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KMID : 1059520090530050570
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
2009 Volume.53 No. 5 p.570 ~ p.584
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High School Students’ Perception on Psychological Learning Environment Generated by Science Teachers and Their Attitude Change Related to Science
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Park Ki-Sung
Kim Dong-Jin
Park So-Young
Park Kwang-Seo
Jeong Yeon-Mi
Lim Kyoung-Ok
Park Kuk-Tae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to find out high school students’ perception on psychological learning environment generated by science teachers and their attitude change related to science. The subjects consisted of 539 freshmen in a boys’ high school pre-applied of common school group in S city. This study was conducted with students’ perception survey and classification of teachers’ features according to it. The survey about science-related attitude was also made in early 1st semester and 2nd semester, and the students showing the great attitude change related to science were interviewed. The results of this study revealed that statistically, students had a more positive perception on female teachers than on male ones and that according to their teachers, there were clear different in the psychological learning environment perceived by students. As for the relation of teachers’ features and students’ attitude change, it showed the negative effect only when the teacher was in charge of only one class, but in most of the cases, there was no meaningful correlation. The semi-structured interview with students with great attitude change related to science indicated that the main cause of the change was the achievement they made in class. The interview showed that the change related to science happened under the indirect influence of teachers rather than direct influence. Furthermore, students wanted science teachers to meet the science class possessing various instruction behaviors and support behaviors. Therefore, science teachers playing an important role in students’ choice of career should make efforts to realize the learner-centered curriculum and change students’ science-related attitude into a positive direction.
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KEYWORD
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Psychological learning environment, Attitude change related to science
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