HPT research studies and practices have been largely conducted in the corporate setting, leaving education as a neglected context despite its strong emphasis on performance in teaching, learning, and school management. In this study, we examine the application of the HPT standards and their effects on Korean teachers’ performance goal achievement for students. With HPT standards, we also investigate the interaction effect of teacher tenure on the relationship among HPT standards and goal achievement. The Hayes Process Model is adopted to examine the second-stage moderated mediation model. The findings support that the principle standards positively mediate the effect of the process standards on the teachers’ goal achievement, and teacher tenure moderates the HPT standards’ effects on goal achievement. The practical and theoretical implications of the results are discussed, as well as limitations and future research suggestions

The purpose of this study was to explore how English teachers perceive the appropriateness of the quantity and level of content in the 2015 Revised National English Curriculum. In order to evaluate the appropriateness of the modified curriculum, a survey questionnaire was administered to English teachers at elementary and middle schools across Korea. Teachers and university professors were also consulted for guidance regarding the appropriate quantity and level of content. According to the survey results, both elementary and middle school teachers believe that the quantity and level of content are mostly appropriate for students. However, responses related to the appropriateness of achievement standards for reading and writing were less positive than those for listening and speaking for children in elementary school grades 5 and 6 and middle school grades 1 to 3. In general, methods of optimizing reading and writing content in the English curriculum are discussed.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a basic research for the development of a program, PEP-NKMF (Parents Empowerment Program in North Korea Migrant Family). A total of 20 teenager North Korean defectors from an S school in Seoul city and five North Korean defector teachers at this school were surveyed through questionnaires and in-depth interviews from March 6 to 31, 2017. The results were analyzed using Nvivo 11.0, which is a representative method of qualitative analysis for forming nodes by tree structure. The results showed that the teenage North Korean defectors requested the family relationship competence, adaptation, interest and love from their parents. North Korean defector teachers requested the transformation of the value and the practical love. This study is meaningful in that the essential requirements of the parental competence building program, which is to be provided to North Korean defector parents, are analyzed based not on theories but on teenage North Korean defectors and North Korean defector teachers.

This study aims to investigate English teachers’ anxiety at three different school levels in Korea with special attention to situations where anxiety is generated. A mixed method was adopted to explore English teachers’ anxiety. Quantitative data from 912 English teachers was obtained through an online survey and qualitative data was collected from focus group interviews which were conducted with three different groups of primary (n=4), middle (n=3), and high school (n=3) teachers. Quantitative data analysis showed that there were no significant differences in the level of anxiety according to three school levels, although the anxiety of English teachers gradually increases from primary to high school. On the whole, there were significant differences in anxiety according to teaching experience; teachers with less than three years of teaching experience showed the highest anxiety. Three themes emerged from the analysis of the qualitative data: fear of negative evaluation, different sources of anxiety relating to teaching experiences in the three school levels, and classroom English vs. spontaneous English. These three themes showed that English teachers’ anxiety needs to be understood in the context of anxiety-provoking situations where they are being evaluated by their colleagues about their teaching methods and English language proficiency. Pedagogical implications are discussed based on the findings of the study.

The purpose of this study is to examine the appointment process for secondary teachers of Korea and China, and analyze its differences. The characteristics of the appointment process for secondary teachers of Korea are as below. First, the influence of the Ministry of Education is absolute. The Ministry of Education manages everything from appointment notice to appointment examination, and it even controls dispatch of teachers, which proves its absolute influence. Second, the mode of appointment is unified. Korea only allows competitive examination, and thus being a secondary teacher is only possible through appointment examination that is held once a year. Third, secondary teachers are treated as civil servants. Secondary teachers are provided with the ninth-class salary of civil servants as soon as they are appointed, and when they have to do additional work for self-study or evening study, they receive two times the urban workers’ average wage. This treatment makes people consider the teaching job positive and prefer the job at the same time. The characteristics of the appointment process for secondary teachers of China are as below. First, schools have autonomy in appointing teachers to a certain degree. In selecting teachers, schools can decide when to hold appointment examination, how to proceed with the mode of appointment, and how many teachers are to be selected, and then gain approval from the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education gives autonomy to schools in selecting teachers. Second, the mode of appointment is diversified. Schools can decide whether to set the ratio of interview test to 100% or that of interview test and written test to 50% each, and whether to include demonstration class, according to their regions and characteristics. In addition, as schools can set the time of appointment examination differently depending on their regions, it can be said that appointment examination is held several times a year. Third, China is making an effort to realize improvement of treatment. Although it is well known that teachers’ workload is rather heavy compared to other jobs, the level of wage is not that high, and it varies with regions. Thus, ｢2014 New Teacher Wage Reform Measure｣ was established in March 3, 2014 to raise teachers’ wage considering the heavy workload and standardize the different levels of wage in different regions. Therefore, it is thought that China will constantly try to make the teaching job an ideal one at last.

