• 한국교육논총
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.153-182
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• 2022

이 연구는 해외 교육봉사활동에 참여한 과학교사의 참여 의의와 어려움을 탐색하였다. 동티모르에 방문한 경험이 있는 과학교사 7명이 연구에 참여하였다. 교사의 면담 결과를 포함하여 수집한 모든 자료를 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 교사들은 사회적 역할을 수행하고 동티모르 관계자의 기대에 부응하기 위해 동티모르에 방문하였다. 교사들은 동티모르에서 돌아온 후 교사로서 수업에 대한 열정을 되찾고 새로운 일에 도전하는 데 자신감을 가지게 되었다. 동티모르 봉사 경험은 교사들이 협력의 중요성과 교육의 필요성에 대해 생각해볼 수 있도록 하였다. 동티모르에 방문하는 동안, 교사들은 불안정한 사회적 상황과 세미나에 대한 동티모르 교사들의 인식 부족으로 세미나 진행에 어려움을 겪었으며, 언어적 문제로 인한 소통의 한계를 경험하였다. 그럼에도 교사들은 사제와 협력하여 이러한 한계를 개선하고자 노력하였다. 또한 교사들은 교육과정의 미구축으로 인해 나타나는 한계를 평가회를 통해 보완해 나갔다. 동티모르 교사의 수업 전문성 향상과 주체적 참여를 촉진하기 위해 세미나 진행 방식을 수정하기도 하였다. 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 해외 자원봉사활동 활성화 방안을 논의하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2022

Educators have been making strides in the research into and practices supporting the policy of mainstreaming students with disability. A move towards including students with intellectual disability in community schools with all the other students can be seen in many countries' education systems, including that of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 'rights of the child' has been the main argument put forward by advocates of this policy in an attempt to move from the medical to the social model. This study argues that, although mainstreaming can be viewed as a positive trend toward effective education, its implementation remains somewhat problematic. It is believed that more investigative research into professionals' attitudes is needed to improve service provision and inform the administration of mainstreaming practices. The attitudes of special education teachers on the policy of mainstreaming are examined and emerging key themes discussed. Furthermore, challenges that continue to inhibit mainstreaming practices in Saudi Arabia are identified.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2020

Teaching has become a feminized profession, especially in elementary teaching, in which it is regarded as "women's work." Concerns about the "extinction" of men in the field resulted in calls for male teachers. While studies indicate that there is positive discrimination in favor of men (despite the feminization of teaching), it appears that there are also forms of discrimination that work against them. As such this study explored the challenges of being a male in the feminized profession from the perspective of male teacher candidates. Studies in the field of teacher education in the Philippines mainly focus on curriculum and students' academic achievement, hence an inquiry must be done on the plight of male teachers in a gendered profession. A phenomenological study was employed to look into the realities of six male teacher candidates. Findings show that male teachers are: (1) leadership-destined; (2) conflicted; (3) limited; and (4) devalued. The narrative of male teachers in the Philippine education sector reveals the need to revisit programs and policies in professional development and support. Finally, recommendations are made for teacher education programs to guide teacher candidates' experiences towards a more inclusive profession.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.192-198
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• 2021

Trustless, depression, happiness is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. People face problems and hard circumstances every day due to an environment, social life, or traumatic developments in their lives. This study focused on a particular type of inconsistency patterns of behavior that experiences' students during the school time. Some students find depression interferes with their learning and test taking to such an extent that their grades are seriously affected. This study examined the awareness and readiness of a sample of Saudi Arabian high school teachers to recognize, understand, and respond to the ways in which students may respond to testing situations with depression. Findings suggest teachers learn from experience to use both direct and indirect ways to identify students with depression; employ test preparation and test taking strategies to help students reduce depression; and reach out to parents for additional assistance where teacher strategies are not sufficient.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.87-116
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• 2016

