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A Study of Science Teachers' Perception on Knowledge Information Processing Competency

지식정보처리역량에 대한 과학교사의 인식 조사

  • Received : 2018.09.24
  • Accepted : 2018.10.25
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

One of the important competencies in knowledge and information society is the competency of Knowledge information processing. This is closely related to science education and described as one of the core competencies in the 2015 national curriculum revision. Even with a general agreement of the educational necessity of this competency, its practice in class depends mostly on teachers' will. Therefore, we surveyed science teachers' perceptions and classroom condition about the competency of Knowledge information processing, and we analyzed the questionnaires of 64 middle and high school teachers in Seoul and interviewed three teachers. As a result, all teachers shared the importance of Knowledge information processing competency and explained it in terms of social paradigm and goal of the subject. However, there were not many cases of actual practice in class. The teachers answered that time for Knowledge information processing competency is not enough in class and they also lack of PCK on this competency. About half of the teachers had experiences in teacher training about Knowledge information processing competency but most of their experiences are related to information utilization literacy. The importance of Knowledge information processing competency was very high in three factors (collection, analyzation, and utilization), among which information analysis was the highest. Middle school teachers showed higher scores in most questions even though the differences were not significant, and high school teachers showed higher scores in the importance of information sources at a significant level. In order to cultivate competencies, it is necessary to expand the meaning of science inquiry so as to cover this competency and to consider ways of linking with other subjects and develop methods of teaching and learning.

지식 정보화 사회에서 가장 중요한 역량 중의 하나는 지식정보처리 역량일 것이다. 지식정보처리역량은 2015 개정 교육과정의 핵심역량이기도 하면서 과학 교과와 매우 관련이 깊다. 역량교육의 필요성에 대해서는 많은 사람들이 공감하지만 수업 내에서의 실천은 교사의 의지에 달려있다. 따라서 지식정보처리역량에 대한 과학교사들의 인식과 수업실태를 조사하였다. 조사 방법은 서울의 중학교 교사 32명과 고등학교 교사 32명의 객관식 및 주관식 설문과 지식정보처리역량과 관련된 수업을 진행하는 교사 3인의 면담 결과를 분석하였다. 연구 결과 지식정보처리역량에 대해서 모든 교사가 그 중요성을 공감하였으며 정보화 사회라는 시대적 흐름과 과학적 역량 함양이라는 교과 목표와 연관지어 인식하고 있었다. 그러나 수업에서 실천하는 경우는 많지 않았는데, 이는 설문 결과는 수업 시간의 부족으로, 면담 결과에서는 교사의 PCK 부족을 꼽았다. 지식정보처리역량 관련 연수 경험은 절반 정도였으나 대부분 정보활용 교육에 관련된 것으로 수집과 분석 부분에 대한 연수가 필요함을 의미한다. 지식정보처리역량의 요소별 중요도는 정보수집, 분석, 활용 모두 매우 높았으며 그 중 정보분석이 가장 높았다. 대부분은 중학교 교사의 중요도 인식이 더 컸으나 그 차이가 유의하지 않았다. 정보수집 요소에서 정보원의 중요성에 대해서는 고등학교 교사의 인식이 유의 수준에서 더 높았다. 지식정보처리역량의 함양을 위해서는 과학 교과 수업시간에 정보처리역량을 강조할 수 있도록 과학 탐구의 의미를 확대하고 타교과와의 연계 방안도 고려할 수 있다. 또한 지식정보처리역량 함양이 교과 교육내에서 자연스럽게 이루어지기 위해서 제도적 뒷받침과 역량의 특성을 고려한 교수학습방법 개발이 필요할 것이다.

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