• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.193-205
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• 2014

The purpose of this research is to gather basic data to make nursery teachers' role clear and to suggest a way to improve their expertise by investigating their sensitivity and expertise. To fulfill this aim, this research was performed by targeting 180 nursery teachers responsible for infant classes in national, public, and private nursery schools. To measure the nursery teachers' sensitivity, Gerber's (2003) teacher sensitivity indicator is used. And to measure the efficacy of teaching play, the indicator, which was developed by E. Shin, Y. Yu and H. Park (2004), was used through modification and complement. Also for measuring the teacher's expertise, research data were collected by the generalized and modified questionnaire which was used in H. Yoon's (2010) research. The results of the analysis of collected data show that the teacher group with higher sensitivity in the infant class shows meaningfully higher professional ethics, higher performance, and higher recognition of expertise than the teacher group with lower sensitivity. And the teacher group with higher awareness of the efficacy of play shows higher professional ethics, higher performance, and higher recognition of expertise than the teacher group with lower sensitivity. too. Also, the results of the analysis of the correlation between the infant teacher's sensitivity, efficacy of teaching play, and recognition of expertise show that the teacher's sensitivity has a static correlation with the total points of social necessity, professional ethics, fairness, teacher's performance, and recognition of expertise. When we generalize the research results, we find that positive sensitivity and higher efficacy of teaching play make the infant class teacher's expertise recognition higher.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-25
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to explore the potential of peer coaching for EFL teachers' professional development. For this study, 12 college teachers in Korea participated in a 10-week program. They were 7 males and 5 females, ranging in age from 24 to 37 years. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Reflective analysis was used to analyze individual interview data. From the findings, two significant categories of peer coaching were identified: positive and negative responses to peer coaching experience. However, the overriding themes that emerged from the data were the benefits of peer coaching. The participants were almost unanimous in their acknowledgement of the advantages of peer coaching, such as reflective support through other's eyes, improved working environments, greater teaching strategies, higher professional self-esteem, and awareness of self-directed learning. Negative responses also appeared, mostly in regard to the working principles of implementation; the major issues of difficulties were time management, complexities of implementation procedure, stress and personal vulnerability, and relative lack of reflection and feedback skills. Demonstrating the participants' experiences towards the peer coaching program, this study provides EFL teachers with useful insights into peer coaching as an effective tool of their professional development.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2011

Recently, increasing demand for teacher professional development and significant advances in information and communication technologies has led to a proliferation of online professional development. In spite of online professional development's popularity and advantages, research indicates that there is a concern of considerably high dropout rates of online learners. Therefore, to reduce the dropout rates of the learners, this paper is designed to help teachers identify professional development opportunities that are tailored to their needs as well as successfully complete these learning experiences. To achieve the purpose of the study, the paper explores the considerations for evaluating the characteristics of online learners and online professional development. Using these evaluations, this paper provides practical strategies for helping elementary and secondary education teachers successfully complete online professional development without dropping out an online course.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈A:수학교육
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.215-228
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to development the scoring framework for teacher knowledge of fractions. This framework is qualified in the content-validity by professional educators' evaluation and in the reliability by correlation coefficient. 2 math educators judged that this framework is composed of appropriate scoring category, scoring criterion, and scoring level. After 2 teachers scored the tasks, correlation coefficient was calculated between evaluators. The coefficient is evaluated high in that it is more than 0.80.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.309-322
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• 2010

What is learning in the math classroom? Does a new term need to be coined for learning? Is the term over-used and it has lost it meaning? The responses of one hundred five teacher-candidates and graduate students were coded using the five levels researcher designed rubric which was modeled after Bloom's Taxonomy for depth of knowledge. The effects of understanding learning include the preparation of lesson plans, classroom instruction, the guiding of student learning, and the professional development of teacher leaders.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.69-83
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• 2013

본 연구는 확장되고 있는 OER 환경과 교사의 전문성 제고를 연계하여 교사 연수 프로그램을 제공하면서 교사의 자기조절학습능력도 향상시킬 수 있는 환경을 설계하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 우선 선행문헌 고찰 및 사례 분석을 토대로 하여 성인 학습자로서 교사의 자기조절학습 능력 증진시키면서 교사의 전문성을 개발하고 교수 자료를 개발하는데 도움이 될 수 있는 OER을 활용한 웹기반 교원연수 프로그램 설계 전략을 9개 영역 15개 항목으로 추출하였다. 또한 전문가 검토를 통해 최종 개발된 설계 전략을 기반으로 프로토타입을 구현하였고, 7인의 교사에 의해 사용성 평가를 실시하였다. 사용성 평가의 결과로는 설계 전략 및 프로토타입의 개선점을 찾아내었고, 교사들이 자기조절학습 능력 향상과 OER을 활용한 교수자료 개발의 목적을 가진 교원연수과정에 대한 타당성을 입증할 수 있었다. 또한 OER을 활용한 교원연수프로그램에서 교사들이 자기조절학습능력을 향상시키기 위해 요구사항도 도출할 수 있었다.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.323-332
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• 2010

