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A Study on Elementary and Middle School Teachers' Perception and Need for the Application of 2015 Revised Science Curriculum

2015 개정 과학과 교육과정의 적용에 대한 초·중학교 교사의 인식과 요구

  • Received : 2017.01.23
  • Accepted : 2017.02.20
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary and middle school teachers' perception and the need for the application of 2015 revised science curriculum. Four hundred and sixty-eight elementary school teachers and four hundred and twenty-two middle school teachers were surveyed. The results of the research are as follows. many elementary and middle school teachers responded that major changes in the 2015 revised curriculum were applicable in school science education. However, they expected that the lack of teaching and learning materials, lack of experiment preparation time, and lack of their understanding about how to improve the scientific core competencies and how to use the content system were major difficulties in applying the major changes in the 2015 revised science curriculum. They also thought that teaching and learning materials were needed in order to apply the 2015 revised science curriculum. Based on these results, this study suggested content for teacher training, the role of teachers, and formation of a teacher community.

본 연구의 목적은 2015 개정 과학과 교육과정의 적용에 대한 초 중학교 교사의 인식과 요구를 조사하는 데에 있다. 이에 초등학교 교사 468명과 중학교 교사 422명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 다수의 초 중학교 교사들은 학교 과학교육에서 2015 개정 교육과정의 주요 변화들이 적용 가능하다고 응답하였다. 그러나 2015 개정 과학과 교육과정의 주요 변화를 적용하는 과정에서 발생할 것 같은 어려움으로 교사들이 가장 많이 선택한 응답은 각각 교수 학습 자료의 부족, 실험 준비 시간의 부족, 과학 교과 역량 함양 방법이나 내용 체계 활용 방법에 대한 이해 부족이었다. 2015 개정 과학과 교육과정을 적용할 때에 교수 학습 자료가 우선적으로 필요하다고 응답하였다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 교사 연수의 내용, 교사의 역할, 교사 공동체 형성에 대해 제안하였다.

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