• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.55-72
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to find out what kind of difficulties teachers face in the management of the elementary gifted institutions in the rural area of Chungbuk province. In this study, rural area was defined that the area where gifted education is difficult to access due to geographical accessibility or where gifted education service is restricted. The participants of the this study were three elementary gifted teachers who manage elementary gifted education institutions and is teaching science to disadvantaged gifted students. We collected data about the difficulties and support needs for the management of the gifted institutions in the rural area through the questionnaire and the interview. The results of this study are as follows. First, the common difficulty that teachers expressed was the lack of parental attention and awareness of gifted education. Second, the teachers who participated in this study perceived different difficulties according to their area, experience, and environment. Teacher A is the lack of awareness of the managers, teacher B is the difficulty of student selection, teacher C is the most difficult factor in teacher quality management. This difference in perceptions also led to differences in the support improvements required by gifted class teachers in the rural area. Third, the three teachers commonly referred to difficulties to access due to geographical accessibility, and demanded the integrated management of the gifted class in the rural area and the support for the expansion of the class.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.535-552
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school teachers' conceptions on the general remarks (GR) in the new science teacher's guide, the teachers' conceptions on inservice training program of the GR, and their opinions of improvement on the GR. Also, the teachers' utilization of the GR was examined. The participants were 152 elementary school teachers who were teaching grade 3~6. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The results of this study are as follows; First, at least 13.2~17.1% of the teachers did not have specific conception of the purpose of the GR, and more than 90% of the teachers expressed that the GR is necessary in the teachers' guide. Second, about 60% of the teachers responded that the training program on the GR is necessary, and when the program is open, their most favorite agency and speaker were a provincial education office and a textbook developer(or author), respectively. Their most favorite time and period of the training program were the vacation and 15~30 hours, respectively. Third, the mean values on the frequency of use were lower than 3 point of the five-point Likert scale at both the GR for grade 3~4 and the GR for grade 5~6, and the teachers' main use of the GR was the planning a science lesson for an open class. Fourth, the teachers suggested various opinions and there was difference between the opinions about the GR for grade 3~4 and the opinions about the GR for grade 5~6.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to analyze question's patterns in elementary school science teacher's guide books of 5, 6th grade under the 2009 revised curriculum. A modified analysis framework based on Blosser's classified system was used to analyze 1,982 questions extracted from elementary science teacher's guide books by grade, by domain, and by teaching and learning stage. The findings of this study were as follows. First, of the 1,982 questions, the most prominent type of question was the propositional question and the following was the reproductive question. And, in comparing the question's patterns between 5, 6th grade, it was found that 6th grade had higher rate of close typed question, while 5th grade had higher rate of open typed question in its curriculum. Secondly, a comparative study about two domains, material and energy science domain and earth and life science domain, showed that the number of questions of each domain was not much different. However, it was found that propositional questions and applicable questions showed a higher rate in material and energy science domain, and anticipated questions and open typed questions including divergent and evaluative question showed higher rate in earth and life science domain. Moreover, although the total number of questions from integration and my fun research domain's contents was small, the rate of open typed questions was higher than any other domains. Finally, as a result of comparing and analyzing question's pattern in teaching and learning stages, the rate of reproductive question and anticipated questions was high at the stage of introduction. At the stage of development, the rate of propositional and reproductive questions was high. At the stage of conclusion, the rate of synthetic and applicable questions was high.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2007

This study analyzed the effect of Human-oriented Alternative Science Activities(HASA) on a coaching teacher and the students who participated in this activity. Human-oriented alternative science activities were used in the experimental group and traditional teaching methods were used in the control group. In pretest and posttest sessions, both groups were evaluated using an academic achievement test, and an affective characteristics related science test. After the activity, questionaries regarding attitudes to science lessons were administered as well. The process of change (if any) which occurred in the science lessons of the experimental group teacher was also analyzed through the teacher's diaries. The results showed that application of HASA had a positive effect upon affective characteristics and attitudes to science classes held by the experimental group and teacher. However, the result of this study also showed that the variation between academic achievement of each group was statistically insignificant.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.131-139
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• 2007

This study investigated whether there was a difference between general teaching efficacy and science teaching efficacy of preservice elementary teachers. And, the difference was also examined in the area of several variables of the preservice teachers, such as gender, the university majors, the high school majors, and grades. The results showed that a significant difference was not found between general teaching efficacy and science teaching efficacy. Teacher variables were found as the major factors to explain the difference. In case of male students who are majoring in science/math at university, and the students who majored in science/math at high school, science teaching efficacy was higher than general teaching efficacy. Whereas, in case of female students and nonscience majors at university and high school, science teaching efficacy was lower than their general teaching efficacy. Educational implications for preservice elementary teachers were discussed.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.784-794
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• 2014

In this study, we operated science teacher learning community to enhance professionality of elementary science teachers. 8 participants with various background, which include their science content knowledge, teaching experience and beliefs about teaching, were involved in this study. Bales(1950)'s social interaction process framework was mainly used to understand the members' interaction, focusing particularly on process aspects not on contents aspects. The data analysis shows that the members in the science teacher learning community tried their best to maintain the positive reaction to other members in most occasions in the community meetings. On the other hand, there were also negative reaction process due to their different ideas and views, causing their emotional conflicts in some social relations and dialogical situations. Nevertheless, the results also imply that the dual reaction processes, which are positive and negative processes, are equally important to facilitate science teachers' professional knowledge and experience. The educational meanings are discussed in the aspects of science teacher education.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.201-217
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• 2024

