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Challenges of Pre-Service Teachers for Good Science Teaching: Focus on the Process of Imparting Meaning of Teaching Subject

좋은 과학수업을 위한 예비교사의 도전 -수업 주제의 의미화 과정을 중심으로-

  • Received : 2018.03.20
  • Accepted : 2018.08.21
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the challenges of pre-service teachers for good science teaching with focus on the process of imparting meaning of teaching subject. We have detailed research questions such as, 'What the pre-service teachers thought about teaching subject? How they grasped the meaning of the teaching subject? and What kinds of methods they have used to expose the meaning in their classes?'. We had four pre-service teachers who took the class 'Teaching methods in physics teaching' as voluntary participants in the first semester of 2017. The results show that there are common features in the process of imparting meaning of the teaching subject. The participants started to think about fundamental/existential answer to the question, 'Why should we teach science to students?'. In addition, they grasped the meaning of the teaching subject by using the specific key words. And they tried to link the teaching components with the teaching subject as the center. This challenging process led pre-service teachers to form teachers' identity and to enhance teacher professionalism.

본 연구의 목적은 '좋은' 과학수업 실천을 위한 핵심적인 과정이라 할 수 있는 수업 주제의 의미화 과정을 중심으로 예비과학교사들의 도전 과정을 알아보는 것이다. 구체적인 연구문제는 '수업 주제를 향한 예비교사들의 고민은 무엇이었는지?, 이러한 고민 속에서 예비교사들은 수업 주제의 의미를 어떻게 파악하였는지? 그리고 파악한 수업 주제의 의미를 드러내기 위하여 수업에서는 어떠한 방법을 사용하였는지?'이다. 본 연구의 참여자는 2017년 1학기에 개설된 '물리교과 수업실습 및 분석' 강의를 수강한 예비교사들 중 4명이다. 연구결과, 예비교사가 수업 주제를 의미화 하는 과정에는 몇 가지 공통적인 특징이 나타났다. 즉, 예비교사가 수업 주제의 의미를 고민하는 과정에서 왜 가르쳐야 하는지에 대한 본질적/실존적 대답을 추구하기 시작했고, 구체적인 주제어를 사용하여 수업 주제의 의미를 파악했으며, 수업에서는 주제를 중심으로 수업요소를 긴밀하게 연결시키고자 하였다. 이와 같은 도전의 과정은 그 자체가 교사의 정체성 형성 및 수업전문성 향상의 과정으로써 예비교사들에게 매우 의미 있는 경험이 되었다고 본다.

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