In this research, we designed a teacher professional development (PD) program where a small group of mathematics teachers could share, reflect on, and discuss their pedagogical knowledge and practices of ICT-integrated lessons, using a video annotation tool called DIVER. The main purposes of this paper are both micro and macro: to examine how the teachers were engaged in the meaning-making process in a video-based PD (micro); and to derive implications about how to design effective video-based teacher PD programs toward a teacher community of practices (macro). To examine teachers' meaning-making in the PD sessions, discourse data from a series of 10 meetings was segmented into idea units and coded to identify discourse patterns, focusing on (a) participation levels, (b) conversation topics, and (c) conversation depth. Regarding the affordance of DIVER, discourse patterns of two meetings, before and after individual annotation with DIVER were compared through qualitative vignette analysis. Overall, we found that the teacher discourse shifted the focus from surface features to deeper pedagogical issues as the PD sessions progressed. In particular, the annotation function in DIVER afforded the teachers to exercise descriptive analyses of video clips in a flexible manner, thereby helping them cognitively prepared to take interpretative and evaluative stances in face-to-face discussions with colleagues. In conclusion, deriving from our research experiences, we discuss the possibilities and challenges of designing video-based teacher PD in a school context.

• 아동학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.135-150
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• 2010

This qualitative study explored the causes of student teacher stress during an early childhood teaching practicum and investigated the ways in which student teachers cope with this stress. Four student teachers in the same practicum placement were individually interviewed. The findings revealed that stress arose over a variety of concerns including both lack of professional knowledge related to the teaching practice and the challenges involved in establishing a positive relationship with their cooperating teacher, the parents and staff. The stress experienced by the student teacher was accompanied by physical symptoms such as exhaustion, fatigue, and the onset of vulnerability to colds. However, the students were found to be generally unsuccessful in managing their stress effectively. The results suggest that attempts to improve the practicum environment should be accompanied by academic interests and practical issues related to these stresses and that there is a clear need for programs designed to assist student teachers develop stress management skills.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.241-251
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• 2024

Mathematics educators have examined mathematical modeling, where students tackle authentic real-life problems and develop problem-solving strategies with a sense of agency. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to illuminate the developmental process of teachers' competencies in mathematical modeling, particularly for elementary school teachers. Scholars have noted that elementary mathematics teachers can effectively teach mathematical modeling by designing tasks that consider students' abilities and preferences. In this vein, this review paper introduces a study conducted by Jung (2023), which examines the developmental process of an elementary school mathematics teacher's competencies in mathematical modeling and how she overcame related challenges.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.937-949
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• 2017

최근 지능정보화사회가 가져올 급격한 변화에 대비하는 새로운 교육의 필요성에 대한 인식이 고조되고 있다. 세계 각국에서는 이러한 변화에 대비하여 첨단 정보통신 기기의 도입과 활용이 중심이 되는 스마트 학교 등을 시도하고 있고, 국내에서도 혁신 학교 등을 통해 새로운 시대를 준비하는 교실 환경과 교육과정의 변화를 위한 노력들이 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 변화의 맥락 속에서 이루어지고 있는 학교의 기반 시설과 교육과정을 비롯한 제도의 변화에 대하여 과학교사가 어떻게 인식하고 있는지를 알아보았다. 또 그러한 교육 환경의 변화에 대한 인식 속에서 과학교사들의 수업 실천에서는 어떠한 도전과 변화가 나타나는지를 알아보았다. 이를 위하여 일반학교와는 차별화된 변화를 시도하고 있는 중학교의 과학교사 2인에 대한 심층 면담을 통해 얻어진 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교사들은 그들이 소속된 학교가 학교의 규모와 기반시설, 동료 교사들의 교사 문화, 학생의 역량 면에서 과학 수업을 변화시킬 수 있는 요소들을 갖추고 있다고 인식하고 있었다. 둘째, 다양한 수업 방식을 시도하는 교사의 열정과 ICT 기반 시설에 적응한 학생들이 갖춘 역량이 시너지를 일으켜 선순환의 고리를 형성하면서, 교사들이 새로운 수업을 시도할 수 있는 진입장벽이 낮아지고 지속적인 도전을 지원하는 학교 문화가 생성되었다. 셋째, 과학 수업은 활동 중심으로 변화하였고, 교사들은 이러한 변화가 학생들의 자기 주도적 학습을 촉진한다고 인식하고 있었다. 넷째, 교사들은 스스로 교과 교육과정 운영에 있어서 주체적인 역할을 수행하고 있다고 인식하였고, 이 인식은 더 다양한 시도를 촉진하였다. 이러한 학교의 학습 환경과 제도의 변화, 자생적 교사 학습 공동체와 같은 도전과 혁신을 공유하는 문화의 형성을 통해 교사들은 교육과정을 재구성하고 수업을 변화시키는 실천을 지속적으로 시도하고 있었다. 이처럼 학교의 변화는 교사, 학생, 기반 시설의 상호작용 맥락 속에서 이해될 필요가 있다. 이러한 변화의 요소들 사이에서 형성된 상승적 상호작용 속에서 변화의 핵심 주체인 교사의 도전과 실천이 지속될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1295-1317
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• 2012