이 연구는 2012년 제1차 PCK 서밋에서 제안된 교사의 전문지식 및 기능 모델(합의 모델)과 2016년 제2차 PCK 서밋에서 제안된 수정된 합의 모델의 복합적 관점에 근거하여 2012년부터 2023년까지 국내 KCI 등재 학술지에 출판된 초등교사의 과학 PCK 연구 논문 11편을 심층 분석 및 재해석하여 초등교사의 과학 PCK 개념화를 위한 시론적 고찰을 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 국내 문헌에서 초등교사의 과학 PCK는 주로 Magnusson et al.(1999)의 PCK 요소에 근거하여 교사의 전문지식 기초를 분석하여 도출되었으며, 주제 수준 또는 교과 수준에서 '실행된 PCK' 또는 '개인적 PCK'로 분석된 경우가 많았다. 또한, 정서적 요인을 반영한 개인적 PCK 연구는 수정된 합의 모델의 관점에서 볼 때 '집합적 PCK'의 특성을 일부 포함하였다. 초등교사의 과학 PCK는 교사 개인의 경험에서 분석되는 실행된 PCK뿐만 아니라 전문가의 관점에서 규정된 집합적 PCK 및 개인적 PCK를 종합적으로 고려하여 개념화하는 것이 필요함을 제안하였다.

• 대한지구과학교육학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.258-266
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• 2011

This study was carried out to P University of Education 111 students who participated in science materials study course 1 in spring semester 2011. Students have taken the course pre-service teachers of elementary school classes to target elementary school earth science field, they selected one of the sections to create a class and the students have fulfilled 15-minute classes in respectively from the first week of May 2011 to until end of that course. In this class, colleagues evaluated the classes and we used evaluated scores to determine level of instructional motivation strategy. The obtained results from this study are as follows; First, motivational strategies used by preliminary elementary school teacher were questions, presentation of pictures and photographs, storytelling, presentation of contradictory concepts and phenomena, pilot experiments Second, among preliminary elementary teachers' motivational strategies for teaching in the field of the earth storytelling, presenting contradictory phenomena and concepts, pilot experiment, presentation of contradictory concepts, questions got higher scores in the order. Third, storytelling received the highest scores by the evaluators. So we can consider storytelling as a good strategy for the next class. In particular, storytelling used by animism were more effective. Fourth, preliminary elementary school teachers used life knowledges and dairy experiences as instructional motivation.

• 과학교육연구지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.88-106
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 초등학교 경력교사를 대상으로 그가 인식하는 자신의 과학수업과 수업 관찰 도구인 RTOP을 활용해 평가한 과학수업을 비교하여 교사의 과학수업에 대한 인식과 학생 중심 탐구수업의 실행에는 어떤 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 연구 대상의 '온도와 열' 단원 수업 녹화 자료와 교사 면담 자료, 그리고 연구 참여자의 교실 수업 스타일 설문 결과를 수집하였다. 녹화된 수업은 RTOP을 이용하여 분석하였고, 교사의 교실 수업 스타일 설문 결과와 비교하였다. 연구 결과, 연구의 대상 교사는 탐구 지향/학생 중심 수업을 실천하고 있다고 인식하고 있었지만, RTOP 점수로 판단한 결과는 근소한 차이로 과도기적/학생 영향 수업인 것으로 밝혀졌다. H교사는 교육과정에 대한 높은 이해와 내용 지식을 바탕으로 수업을 계획, 실천하였으며 학생과 학생, 학생과 교사의 활발한 상호작용을 촉진하는 과학 교실문화를 조성하였다. 하지만 교수 설계 및 실행에서 여전히 교사 주도적인 측면이 강조되었으며, 프로젝트 주제와 내용이 학생들이 과학 탐구에 대한 전반적인 경험을 하기에는 부적합한 면이 있었다. 결국 탐구 지향/학생 중심 과학수업을 위한 교사의 인식과 실제 수업 실행 사이의 근소한 차이는 '교수 설계 및 실행'이 얼마나 학생 중심적인가, 어떻게 학생의 과학 탐구 과정 경험을 위한 '절차적 지식'이 뒷받침되는 수업을 계획하고 실행할 것인가와 관계있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 교사의 의도와 노력이 실제로 실행되고 있는가를 파악하는 일은 교사의 자기 평가만으로는 부족하며, 외부 관찰자에 의한 과학수업의 객관적 분석과 평가, 결과에 대한 논의가 함께 이루어질 필요가 있다는 점을 말해준다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.277-287
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• 2016

This study explores how a teacher copes with anomalous situation in primary practical science lesson and what factors affect teacher's strategy to cope with anomalous situations. The method of auto-ethnography was used in order to capture the inner experience of the individual teacher. For this, one of the researchers participated in this study as the teacher participant. Two science lessons that the researcher taught as a teacher were observed by a co-author and video-recorded. However, only one lesson which the teacher experienced the anomalous situation was analyzed. After the lesson, self-interviews were conducted with the co-author. Also the researcher wrote four reflective journals about anomalous situations that she experienced. What has emerged in this study is that anomalous situations were experienced by the teacher while students were doing practical work and while students were presenting their results of practical work. As each anomalous situation was experienced in different contexts, the strategies that the teacher used were different and were affected not only by the personal epistemological belief but also by the socio-cultural context that the teacher was surrounded by. This study has implications to help teachers who have difficulties in coping with anomalous situations.