• Title/Summary/Keyword: Professional Learning

Search Result 803, Processing Time 0.022 seconds

Ways to Incorporate Key Competencies in the Science Curriculum

  • Kwak, Young-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
    • /
    • v.33 no.5
    • /
    • pp.450-458
    • /
    • 2012
  • This study explored ways to implement a competencies-based curriculum in schools by reviewing exemplary cases that have introduced Key Competencies (KCs) in the school science curriculum. Since the OECD redefined key competencies as 'what people should know and do in order to lead a successful life in a well-functioning society', many countries have emphasized the use of a competencies-based curriculum. Foreign and domestic classroom cases, which have used a competencies-based curriculum in science teaching, were collected and analyzed. Through open-ended interviews with teachers and principals, we investigated changes of teachers' professional knowledge and practice that were evident as a result of the implementation of competencies-based curriculum in science class. Foreign science teachers suggested ways to relate competencies-based curriculum and science curriculum including maintaining a balance between competencies-based curriculum and content-based curriculum. They also integrated KCs into all subject-based curriculums, gave priority to KCs over subject matter knowledge, and developed KCs through teaching science contents that students wanted to learn. On the other hand, Korean science teachers suggested reconstructing competencies-based curriculum by extracting common attributes from the existing subject areas. They also made KCs realized through content teaching, and developed various KCs within science contexts. Implications of the competencies-based curriculum for science teaching and learning were discussed at the end.

A Model of Teaching the Physics of Solar Constant Measurement -An example of Highr School and Teachers College Physics Curricula Developments Based upon the Industrial Requirements- ("태양 상수 측정"지도의 의의와 방법 - 사범대학과 고등학교 교육 및 산업분야 응용을 연관시킨 물리교과 내용 개발의 한 모형 -)

  • Lee, Sung-Muk
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.8 no.1
    • /
    • pp.73-79
    • /
    • 1988
  • According to the previous studies, the science education departments in the college of education should develop better curricula to teach future secondary school teachers in a more professional way As one example of such curricula developments. one important topics of modem physics was integrated to teach the future high school physics teachers In the physics education departments. The title is "The Physics of Solar Constant Measurement The surrounding core physics for this measurements were pulled together with these important points in minds(1) clear goal of learning In the teachers college physics(2) Clear explanation of physics and visualization of important technologies for the high school students(3) these teachings should encourage for the students to use the knowledge and technologies learned through the class toward the industrial applications Korea will move toward one of the heavily industrialized countries in the world where the physics education can become key player to manufacture physics based products. Therefore developments of physics curricula which relates teachers college, high school, and industry will become more and more Important.

  • PDF

A Study on Accounting Teaching using Mentoring (멘토링을 활용한 회계학 수업에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Gyeong-Rak
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
    • /
    • v.8 no.10
    • /
    • pp.225-230
    • /
    • 2017
  • This Study is a qualitative study for new suggestion on accounting teaching. Through this study, I expect accounting professional would take in new accounting circumstance (IFRS ; International Financial Accounting Standards) and make a decision on very complex business cases rationally. It has be n proved that closed teaching skil can not cultivate global talented person who is adaptable to IFRS, the international environment. Also, we look forward to establishing an accounting education that is sufficiently controversial among learners, rather than traditional rote education.

A Study on Novice Home Economics Teacher Socialization (초임 가정과교사의 교사사회화에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Nan-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
    • /
    • v.48 no.3
    • /
    • pp.99-114
    • /
    • 2010
  • This study explored the socialization of novice Home Economics(HE) teachers employing a qualitative research method. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with four novice HE teachers from secondary schools. The collected data was analyzed inductively by NVivo, a kind of CAQDAS. The following analysis was organized around three stages of teachers' careers: first, as for influences on teacher socialization prior to formal teacher education, their experiences on 'apprenticeship of observation' provided them both positive and negative role models; second, as for the socialization role of pre-service teacher education, they mentioned that college courses were poorly connected to classroom realities with only a few helpful lectures on HE Education; third, as for socialization in the workplace and its culture, the novice HE teachers were confronted with many kinds of problems including isolation in the classroom, in-service training programs not geared to novices, an overwhelming workload, and so on. Because of these problems, they yearned for and also formed networks with other HE teachers in order to overcome their limitations. The findings supported the notion that interactive and dialectical processes exist during all stages of HE teachers' careers. This study suggests that the teacher in-service training programs are more relevant, and that the introduction of mentoring programs and classroom manuals and teacher manuals would be helpful in practice. These innovations call for cooperation between universities and provincial offices of education for teachers' professional success in teacher socialization.

Feature analysis of deaf students' English language by frequency (청각장애학생의 영어 발성 주파수별 특징 분석)

  • Lee, Gun-Min;Park, Hye Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
    • /
    • v.25 no.4
    • /
    • pp.819-828
    • /
    • 2014
  • In this paper, we analyze the characteristics of the English vocalization of deaf students and present the basic data for the development of personalized English learning aid tools that reflect its features. We visited hearing special schools in Seoul and Daegu and recorded English vocalization of the deaf students in order to analyze the characteristics of deaf students' English vocalization. We analyzed the data by Praat program, an professional voice analysis program. The voice features of deaf students' English vocalization were extracted and then compared with those of non-deaf students' English vocalization.

