• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 1997

In the last few years, there has been a significant growth of interest in how the philosophy of science can be related to science education. Adequate understanding of the philosophy and history of science can promote understanding of the nature of science in teacher and student. The 6th curriculum in Korea has also placed emphasis upon understanding of the nature of science. From this point of view, to ensure effective school science education it is necessary to investigate how teachers and students are understanding the nature of science. To do this 45 secondary science teachers and 191 students of 7 schools in Seoul are administered Nott and Wellington's questionaire(1993). This questionaire is consisted of 24 Likert Scale statements and asks questions on 5 subscales of philosophy of science :Relativism-Positivism, Inductivism-Deductivism, Contextualism-Decontextualism, Instrumentalism-Realism, Thinking science education as a Process or a Content. The results of this study are as follows : 1. Teachers' view of the nature of science was relativism, deductivism, decontextualism and instrumentalism. And they thought process is more important than content in science education. 2. There was no difference in teachers' conceptions on the nature of science according to experience and gender. 3. Students' view of the nature of science was relativism, deductivism, decontextualism and instrumentalism. And they thought process is more important than content in science education. 4. There was no difference in students' conceptions on the nature of science according to schools level(middle vs high) and gender. But, female students exhibited higher score than male students on deductivism(p<.05). 5. Teachers' and students' conception of the nature of science was in agreement with each other.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.527-534
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• 2013

This study investigated elementary school teachers' understanding of the image formation by converging lens, pinholes camera, mirror and water. In each case teachers were asked to draw the ray diagram to indicate the position of the image. Teachers' ray diagrams were analyzed in accordance with the scientific process of image formation. Results of analysis showed that teacher's conceptions were classified into five levels for each situation. And most of the teachers were in level 3 and level 4 in each case. Because they had difficulties in the appling scientific conception(propagating path of light, diffused reflection from each object point, role of the eye, ray tracing) to finding location of image. Also most of teachers didn't know how to apply the law of reflection and refraction to each situation. The study finally discussed the teacher training program of the optical image.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2005

이 연구에서는 어는점 내림에 대한 과학교과서의 설명 방식과 과학 교사들의 개념을 조사하였다. 분석한 교과서는 7차 교육과정에 근거하여 개발된 중학교 2학년 과학교과서 7종과 고등학교 화학 II 교과서 5종이었다. 교사들의 개념은 설문지를 통해 얻었으며, 연구 대상 교사의 수는 146명이었다. 교과서의 설명 유형은 '현상을 묘사' 하는 것과 '증기압 내림으로 설명' 하는 유형으로 구분하였다. 대부분의 중학교 교과서와 고등학교 교과서에서는 현상을 묘사하는 수준으로 어는점 내림을 설명하였으며, 이러한 현상이 일어나는 이유에 대한 설명은 없었다. 또한 어는점 내림을 설명하는 그래프의 내용도 교과서마다 달랐다. 교사들 역시 어는점 내림에 대해 제대로 이해하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 용질의 방해로 어는점 내림 현상을 이해하는 교사들도 많았다. 그러나 끓는점 오름 현상을 설명할 때 도입되는 이러한 개념이 어는점 내림에서는 어떻게 관련되는지 명확하게 설명하지 못하였다. 이 연구에서는 어는점 내림 현상을 설명하기 위하여 엔트로피의 개념을 도입할 필요성에 대해 주장하였다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1049-1062
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• 2004

이 연구에서는 물체의 운동에 대한 과학사적 변천을 아리스토텔레스 시대부터 뉴턴의 관점까지 다양하게 구분하고, 이를 토대로 설문지를 개발하였다. 설문지는 운동의 원인, 운동의 형태, 운동에서 보존되는 양의 개념을 포함하며, 이를 예비 중등 과학 교사들에게 투입하여 이들의 응답을 과학사적 관점으로 분석하였다. 연구 대상은 물리 교육을 전공하는 대학교 2학년생 20명과 다른 과학관련 교육을 전공하는 대학교 2학년생 34명이었다. 연구 결과, 물리교육을 전공하는 중등 예비교사들은 다른 과학관련 교육을 전공하는 예비교사들보다 운동의 원인이나 운동의 형태에 관련된 개념에서는 관성과 뉴턴의 힘 개념을 가지고 있는 비율이 높았다. 그러나 이들은 전공에 상관없이 운동에서 보존되는 양에 대한 개념을 알아보는 설문지에서 운동량을 속력에 비례하는 것으로 이해한 데카르트의 관점이나 운동 에너지가 보존된다는 호이겐스의 관점을 가지는 비율이 매우 높았으며, 상대적으로 운동량을 속도에 비례하는 것으로 이해하는 뉴턴의 관점을 가지고 있지 못하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.131-140
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• 2004