It is the development of a mathematics teachers' teaching knowledge that manifests a mathematics teacher's professional knowledge growth. It is becoming a direct and effective approach of conversion of mathematical knowledge into the knowledge of mathematics teaching. Through the investigation, the study revealed that the knowledge conversion process of mathematics teachers in middle school is restricted by three aspects including eight factors. From this point, the authors have structured the path and model on influencing factors of middle school Mathematics Teaching Knowledge Conversion (MPCK), and discuss the mechanism of the transformation process.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.82-92
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• 2003

This qualitative research describes unique features of seven exemplary science teachers' professional development activities. Description of excellence in effective teachers' professional development efforts will provide some insights into required inservice initiatives and support systems for teachers' professional learning. Exemplary science teachers' professional development activities can be classified into four types: (1) practicing classroom supervision, (2) participating in voluntary communities of teachers, (3) playing instructional leader roles in teacher training programs, and (4) continuing one's studies at a graduate school. One of the common features of these exemplary teachers was that they can both articulate what makes teachers professionals and practice in accordance with their perspectives. These exemplary teachers not only improved their own classroom practices, but also participated actively in various professional communities to share their practical knowledge with their colleagues. The teachers have formed special-interest groups to investigate better ways of science teaching. They also took an active role in teachers' in-service education. Teachers' quality practices lie at the heart of classroom change. However, it's important to remember that there must be a support system that sustains and encourages teachers' initiatives. The implications for the support system to encourage teachers' professional development efforts are discussed.

• 영재교육연구
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.543-559
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 현재 우리나라에서 실시되고 있는 영재교육 담당교사를 위한 연수 프로그램이 어떤 내용으로 구성되어 있는지 분석하고 연수 프로그램이 영재교육 담당교사의 자질을 충분히 반영하는지 알아보는 데 있다. 이를 위하여 각 지역 교육청, 대학 부설 연수원과 원격연수원에서 실시하고 있는 영재교육 관련 20개의 연수 프로그램을 분석 대상으로 하였다. 분석을 위해 영재교육 담당교사의 자질에 관한 프레임을 선정하였고, 이 자료를 토대로 연수 프로그램을 강의별로 코딩하여 정제한 뒤 분류 작업을 거쳐 언어네트워크 분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과 교사 연수 프로그램은 '교육과정', '교수법', '교육과정 개발'에 중점을 두어 운영되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이것은 교사의 전문적 자질을 중심으로 구성되어있음을 의미한다. 이는 많은 교사연수프로그램이 정의적 자질보다 전문성 및 교수능력 자질과 관련된 내용을 다루고 있다는 것을 보여준다. 그러므로 연수 프로그램을 다양하고 균형 있게 재편할 필요가 있다. 더욱이 교사의 자질을 균등하게 개선하기 위하여 체계적인 연수 프로그램이 요구된다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.435-449
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference of teachers' interaction with their students when teaching science in New York (NY) and in Korea. As part of the 2011 Korean International Teacher Fellows (KITF), supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) and the National Institute for International Education Development (NIIED), Korean science teachers observed, for six months, New York's science classes in terms of how teachers interact with their students and how students learn science during science instruction. The participants were 10 science teachers in five middle and high schools that taught Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science, and Environment Science in NY. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS, 2003) and Instruction as Interaction (Cohen et al., 2003) were used as an instrument to identify each teacher's teaching and classroom interaction. Several characteristics of science classes in NY were revealed, which are different from Korean science classes. First, science teachers in NY dominantly put more focus on their subject of teaching during science interaction while, Korean science teachers not only teach science but also do counseling to students as a homeroom teacher. Second, science teachers in NY acknowledged the students' individuality and have positive experiences of professional development supported by their school and district more than Korean science teachers do. Third, science teachers in NY sometimes showed limited knowledge about the concepts of science and lack of collaboration with other science teachers. This characteristics may prevent the school from strengthening its subject program and keeping equity across the grade levels and courses.