A Study on the International Accreditation Standard and Unit Spatial Organization of Public School in Korea (국내공립학교의 국제인증기준과 단위공간구성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Eul-Gyu;Jeon, You-Chang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
    • /
    • v.23 no.1
    • /
    • pp.13-22
    • /
    • 2016
  • Recently, Korea has been established and operated International Schools manifesting to improve the nation's capacity of the foreign languages skill and to cultivate internationally trained professional manpower. In order to achieve the vision of a world-class educational organization, it has to be designed for the facility standards to meet the international accreditation standards. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to research about basic resources through comparison of facility conditions between public schools in Korea and international accredited schools. By comparing those two different plan drawings are found the following things. First, Schools which established with International Accreditation Standard are prepared detailed criteria for the facility, Furthermore information about the furnishings included, in addition to specific equipments for classes are stated to be prepared. Secondly, it is more effective when special classrooms such as music and science are equipped with various spatial elements, enough educational equipment storage, teacher's study rooms, practical training rooms and student's activity rooms to support various teaching programs and learning efficiently. Lastly, there was a clear tendency that not only hardware but also software standards for the audiovisual room and library have been more enhanced to enable multidisciplinary educational approaches with the recent education training trend.

The Meaning of Death Seen by Nursing Students through Art Works (간호학생이 예술작품을 통해 본 죽음의 의미 분석)

  • Kim, Yeong-Kyeong;Jo, Kae-Hwa;Kim, Myoung-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Adult Nursing
    • /
    • v.17 no.4
    • /
    • pp.602-611
    • /
    • 2005
  • Purpose: To understand the meaning of death seen by nursing students through art works. Method: The qualitative research method and the content analysis were used. The text were essays written by 42 senior nursing students about their impressions on death through art works. Result: Statements were classified into six categories and twenty six themes. The six categories include definitions of death, feelings about the death of a main character, responses to the death of the main character, feelings of significant others about the death of the main character, feelings of participants in this study, and oaths of the participants in this study. Conclusion: It is shown that participants recognize their position as nursing students, although they may not escape the fear of death, will learn to cope with death, and the dying in a suitably professional manner. In this respect, the study is considered to be helpful for the students in learning the knowledge and information which are needed for hospice nursing care more effectively.

  • PDF

Some opinions on the problems of english poetry translation (영시 번역의 문제점에 관한 소고)

  • Kang, Heung-Lip
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
    • /
    • no.3
    • /
    • pp.231-248
    • /
    • 1997
  • With the trend of globalization more people are absorbing in the English learning programs. Not a few attend even the English-Korean translation training course to be semi-professional translators, but we English teachers have already experienced that it is not so easy to translate any language into another, and that it is far more difficult to translate poetry. Much time has been devoted to investigating the problems of translating poetry than any other mode. Poetry translation theory is concerned with the problem of faithfulness to the original poetry. To be a good translator we must fully understand the sound and sense of the original work. But when in translating English poetry into Korean we feel keenly our limits of understanding the sound and style of English poetry, and of expressing them into Korean. Even our sense-oriented translation is far from satisfactory. We often make quite a few mistranslation. Another immediate problem is that of alternation between word-for-word translation and free translation method, but first of all, we should have a perfect knowledge and understanding in English, and a good command of our mother tongue. We should also have a sound interpretation ability because poetry translation is based on the interpretation of the original, and on the shaping of that interpretation. Some doubts have been raised over the feasibility of poetry translation. They say it is not possible to combine in another language the emotion, the form, the style, the musical devices of English poetry. Yet the art of translation has been practiced everywhere in the world. Through this art we can share our experience and culture with foreigners and theirs with us.

  • PDF

Effects of Participation Environmental UCC Making Program on Elementary School Students' Environmental Literacy (초등학생의 환경 UCC 제작 참여가 환경 소양에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sin-Bae;Nam, Young-Sook
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
    • /
    • v.22 no.2
    • /
    • pp.107-117
    • /
    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of participation environmental UCC(User Created Content) making program on elementary school students' environmental literacy. Through the questionnaires and the analysis of students' outcomes, the effects of environmental literacy in both quality and quantity was verified. By applying computer programs to make environmental UCC to elementary students, helped them increase their environmental knowledge, and got them to recognize the importance of the environment that surrounds them. Students can find a solution to solve environmental problem from their interaction between the environment and themselves. It could also improve students' ability to think positively. From this research, I hope we require to develop possible programs for various kinds of educational activities based on UCC ones, since we already verified the effects of computer programs to make environmental UCC. The programs to make environmental UCC with learners participated is a kind of good model to reflect the learner's need who is a educational user. Or it could be teaching materials to help meet learner's viewpoint. It can also offer learner-oriented and creative learning and which teachers and learners work together to make a good result and that they make a new wave, instead of being teacher-oriented, which teachers force learners to do something. We can have a feeling of achievement through this and we can expect to enhance both our professional ability as a environmental teacher and the quality of lesson.

  • PDF

Analyzing the Status of Environment-related Teaching in Elementary and Secondary Schools (초.중등학교에서 진행되는 환경 관련 수업의 현황 분석)

  • Son, Yeon-A;Park, Jung-Eun;Min, Byeong-Mee;Choi, Don-Hyung
    • Hwankyungkyoyuk
    • /
    • v.20 no.3
    • /
    • pp.45-62
    • /
    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the status of environment-related teaching in elementary and secondary schools. A questionnaire survey was conducted for the study. Items in the questionnaire were developed based on the theory of environmental education and integrated education. The questionnaire was responded to 501 elementary school teachers, 273 middle school teachers, and 210 high school teachers in the city of Seoul and Kyunggi Province. The survey analysis revealed that elementary and secondary school teachers recognized 'environmental action skills' as the most important objective for school environmental education. Contrary to the teachers' expectations, it was found that there is insufficient teaching and learning materials for teaching in the domain of 'environmental action skills' and they could not confidently teach the skills in environment-related classes. For professional development of teachers in integrated environmental education, pre- and in-service programs will be developed systematically in a workshop to give teachers an opportunity to analyze teaching materials, design instruction plan, perform class trial, and evaluate the class situation for feedback. The results of this study can serve as a basic reference for improvement of environment-related subject education.

  • PDF