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Analysis of Teachers' Perceptions on the Subject Competencies of Integrated Science

통합과학 교과 역량에 대한 교사들의 인식 분석

  • Ahn, Yumin (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation) ;
  • Byun, Taejin (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
  • Received : 2019.12.23
  • Accepted : 2020.04.06
  • Published : 2020.04.30
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Abstract

In the 2015 revised curriculum, 'Integrated Science' was established to increase convergent thinking and designated as a common subject for all students to learn, regardless of career. In addition, the 2015 revised curriculum introduced 'competence' as a distinctive feature from the previous curriculum. In the 2015 revised curriculum, competencies are divided into core competencies of cross-curricular character and subject competencies based on academic knowledge and skills of the subject. The science curriculum contains five subject competencies: scientific thinking, scientific inquiry, scientific problem solving, scientific communication, scientific participation and life-long learning. However, the description of competencies in curriculum documents is insufficient, and experts' perceptions of competencies are not uniform. Therefore, this study examines the perceptions of science subjects in science high school teachers by deciding that comprehension of competencies should be preceded in order for competency-based education to be properly applied to school sites. First, we analyzed the relationship between achievement standards and subject competencies of integrated science through the operation of an expert working group with a high understanding of the integrated science achievement standards. Next, 31 high school science teachers examined the perception of the five subject competencies through a descriptive questionnaire. The semantic network analysis has been utilized to analyze the teachers' responses. The results of the analysis showed that the three curriculum competencies of scientific inquiry, scientific communication, scientific participation and life-long learning ability are similar to the definitions of teachers and curriculum documents, but in the case of scientific thinking and scientific problem solving, there are some gaps in perception and definition in curriculum documents. In addition, the results of the comprehensive analysis of teachers' perceptions on the five competencies show that the five curriculum competencies are more relevant than mutually exclusive or independent.

2015 개정 교육과정에서는 융복합적 사고력 신장을 위해 '통합과학'을 신설하고, 문이과 구분 없이 모든 학생이 배우도록 공통 과목으로 지정하였다. 또한 2015 개정 교육과정에서는 이전 교육과정과 차별화되는 특징으로 '역량'을 도입하였다. 2015 개정 교육과정에서 역량은 범교과적 성격의 핵심역량과 교과의 학문적 지식과 기능에 기반한 교과 역량으로 구분된다. 과학과 교과 역량에는 과학적 사고력, 과학적 탐구 능력, 과학적 문제 해결력, 과학적 의사소통 능력, 과학적 참여와 평생 학습 능력 5가지로 이루어져 있다. 하지만 교육과정 문서의 교과 역량에 대한 설명은 불충분하며, 역량에 대한 전문가들의 인식 역시 통일되어 있지 못한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 역량 기반 교육이 학교 현장에 제대로 적용되기 위해서는 과학 교사들이 역량에 대한 이해가 선행되어야 된다고 판단하여 고등학교 과학 교사들을 대상으로 과학과 교과 역량에 대한 인식을 조사하였다. 우선 통합과학 성취기준에 대한 이해가 높은 전문가 워킹 그룹 운영을 통해 통합과학의 성취기준과 교과 역량의 관계를 분석하였다. 그 다음으로 고등학교 과학 교사 31명에 대상으로 서술형 설문을 통해 5가지 교과 역량에 대한 인식을 알아보았다. 교사의 응답은 언어 네트워크 분석 기법을 통해 분석하였다. 분석 결과 과학적 탐구 능력, 과학적 의사소통 능력, 과학적 참여와 평생 학습 능력 3개 교과 역량은 교사들이 생각하는 바와 교육과정 문서에서 제시한 정의와 유사성이 높았으나, 과학적 사고력, 과학적 문제 해결력의 경우 교사들의 인식과 교육과정 문서상의 정의와 어느 정도 간극이 존재하였다. 또한 5개 역량에 대해 교사들의 인식을 종합적으로 분석한 결과를 보면 5개 교과 역량이 상호배타적이나 독립적이기 보다 연관성이 매우 높음을 알 수 있었다.

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