This study aims at exploring the theoretical perspectives and research related to second language teacher identities. In particular, this paper focuses on the studies on the identities of English teachers in the Korean educational system. Major findings are as follows: First, based on the previous literature on teacher identities, teacher identities are defined as dynamic, multidimensional, and changing, as they continuously interact with individual, social, and cultural contexts. Second, it was found that studies have focused on (1) the meta-analyses of English teacher identities, (2) native-speaking English teacher identities, (3) the identities of non-native-speaking English teachers co-teaching with native-English-speaking teachers, (4) the identities of non-native-speaking English teachers including pre- and in-service teachers, and (5) teacher identity development through teacher education activities. Lastly, this paper brings up issues and suggestions on the formation and development of English teacher identities. It also offers directions for the future research on professional identities of second language teachers.

이 연구는 두명의 중학교 과학 교사의 과학 수업이 어떻게 한국의 독특한 교육 상황에 의해 영향을 받으며, 이러한 수업 경험이 그들에게 가지는 의미가 무엇인지를 알아보기 위한 현상학적 해석 연구이다. 특히 본 연구는 두 과학 교사가 어떻게 교수 방법을 선정하며 외부적인 상황 즉 교육과정, 학교정책, 환경, 문화, 학생들의 학습동기등이 어떻게 과학 교사들의 교수 방법, 수업 실제에 영향을 미치는지에 중점을 두었다. 이 연구는 두 달간 대도시의 한 중학교에서 시행되었으며, 각 참여 교사에 대한 수업 관찰과 수업 관찰 후 이루어진 인터뷰가 주요 데이터로 사용되었다. 연구 결과는 현상학적 연구 방법에 의해 분석, 기록되었다. 이 연구의 결과는 첫째, 과학 수업에서 다루어야 할 과중한 교과 내용의 양과 제한된 수업 시간등의 외부적 요인들이 중등학교 과학교사들의 수업에 대한 신념이나 경험에 상관없이 수업의 형태를 결정하는 중요한 요인이라는 것을 보여준다. 둘째, 사교육을 통해 이루어지는 학생들의 과학교과 선행학습과 학생들이 수업에 참여할때 나타나는 낮은 학습 동기가 각 교사의 교사의 역할에 대한 인식에 영향을 미치며, 궁극적으로 교사들의 교수 방법 선정에 영향을 미친다는 것을 보여준다.

In this research, we investigated the historical development and ways of improvement of the teacher employment test (TET, hereafter) in Korea. This paper consists of three parts. The first part details the secondary science teacher education system in Korea. The second part elaborates upon the development of the TET since 1990's. The third part provides conclusion by addressing ways to improve science teacher education and employment systems in Korea. After all, the keen competition for teacher education and the demanding entry test ensure that secondary science teachers are selected from a pool of candidates with high academic achievement. Korean teacher employment system in general places more weight on subject knowledge. Although we cannot simply conclude that Korean science teachers must have profound knowledge in the subject matter and are competent in pedagogy, it stands to reason that the teachers could be more competent in performing their roles than those of many western countries with an acute shortage of teachers. We also suggested future directions and ways of improvement regarding teacher education and the TET in Korea.

The purpose of this study was to explore the co-teaching experiences between native and non-native English teachers in the Korean elementary and secondary school context. Research data included classroom observations and teachers’ interviews collected over one school semester. A constant comparative data analysis method was employed to provide an in-depth description of the co-teachers’ teaching practice, the aspects of their interactions, and their professional development in a classroom setting. The findings of this study revealed that the co-teaching styles and role distributions in the co-teaching process were different depending on the non-native teachers’ English proficiency and their professional relationships. It also suggested that the successful implementation of collaborative team work was deeply related to the participating teachers’ willingness to cooperate and conceptions created by the dynamics of interaction between the two teachers in and outside of the classroom. Given the research result that both native and non-native teachers benefitted from their co-teaching experiences, some pedagogical implications on the improvement of co-teaching English in Korean classrooms are proposed.

Robotics technology has been well absorbed into Papert’s constructionist perspective (Papert, 1996) as well as that of Jonassen’s (2000). Robotics allows students to explore creatively, and increases students’ creativity toward computer programming, mechanical designing and constructing, problem solving, collaborating, and motion within an active, enjoyable, and immersive environment, including subjects such as physics, mathematics, and electronics. The principal objectives of this study were to assess the manner in which perceptions of learning robotics and planning lessons through robotics of pre-service elementary teachers could evolve, and to evaluate pre-service elementary teacher program via a case study of a university- based in Korea. This paper introduces a method by which robotics technology might be integrated into a pre-service elementary course, and also includes an analysis of pre-service teachers' robotics activities and their teaching strategy for developing instructions in using robotics.

The Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology has made strenuous efforts to improve the quality of English education in public sector. One such attempt is a long-term, intensive teacher training that began in 2007 to facilitate teachers' ability for teaching English in English (TEE). This initiative has expanded over the years such that the number of training institutions has increased to 22 in 2009 to serve growing numberof trainees. This development is not without problems as there is a lack ofconsistency in curriculum, course content, quality of instructors, and overseas training among these institutions. This study aims to check the current status of various teacher training programs and suggest ideas for enhancing the quality of the programs. For the purpose of the study, questionnaires were administered to 900 English teachers to have themevaluate the training programs they had participated in. The findings from 449 respondents showed that most teachers were satisfied with their training programs. These teachers felt that the training programs helped to promote both English skills and teaching skills. Yet, they expressed some concerns about unbalanced curriculum, lack of follow-up service, inefficiency ofoverseas training, etc.

이 연구는 글로브 프로그램이 운영되고 있는 과학고의 교사에게 설문지 및 면담을 통하여, 과학고에서의 글로브 프로그램 운영 현황과 교사들의 인식을 분석하였다. 그 결과를 토대로 우리나라에서 글로브 프로그램의 운영에 따른 문제점과 그 해결 방안을 논의하는 데 목적이 있다. 이 연구는 12명의 과학고 교사의 설문과 3명의 교사 면담 및 글로브 프로그램의 운영과정에서 나온 보고서 등의 분석으로 이루어졌다. 프로그램의 운영 현황, 교사들의 인식과 프로그램 운영에 따른 문제점에 대한 결과는 다음과 같다: 1) 글로브 프로그램은 초등학교 고학년 및 중학교에 적합한 수준이며, 과학고에서 그대로 운영하기에는 적합하지 않다. 2) 글로브 프로그램을 국내에 정착시키기 위해서는 우리나라에서 각 학교의 환경과 지역성을 고려한 다양한 프로그램의 개발이 필요하다. 프로그램의 운영에 대한 제언은 다음과 같다: 1) 우리나라의 교육실정에 맞는 글로브 프로그램을 개발-운영하기 위해서는 지구환경과 관련된 단체 및 전문가 집단이 되는 운영 본부의 설치가 요구된다. 2) 글로브 프로그램의 운영을 위한 행-재정 지원이 있어야 한다.

이 논문에서는 한국과 일본의 초등 예비교사들이 가지고 있는 천문학 기초개념에 대한 이해 정도와 천문학에 대한 태도를 조사하여 비교하였다. 천문학 기초개념 및 지식은 1998년에 천문교육연구협의회(The Collaboration for Astronomy Education Research, CAER)에서 개발한 천문학진단검사지(Astronomy Diagnostic Test, ADT ver.2.0)의 21문항에서 한일 양국의 중등학교 교육과정을 고려하여 선정한 12개 문항을 양국의 언어로 번안하여 투입하였다. 천문학 기초개념 및 지식에 대한 검사문항의 신뢰도는 0.69이었다. 천문학 태도에 대한 검사는 제일릭 등(Zeilik et at., 1999)이 개발한 천문학태도조사지(the Survey of Attitudes Towards Astronomy, SATA)를 그대로 번역하여 사용하였다. 신뢰도는 0.87이었다. 조사 결과 천문학 기초개념에 대한 한국의 예비교사들의 정답률은 38%이었고 일본은 37%이었지만, 통계적으로 유의미한 차이는 없었다. 천문학에 대한 태도에서는 한국의 초등 예비교사가 일본보다 높았다. 특히 천문학에 대한 인지적 능력과 가치의 범주는 통계적으로 유의미한 차이가 있었다(p〈.05). 이 연구를 통해 부가적으로, 한국과 일본의 초등 예비교사들의 가진 천문학 기초개념이 지식의 수준이 40%, 미만이었으며, 천문학에 대한 태도 점수가 미국의 대학생들에 비하여 상당히 낮다는 점을 발견할 수 있었다.

