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Analyzing Korean Pre-service Biology Teachers' Understanding of the Concept of Natural Selection in Comparison with Chinese, American, and German Biology Majors

중국, 미국, 독일의 생물전공자와 비교한 한국 생물예비교사의 자연선택개념 이해 수준 분석

  • Received : 2016.07.22
  • Accepted : 2016.09.30
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

Natural selection is the core idea of evolution that pre-service biology teachers need to understand to solve diverse biological problem. This study aims to investigate the level of Korean pre-service biology teachers' understanding of natural selection by comparing their knowledge with their Chinese, American, and German biology major undergraduate counterparts. In particular, this study focuses on two conceptual components of natural selection (i.e., ecology and genetics). This study used a total 1226 pre-service biology teachers and biology majors' data. The instrument measuring the understanding of natural selection concepts was Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection, which consists of ten ecology concept items and ten genetics concept items. The Rasch model analysis, multivariate analysis of variance, and univariate analysis of variance were used for the statistical tests. The result reveals that the level of Korean pre-service biology teachers' understanding of natural selection were similar with Chinese undergraduates' understanding and significantly lower than American and German undergraduates.' In the first year student data, the level of genetics concept of Korean pre-service biology teachers were significantly lower than Chinese and German students. In the fourth year student data, the level of ecology concept of Korean pre-service biology teachers were significantly lower than American and German students. Based on these results, the ecology concept education and balanced natural selection concept education are discussed.

자연선택개념은 진화론의 핵심개념으로 다양한 생물학적 문제를 해결하기 위해 이해해야 될 필수 개념이다. 이 연구는 한국예비생물 교사들의 자연선택개념의 이해 수준을 조사하기 위하여 중국, 미국, 독일의 생물전공자와 비교하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 특히 이 연구에서는 자연선택개념의 두 개념요소인 생태개념과 유전개념으로 구분하여 예비생물교사의 자연선택개념을 분석하였다. 우리나라 예비생물교사 376명을 포함하여 1226명의 한국, 중국, 미국, 독일의 생물전공 예비교사의 자료를 토대로 분석하였다. 검사도구는 생태개념과 유전개념문항 각 10개씩을 포함하고 있는 Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection의 20문항을 라쉬모델, 다변량분산분석, 일변량분산 분석을 활용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 우리나라 예비생물교사의 자연선택개념 수준은 중국과 비슷하고 미국, 독일에 비하여 낮았다. 생태개념과 유전개념으로 구분하여 살펴보면, 우리나라 예비생물교사 1학년의 경우 중국과 독일에 비하여 유전개념이 유의미하게 낮았으며, 4학년의 경우 미국과 독일에 비하여 생태개념이 유의미하게 낮았다. 3년간의 예비생물교사 교육과정 동안 유전개념에 대한 교육은 성공적이었으나, 생태개념의 교육은 성공적이지 못하였다. 이 연구결과를 토대로 자연선택개념의 이해를 위한 예비생물 교사교육에 대해서 논의한다.

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