한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육 (Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education)

  • 제41권3호
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  • Pages.501-520
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  • 2022
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  • 1598-3099(pISSN)
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  • 2733-8436(eISSN)
한국초등과학교육학회 (The Korean Elementary Science Education Society)
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공간적 사고 관점에서 천문 분야 교과서 삽화 및 탐구활동에 대해 예비교사가 인식한 문제점과 개선안

Problems and Suggestions for Astronomy Textbook Images and Inquiries Raised by Pre-service Teachers: From the Perspective of Spatial Thinking

  • 투고 : 2022.04.21
  • 심사 : 2022.07.19
  • 발행 : 2022.08.31
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천문학 학습 과정에서 공간적 사고의 중요성을 고려할 때, 교원 양성 단계에서부터 공간적 사고를 고려한 교수⋅학습 방법에 대한 교육이 이뤄질 필요가 있다. 그에 따라 본 연구는 초등 예비교사들에게 공간적 사고에 대한 교육을 실시한 후 이들이 천문 단원 교과서의 삽화 및 탐구활동에 대해 인식하는 문제점과 개선안의 양상을 탐구하였다. 본 연구에서는 천문 영역의 공간적 사고를 공간 개념, 표상, 추론 과정으로 구성된 것으로 정의하였다. 수도권 소재 A 교육대학에 재학 중인 3학년 학생을 대상으로 2021년 10월, 2주에 걸쳐 공간적 사고에 대한 교육이 실시되었으며 예비교사들은 천문 단원 중 1개 차시를 자율적으로 선택하여 공간적 사고 측면에서 현행 교과서의 문제점을 분석하고 그에 대한 개선안을 제시하였다. 최종적으로 22명이 제시한 33개의 사례가 분석되었으며, 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 예비교사들은 공간 개념과 추론 과정 측면에서 교과서 삽화 및 탐구활동의 한계를 인식하고 그것을 보완하기 위한 개선안을 제안하는 모습을 나타냈다. 그러나 일부 예비교사는 문제점을 타당하게 인식하더라도 적절한 개선안을 제안하지 못하거나, 공간적 사고 측면에서 삽화나 탐구활동을 분석하지 못하는 경향도 나타냈다. 본 연구는 공간적 사고에 대한 일련의 교육을 통해 예비교사가 천문 교수 실행시 공간적 사고 측면에서 교과서 삽화나 탐구활동을 인식하고, 그 한계를 보완할 능력을 갖출 수 있음을 보였다는 점에 의의가 있다. 아울러 본 연구 결과가 공간적 사고와 관련된 교사 양성 프로그램에 시사하는 바에 대해서도 논의하였다.

Considering the importance of spatial thinking in the process of learning astronomy, it is necessary to educate pre-service teachers on teaching methods that consider spatial thinking from the teacher training program stage. Accordingly, after providing education on spatial thinking to pre-service science teachers, problems and improvement plans perceived by them were explored for the images and inquiry activities of astronomy textbook units. In this study, spatial thinking in the astronomical domain was defined as the amalgam of the concepts of space, representation tools, and reasoning processes. The juniors attending the University of Education in the metropolitan area were educated on spatial thinking for two weeks in October 2021. They were then asked to voluntarily select one of the astronomy units to analyze problems in the textbooks and present modification plans to address those problems. Finally, 33 cases presented by 22 pre-service science teachers were analyzed, and the results of the study were as follows. Pre-service teachers recognized the problems in textbooks in terms of the concepts of space and reasoning processes, and proposed improvement plans to supplement them. However, in some cases, even if pre-service teachers properly recognized a problem, the improvement plan was not appropriate, or they were not able to analyze the images or inquiry activities in terms of spatial thinking. This study is significant in that it shows that pre-service teachers have the potential to properly reorganize and revise textbooks by participating in teacher training programs on spatial thinking. Furthermore, based on the results of this study, the direction of the teacher training program concerning spatial thinking was discussed.

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