences could be a platform for the development of teacher expertise. Implications of the present study for science teacher education and relevant research were discussed.

Interpretation of Teacher Knowledge in Geometry with Shulman - Fischbein Framework: Cases of US Preservice Teachers (Shulman-Fischbein 개념틀을 활용한 예비 교사의 기하 영역에 대한 지식 해석 : 미국 예비교사들의 사례)

  • Kim, Ji Sun
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.113-139
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    • 2018
  • There is no doubt about the importance of teacher knowledge for good teaching. Many researches attempted to conceptualize elements and features of teacher knowledge for teaching in a quantitative way. Unlike existing researches, this article suggests an interpretation of preservice teacher knowledge in the field of geometry using the Shulman - Fischbein framework in a qualitative way. Seven female preservice teachers voluntarily participated in this research and they performed a series of written tasks that asked their subject matter knowledge (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Their responses were analyzed according to mathematical algorithmic -, formal -, and intuitive - SMK and PCK. The interpretation revealed that preservice teachers had overally strong SMK, their deeply rooted SMK did not change, their SMK affected their PCK, they had appropriate PCK with regard to knowledge of student, and they tended to less focus on mathematical intuitive - PCK when they considered instructional strategies. The understanding of preservice teachers' knowledge throughout the analysis using Shulman-Fischbein framework will be able to help design teacher preparation programs.

Domestic Research Trends of Teacher Knowledge in Mathematics (수학과 교사지식에 관한 국내 연구의 동향 분석)

  • Song, KeunYoung;Pang, JeongSuk
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.265-287
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the trends of domestic research on teacher knowledge in mathematics in terms of its conceptualizations of teacher knowledge, topics, methods, subjects, and content domains. For this purpose, the papers published in 9 professional journals during the recent 14 years (1999-2012) were analyzed by 5 criteria. The results of this study showed that the concept of PCK was the most frequent, whereas its subcategories appeared in different forms. The most frequent research topic was survey of teacher knowledge. The qualitative research methodology was more frequently used than the quantitative methodology, whereas mixed one was hardly used. The subjects for research included a little more elementary school teachers than secondary counterparts, but did similarly both pre-service and in-service teachers. Whereas both the research on number and operations in elementary mathematics education and the research on function in secondary were active, the rest of content domains were not. On the basis of these results, this paper provides several implications for future research direction in teacher knowledge in mathematics.

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A Survey on the Adequacy of Question Items of the Chemistry Teacher Employment Examination (중등 과학교사 임용시험 중 화학영역 문항의 적절성과 개선 방안에 대한 조사)

  • Hyosoon Han;Jong-Yun Park
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.505-518
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    • 2003
  • A survey has been administered to investigate the adequacy of the chemistry teacher employment examination. The questionnaires were sent to the professors of the fourteen departments of chemistry education all over the nation and the responses were collected from the thirteen departments. From the analyses of the responses, the problems were pointed out and the suggestions were made for the improvement of the examination to recruit excellent chemistry teachers. Reconsideration of the ratio of subject matter education to subject contents, adjustment of format and number of questions, maintaining of proper degree of difficulty and discrimination of items, reconsideration of relevancy to practical education, raising the number of committee for the examination, the reflection of the 7th science curriculum, and opening to the public of the information related to the teacher employment examination were discussed.

An Analysis of the Change of Secondary Earth Science Teachers' Knowledge about the East Sea's Currents through Drawing Schematic Current Maps (해류도 그리기를 통한 중등학교 지구과학 교사들의 동해 해류에 대한 지식의 변화 분석)