Many idealizations and ideal conditions in physics have been an important role in understanding of the basic physics concepts and in solving physics problems. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships of pre-service teachers' misconception of heat with their understanding of the ideal conditions involved in solving problems of heat and temperature. Test instruments were composed of two parts. One part was asked to answer the heat conceptions, the other to write statements in relations to ideal condition hidden in the process of heat problems solving. For this study, pre-service teachers who are in four major courses in the University of Education in a local city were selected and total numbers of pre-service teachers were 108 students. The framework was developed for classifying pre-service teachers response of open items of ideal conditions of heat domains. According to the framework, each types of response were coded, analyzed and processed with a SPSS/PC program. The results are as the followings. In the heat conceptions, most of students showed correct response, and there was no significant differences between major courses. In understanding of ideal conditions, students' responses of "idealized condition relevant to problem" showed 65.2％ of them, and "not relevant idealized conditions" 15.5％, and no response 12.2%. In the 15.5% of students "not relevant idealized conditions", 10.5％ of them did not explained correctly conditions, just simply 2.7％ stated the laws in physics or formula, 1.6% generally, but irrelevantly described the idealized conditions. More importantly pre-service teachers showed very weak correlation between heat conception and understanding of ideal condition. Although we concluded there were no significant relationships of heat conception in understanding of ideal conditions in thermodynamics domain, these suggest that many other factors may influence understanding of ideal conditions in physics.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 화학전지에 대한 예비화학교사들의 학년별 사고 유형을 분석하고, 예비교사 양성교육이 이러한 사고 유형에 어떤 영향을 주었는지 알아보았다. 연구 결과, 화학전지의 전극과 전해질의 종류를 바꾸어줄 때 전류의 흐름에 대한 과학적 개념을 형성하는 데 예비교사 양성교육이 효율적이지 못함을 밝혔다. 예비교사들 중에는 대학교육이 화학전지 관련 내용을 이해하는 데 거의 영향을 끼치지 않았다고 인식하였으며 이들은 대부분 과학적 개념이 부족하였고, 많은 영향을 받았다고 인식한 학생들도 잘못된 개념을 가지고 있는 학생들이 절반 이상을 차지했다. 3학년을 제외한 예비교사의 반수 이상의 학생들이 갖고 있는 사고 유형은 고등학교 교과서에 서술된 진술 방식의 수준을 넘어서지 못하였다. 3학년에서는 다른 학년과 다르게 과학적 개념을 갖는 학생 비율이 높게 나타났는데 이는 과학교재론 수업 시간에 고등학교 화학 관련 교재들에 대해 조별 토론하면서 형성된 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 교원양성대학에서는 중등교육과정에서 다루는 과학내용지식을 가르치는 과정에서 관련된 교수 지식을 함께 다루어야 할 것이다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 1997

