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High School Teachers' and Students' Perceptions on the Purpose of Science Learning based on the Semantic Network Analysis

언어네트워크분석에 기초한 과학학습의 목적에 대한 고등학교 교사와 학생들의 인식

  • Received : 2014.07.17
  • Accepted : 2014.09.25
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate how high school teachers and students perceive the purpose of science learning. Participants were high school science teachers and students from one hundred and sixty high schools nationwide, which were selected through proportional stratified sampling method. Teachers and students responded on open-ended questionnaires about the purpose of science learning. The data were analyzed using the semantic network analysis method. Our study illustrates three major finding: First, teachers recognized the intrinsic value related to cognitive domain as the more important purpose of science learning, while students recognized the extrinsic value related to personal usefulness domain as more important. Second, teachers' responses were significantly different depending on the teaching career. Beginning teachers believed both intrinsic and extrinsic values were equally important, while experienced teachers believed the cognitive domain about understanding of scientific knowledge was more important than intrinsic values. In other words, the differences in perception of the purpose of science between teachers and students, the experienced teachers is greater than the beginning teachers. Finally, students' responses were different depending on their academic track. Humanity major students recognized that learning science made their everyday-life easier while science major students recognized that learning science should be related to their future careers. In conclusion, the results of this study is expected to be of use as the basic data to identify the characteristic of teachers and students related to science.

이 연구는 고등학교 교사와 학생들의 과학학습의 목적에 대한 일반화가 가능한 결과를 얻고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 비례층화표집 방식을 통해 전국의 160개 고등학교를 선정하여 교사와 학생에게 과학학습의 목적에 대한 개방형 설문 결과를 수집하였으며, 수집된 자료는 언어네트워크분석을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 교사들은 과학학습의 목적으로 인지적 영역과 관련된 내재적 가치를 더 중요하게 인식하고 있지만 학생들은 개인적 유용성 영역과 관련된 외재적 가치를 보다 중요하게 인식하고 있었다. 또한 교사들의 교직경력에 따라 다른 인식을 가지고 있었다. 초임교사들은 내재적 가치와 외재적 가치를 함께 중요하게 인식하고 있었지만 경력교사들은 과학지식 이해의 인지적 영역을 주로 강조하고 있었다. 또한 학생들은 선택계열에 따라서도 과학학습의 목적에 대한 인식 차이가 있었다. 즉, 인문계열 학생들은 과학을 배운다면 일상생활의 편리성을 높일 수 있다는 것을 중요하게 인식하고 있었지만 자연계열 학생들은 과학학습의 목적이 무엇보다도 진로선택과 관련되어 있는 것으로 인식하고 있었다.

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