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KMID : 1059520070510010073
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
2007 Volume.51 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.81
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Survey of Chemistry Teachers’ Perceptions and Teaching Style on Chemistry I Course
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Lee Eun-Ju
Cho Young-Ja
Kim Eun-Suk
Ryu Ran-Yeong
Kim Dong-Jin
Park Kuk-Tae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to find out chemistry teachers’ perceptions on the aims and characteristics
of the chemistry I course from the 7th national curriculum by means of investigating how frequently particular learning
contents were selected and what the teachers’ teaching styles were in order to find out how effectively teachers were
working with the 7th national curriculum in teaching. For this study, data was collected by means of questionnaires,
which was answered by 44 chemistry teachers in 40 different high schools. Results from this study are as follows: As
for the perception on the aim and characteristics of chemistry I course, many chemistry teachers have already perceived
that the aim of the course was to promote democratic citizens with the knowledge of chemistry. And the most appropriate
way of teaching chemistry I course was inquiry-centered teaching such as experiment-practice and inquiry-discussion.
However, these perceptions were not reflected when they actually taught students in the classroom. Instead, most of the class was concepts learning and there were a lot of differences in selecting learning contents among chemistry teachers.
Furthermore, although chemistry I course was considered a good subject to make students have interest and curiosity in
chemistry, it was not appropriate to make students understand the concepts of chemistry. Therefore, learning contents in
chemistry I course need to improve. In conclusion, as the goal of 7th national curriculum of chemistry I course was to
emphasize inquiry teaching, inquiry based teaching should be practiced in the class. Moreover, sufficient teacher training
should be accompanied and alternative additional teaching contents should be developed. Finally teachers’ experiences
should be reflected in the national curriculum when it is revised.
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KEYWORD
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7th National Curriculum, Chemistry I Course, Teacher’s Perception, Teaching Style
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