There has been disagreement on the importance of definitions in science education. Yager (1983) believes that one crisis in science education was due to the considerable emphasis upon the learning of definitions. Hobson (2004) disagrees with physics textbooks that do not provide general definition on energy. Some textbooks explain that "there is no completely satisfactory definition of energy" or they can only "struggle to define it." In general, imprecise definitions in textbooks (Bauman, 1992) and inaccuracies in definition provided by teachers (Galili & Lehavi, 2006) may cause alternative conceptions. Besides, there are at least four challenges in defining physical concepts: precision, circularity, context and completeness in knowledge. These definitional problems that have been discussed in The Feynman Lectures, may impede the learning of physical concepts. A meta-study approach is employed to examine about five hundreds journal papers that may discuss definitions in physics, problems in defining physical concepts and how they may result in alternative conceptions. These journal papers are mainly selected from journals such as American Journal of Physics, International Journal of Science Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Physics Education, The Physics Teachers, and so on. There are also comparisons of definitions with definitions from textbooks, Dictionaries of Physics, and English Dictionaries. To understand the nature of alternative conception, Lee et al. (2010) have suggested a theoretical framework to describe the learning issues by synthesizing cognitive psychology and science education approaches. Taking it a step further, this study incorporates the challenges in semantics and epistemology, proposes that there are at least four variants of alternative conceptions. We may coin the term, 'alternative definitions', to refer to the commonly available definitions, which have these four problems in defining physics concepts. Based on this study, alternative definitions may result in at least four variants of alternative conceptions. Note that these four definitional problems or challenges in definitions cannot be easily resolved. Educators should be cognizant of the four variants of alternative conceptions which can arise from alternative definitions. The concepts of alternative definitions can be useful and possibly generalized to science education and beyond.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.1479-1490
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• 2015

This study analyzed the fishery and maritime vocational high school teachers' recognition on the outcomes and future agenda. In addition, it delineates the importance of the vocational education division being carried out for 10 years in the College Scholastic Achievement Test (CSAT). In order to gather relevant information, 76 teachers who work in 12 different fishery and shipping vocational high schools around the country were surveyed. The findings of the fishery and maritime department teachers' recognition on the matter are as follows: First, the biggest impact the vocational education division in the CSAT had was on the promotion of continuing education and on the fulfillment on the vocational high school students' desire to compete and enter universities. Second, the CSAT with the vocational education division allowed students to choose a variety of paths after high school whether they be full-time employments or pursuing a degree in universities. Third, the biggest obstacle for the vocational education division in the CSAT is in the most metropolitan universities not honoring the CSAT scores as a criterion in the admission process.