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Exploration, Conflicts, Challenges, and Changes: A Teacher Educator's Self-Study for Secondary School Physics Instruction Course

탐색, 갈등, 도전, 그리고 변화 -물리교과교육 수업을 위한 한 교사교육자의 셀프스터디-

  • Received : 2016.07.23
  • Accepted : 2016.10.11
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reflect on 'myself' as a teacher educator of college of education in depth and to improve my instruction through self-study with three critical collaborators. 17 pre-service science teachers and I have participated in this study of a teacher educator's course since March 2016 after the preliminary practice in 2015. The video recorded the course for 11 weeks with about 40 hours of lessons. The data source also included teacher educator's reflective journals, lecture evaluations, online boards and so on. Questionnaires were distributed and answered both at the beginning and at the end of the course and pre-service teachers wrote their reflective journals. Four of them were in the focus group interviews. During the course, the weekly group meeting of critical collaborators analyzed the emerging issues based on the lesson clips and teacher educator's reflective journals with discussion for the course innovation. Four phases were revealed in the process and for the purpose of the course such as exploration, conflicts, challenges, and changes. The results showed that first, we identified tensions among the teacher educator's multiple identities as a lecturer, a faculty member, and a researcher. Second, there were differences between goals of teacher educator and pre-service teachers in the course, and this obstructed the success of the course sometimes. Third, these practices led to explore balanced alternative views and interpretations of the problem by critical views and to expand and improve our teaching practice and thinking. In addition, the self-study with critical collaborators helped to bring conflicts and issues below my practice to light for collaborative reflection and it gave a chance to understand ourselves as teacher educators in different ways.

본 연구의 목적은 지방소재 교사양성대학에서 근무하는 교사교육자인 '나'와 비판적 동료 3인이 셀프스터디를 통해 '나'와 나의 강의에 대해 심도 있게 성찰하고, 비판적 동료와의 협력적 검토를 바탕으로 나의 강의 개선을 시도하는 데에 있다. 2015년 예비 실행을 거쳐 2016년 3월부터 4학년 17명이 참여하는 교과교육 강의를 중심으로 본 연구를 수행하였다. 11주간 약 40시간의 강의를 촬영하였으며 강의자인 나의 반성적 저널, 예비교사의 강의 평가 자료, 온라인 게시판 내용 등을 토대로 강의 전반에 대한 자료를 수집하였다. 또 학생들을 대상으로 2차례에 걸쳐 설문을 실시하였고 강의 참여 일지를 작성하도록 하였다. 4명을 포커스 그룹으로 선정하여 면담을 진행하였다. 비판적 동료 3인은 강의 시작 전부터 연구의 방향과 분석 방법에 대하여 협의하였으며, 학기 중에는 매주 1회 해당 강의 녹화 자료를 분석하고 학생들의 반응, 강의 개선 방향 등에 대하여 함께 논의하였다. 강의 실행의 과정은 실행의 목적에 따라 크게 탐색, 갈등, 도전, 변화의 4가지 국면으로 나타났다. 연구 결과를 구체적으로 보면 첫째, 교사교육자로서 '나'는 '연구자로서의 나', '강의자로서의 나', '대학 행정관리자로서의 나'라는 다중적인 역할을 수행하고 있었고 종종 이들 사이에 갈등이 나타났다. 둘째, 강의자와 학습자 사이에 교과교육 강의의 필요성과 가치 등에 대한 인식 차이가 있음을 발견하였으며, 이것이 강의를 진행하는 데 있어 큰 어려움이 될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 셋째, 자신의 실행을 의도적으로 비판적 시각에서 관찰하여 '나'의 인식의 확장을 유발하였고, 강의에서는 '나'와 예비교사들의 소통과 협력적 실행으로 연결되었다. 그리고 비판적 동료와 함께 한 셀프 스터디는 '나'의 실행과 관련된 신념, 개인적 고민이나 갈등을 공동의 성찰 대상으로 끌어올려 각자의 시각과 대안을 지속적으로 교환하면서 균형 잡힌 해석과 연구 방향을 탐색하도록 하였다. 이를 통해 교사 교육자인 '우리'를 이해하는 틀을 제공하였다.

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