본 연구는 전라북도 중등 과학교사들이 가지고 있는 과학에 관련된 태도를 조사 연구하는데 목적이 있으며 전반적인 과학에 관련된 태도뿐만 아니라 과학에 관련된 태도의 범주별 태도 경향, 과학교사들의 배경요인별 과학에 관련된 태도의차이 등을 알아보았다. 과학에 관련된 태도 점수는 100점 척도로 67.6점에 해당한 미온적인 태도로 조사되었다. 범주별 인식경향은 과학에 대한 태도 영역의 지식과 학문성이 가장 낮고 목적과 가치성은 가장 높게 나타났으며 과학적 태도 영역에서는 객관성 범주가 가장 낮게, 개방성 범주가 가장 높게 나타났다. 문항별 특이한 점을 보면 과학을 발전시키도록 지원해 주어야 한다는 생각이 많으면서도 과학발전이 없었으면 인간은 더욱 행복해졌을 것이다 라고 생각하는 이중적인 면을 볼 수 있다. 배경별 과학교사들의 과학에 관련된 태도 경향을 역시 유의도 5%에서 차이가 있는 것을 보면 정규대학 출신 과학교사에 비해 양성소, 부전공, 상치 교사들의 태도점수가 낮게 나타났으며, 지구과학 전공교사가 타 전공에 비해 약간 높았다. 연수 횟수에 따라 태도의 차이를 보이지 않아 방학 때 실시하는 과학교사들의 연수가 과학에 관련된 태도의 변화에 별 영향을 미치지 못하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 과학발전에서 중요한 것으로는 외적인 조건의 향상을 가장 많이 생각하였다.

본 연구는 한국 영어교육사에서 중요한 역할을 담당해온 원어민 영어교사에 대하여 그들의 영 어수업과 학교 및 학교 밖 한국 사회에서 오랫동안 해결되지 않은 중요한 문제들에 대해 탐구하 는 것을 목적으로 한다. 교사들의 보다 직접적이고 깊이 있는 이야기를 듣기 위해서 본 연구에서 는 내러티브 탐구를 연구 방법으로 채택하였다. 두 명의 원어민 영어교사와 한 명의 한국인 영어 교사의 생생한 경험담을 분석함으로써, 본 연구는 부족한 교사 연수, 상이한 교육 환경, 협력수업 시스템의 문제, 소통과 공동체 부족 문제, 그리고 학교 밖 사회 활동에 대한 지원 부족이 주요 문 제임을 발견하였다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여, 실질적인 교사 연수와 협력 수업에 대한 토 론이 필요하다고 생각된다. 또한 앞으로는 교사들이 협력 교수를 위한 학습자 또는 동료 코치라 는 인식 전환이 필요하다고 여겨진다. 무엇보다 한국 사회의 한 구성원으로서 원어민 영어교사에 대한 인식 전환이 필요할 것이다.

이 글은 최근 중등학교에 재학하는 다문화가정 학생의 증가 비율이 높은 현실을 고려하여 이들을 가르치는 교사를 대상으로 다문화교육 인식을 조사 자료를 통해 분석한 것이다. 선행 연구를 참고하여 다문화교육 인식은 다문화가정 학생 수용성, 반차별 반편견 다문화교육에 대한 동의, 다문화가정 학생의 지원 등으로 나누어 조사하고, 담임 경험 여부, 담당 교과, 학교급에 따른 교사들의 인식 차이에 주목하였다. 조사는 전국적으로 다문화가정 학생이 일정 수 이상인 중학교와 고등학교 167개교를 대상으로 조사하여 중학교 교사 1,733명, 고등학교 교사 835명의 응답을 얻을 수 있었다. 분석 결과 다문화가정 학생의 담임 경험 유무나 담당 교과에 따라 다문화교육에 대한 인식의 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 다문화가정 학생의 담임 경험이 있는 교사들이 그렇지 않은 교사들에 비해 반차별 반편견 다문화교육 등에 더 동의하는 경향이 있었으나 전반적으로 담임 경험 여부에 따른 유의미한 차이는 두드러지지 않았다. 그러나 담당 교과에 따른 차이는 비교적 분명하게 드러나는 편이었다. 국어와 사회과 담당교사는 영어나 그 외 교과 담당 교사에 비해서 다문화가정 학생에 대해 더 수용적이며 다문화교육에 더 개방적인 인식을 가지고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 중등학교 교사를 위한 연수 등 정책적 대응에 대한 시사점을 제시하였다.

The purpose of this study is two-fold. The first purpose is to explore how native English-speaking teachers in Korea describe constraints of their teaching experience in a different culture. The second purpose is to attempt to analyze these teachers’ perspectives on what kind of support proves to be helpful during the initial teaching experience. By analyzing collected data from in-depth interviews and focus groups during threemonth period, this study tried to capture certain cultural patterns and operational principles underlying the native English-speaking teachers’ meaning making of their teaching in a different cultural context. The overall findings from this study shed light on the direction of future research in several ways. First, research participants in this study point out the importance of the teachers seeing themselves developmentally. It was also posited that the process of becoming a teacher in a different culture is somewhat idiosyncratic, however, strongly affected by contextual factors, especially by the role of the native cooperating teacher and the role of the mentor. The results of this study were discussed in a way to generate practical suggestions for improving the support system for the native English-speaking teachers.