This study evaluates on students' understanding and misunderstanding of homeostasis, classification of animals and plants, and food production in plants, and analyzes the teacher factor as a possible source of students' misconception. A total number of 863 students and 47 biology teachers at the middle and high school were randomly selected. Students' conceptions and misconceptions were measured with concept evaluation statements (CES) which was translated into Korean by author. The CES was developed and validated by Simson and Marek (1988). Teacher's misconceptions were investigated the way in which teachers marked students' work. The supposed answer given to the teachers to mark was based on misconceptions held by students tested in concept evaluation statements. The results of this study are as follows : 1. 0% of 7th Grade students, 4.5% of 9th Grade students and 5.4% of 11th Grade students understood homeostasis. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of homeostasis according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Many students had a tendency of understanding the conception of the homeostasis by experiences and unscientific use of everyday language rather than a scientific concept. 2. 0.4% of 7th Grade students, 3.1% of 9th Grade students and 2.9% of 11th Grade students understood classification of animals and plants. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of classification of animals and plants according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Students classified animals and plants through personal experiences and observations instead of trying to classify through microscopic analysis of animals and plants cell. 3. 1.2% of 7th Grade students, 10.3% of 9th Grade students and 19.4% of 11th Grade students understood food production in plants. There was a significant difference at the level of students' understanding of food production in plants according to schools and gender(P<0.05). Students had a misconception that food production in plants was done by an absorption of nutrients from soil not by photosynthesis. 4. A large proportion of teachers surveyed in this study appear to have misconceptions about homeostasis (38.1%), classification of animals and plants (34.1%), food production in plants (40.4%). The male teachers had. more misconceptions than female teachers(P<0.05). However, they didn't show any significant differences according to schools and teaching experience(P<0.05). 5. According to the investigation of teachers' perception, 29.8% of the teachers acknowledged that they might be a cause for students' misconceptions. This study shows that 38.3% of teachers did not understand the analyzed biological concepts precisely. By comparing the data of students and teachers, it turned out that teachers participate in the students' misconceptions. And teachers themselves acknowledged that students' misconceptions could be caused by them. Therefore. teachers' right understanding of fundamental biological concepts should precede to students' biology education. New training programs for biology teachers seem to be urgent.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2010

In this study, we investigated preservice elementary school teachers' awareness of students' misconceptions about several science topics, and the variables influencing their awareness. Seniors (N=106) from an university of education were asked to predict elementary school students' misconceptions on science topics such as phase changes and dissolution. Their conceptions about teaching and learning were also measured. The results indicated that the preservice teachers' predictions about the kinds and/or the ratios of students' misconceptions were different from those reported in previous studies. The low level preservice teachers in terms of the degrees of possessing traditional conception about teaching and learning predicted more students' common misconceptions. The degrees of preservice teachers' constructivist conception about teaching and learning and their major, however, did not significantly influence the numbers of common misconceptions predicted.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.759-766
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• 2009

This study was conducted to examine 10 Belizean teachers' conceptions about the causes of seasonal change. This research was conducted with an integrated method using a open ended written test and an interview which included a drawing. There are four categories, explained by the teachers, as the causes of seasonal changes. They are; climate, rotation of the earth on its axis, revolution of the earth around the sun, and the tilting of earth's axis as it revolves. Most teachers misunderstood that the first of three categories was responsible for seasonal change. Second, it is more effective to use the integrated method shown in this research than to use only a written test when seriously investigating the causes and understanding of seasonal change. Third, 8 out of 10 teachers could not correctly explain the causes of seasonal change. The reasons for seasonal change seemed to be hard for the informants to understand even though it was taught in elementary, middle, high school, and college elective classes.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.204-210
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• 2017

이 연구에서는 2009개정 교육과정 및 화학 I 교과서에 제시된 전자 이동 모델과 산화수 변화 모델의 서술방식을 분석하고, 화학교육전공 교사들을 대상으로 각 모델의 제한 조건에 대한 인식을 알아보았다. 교육과정과 교과서에서는 전자 이동 모델, 산화수 변화 모델을 제시하고 있으나, 각 모델의 제한 조건을 무시한 혼성 모델도 있었다. 혼성 모델은 공유결합 물질의 산화 환원 반응을 전자 이동 모델로 기술하거나 산화수 개념으로 설명하는 경우에도 가상적인 전자 이동과 실제적인 전자 이동을 혼동하게 하는 문제를 가진다. 산화 환원 반응에 대한 화학교육전공 교사들의 인식을 조사하기 위하여 설문지 및 면담을 실시하였다. 연구 결과, 많은 교사들이 각 모델의 제한 조건을 인식하지 못하고 있었으며, 혼성 모델로 인해 산화 환원 반응을 산 염기반응과 구분하는데 어려움을 가지는 것으로 나타났다.