  • Park, Kyung-Ae;Park, Ji-Eun;Lee, Ki-Young;Choi, Byoung-Ju;Lee, Sang-Ho;Kim, Young-Taeg;Lee, Eun-Il
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.258-279
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the change of secondary earth science teachers' knowledge about the currents of the East Sea through drawing of a schematic map of oceanic currents. For this purpose, thirty two earth science teachers participated in the six-hour long training of learning and practice related to ocean current schematic map. The teacher participants performed drawing of the ocean current schematic map of the East Sea in three different phases, i.e.; pre-, post-, and delayed-post phase. In addition, all the maps conducted by participants were converted to digitalized image data. Detailed analysis were performed to investigate participating teachers' knowledge about the currents of the East Sea. Findings are as follows: First, the teacher participants have background knowledge about the ocean current map, but it reveals an incorrect knowledge about some concepts. Second, after teacher training, teachers' knowledge increased about the East Sea's currents, while a decrease was found in the differences between individual teachers' knowledge. This pattern was more evident in the delayed-post phase of drawing than in the post-phase occurred immediately after training. Third, the teacher participants were strongly aware of the need to improve the ocean current schematic map of the East Sea in science textbook in terms of scientific knowledge. In addition, they showed a high level of satisfaction about teacher training because they perceived that it was meaningful in various aspects; recognizing the importance of content knowledge and conjunction with instructional strategies, the needs of secondary science curriculum, and recognition of the nature of scientific knowledge. The results imply that teachers' subject matter knowledge plays a significant role to make science teaching effective.

An Analysis of the PCK Components in Elementary Science Government-Authorized Teacher's Guides Developed under 2015 Revised National Curriculum: Focused on Material Units in 3rd~4th Grade (2015 개정 교육과정에 따른 초등학교 과학과 검정 교사용 지도서에 나타난 교과교육학 지식(PCK) 요소 분석 - 3~4학년 물질 영역을 중심으로 -)

  • Song, Nayoon;Cho, Yoonyoung;Noh, Taehee
    • Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.47-63
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    • 2023
  • In this study, we analyzed the PCK components in the materials units of the third and fourth grades of the Korean government-authorized teacher's guides for elementary school, developed in the 2015 revised national curriculum. The results showed that the PCK components were presented in a relatively balanced manner compared to the teacher's guides for middle school. Knowledge of the subject matter accounted for the highest proportion, and knowledge of instructional strategies in science accounted for a higher proportion than knowledge of the science curriculum. The knowledge of assessment in science showed the greatest deviation among publishers, and knowledge of students tended to show the lowest. By subcomponents, experiments and inquiries had a higher proportion than concepts and theories. The ratio of horizontal articulation was lower than that of vertical articulation or lesson objectives, and lesson objectives were presented in various ways, such as in core competencies and achievement standards for science. As questioning was emphasized, teaching strategies and questioning appeared at a similar rate. Motivation and interest, misconceptions were linked to teaching strategies and questioning. In some cases, assessment items and assessment criteria were presented at each level, and various PCK components were linked to these two components. Components with relatively large differences among publishers were supplementary or in-depth concepts, inquiry in textbooks, instruction sequence and method, subject-specific strategies, and assessment items. From the results, the implications for the development of teacher's guides were discussed.

Nature and Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Teaching (과학 교과교육학 지식의 본질과 발달)

  • Lim, Cheong-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.235-249
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate the nature, role and development of pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching. Two research questions were considered: 1) What are the nature and the components of the pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching? 2) What is the value of pedagogical content knowledge and are there any routes and paths to developing pedagogical content knowledge for science teachers? In order to answer these questions instead of analyzing empirical data, former research literatures are reviewed. The results indicate that science pedagogical content knowledge is a special amalgam of science content knowledge and science method knowledge in a special context of science teaching that is uniquely the province of teacher based on their own special form of professional understanding. As a part of one's own distinctive bodies of knowledge, science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge is an important basis for professional development and competent teachers. It is knowledge of how to teach specific content in specific contexts, also it depends on each teachers' distinctive knowledge structure. Pedagogical content knowledge for science teaching is composed of five components: orientations toward science teaching, knowledge and beliefs about science curriculum, knowledge and beliefs about students' understanding of specific topics, knowledge and beliefs about assessment for teaching science, knowledge and beliefs about instructional strategies for teaching science. The development of science pedagogical content knowledge does not start until teachers have acquired a deeply principled conceptual knowledge of content, also it is promoted by the constant use of subject matter knowledge in teaching situations.