교사 모임을 통한 과학 교사의 전문성 향상: 실험 행사 중 교사의 상호작용 분석

초록

A teachers' association can play an important role in the development of teachers' professionalism. Unlike the obligatory in-service education such, as the certificate education, the teachers' association can provide a festival where in-service teachers develop their professionalism effectively, when the members of the association voluntarily participate in the festival. The teachers\' association, "Teachers for Exciting Science" has a meeting every week at Hanyang University to share science experiments. In December, 2007, they opened a new festival where the experiments were presented altogether. Thirty-one experiments were presented and the participants experienced and discussed the experiments. We analyzed the interactions among teachers participating in this festival, through which we described the concrete process how the teachers' association contributed to the science teachers' professional development. As results, we identified four interaction patterns. First, science teachers transferred the experiment skill by demonstration, and embodied the skill by following the demonstration. The specific guidance from the experienced teacher could contribute to the improvement of the experiment skill directly in the experiment where a hands-on activity is important. Second, science teachers exchanged practical information to implement the experiment in the school setting. They shared the name of new experimental materials and the method to get the materials. In addition, teachers videotaped the experiment process and asked for the video clips of the experiments. Third, science teachers could improve the experiment through in-depth discussion on the experiments. They constructed an ample repertoire on the experiment by new ideas on the experiment methods, theoretical explanations, and discussion on the effect of the experiments. Fourth, science teachers promoted the professional development by the emotional interactions. They shared the enjoyment of the novel experiment results, and raised interest in the science. In addition, we could find the support for the professional development of female science teachers through the education of their children and sharing responsibility over them.

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