ERIC Number: EJ1236550
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 14
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ISSN: EISSN-2364-1177
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Secondary School Science Teacher Education and Quality Control in Korea Based on the Teacher Qualifications and the Teacher Employment Test in Korea
Asia-Pacific Science Education, v5 Article 14 2019
The purpose of this article is to examine the quality management of the secondary school science teachers in Korea. To improve the quality of teachers, it takes a coherent policy effort over the entire teaching career including pre-service teacher training, a quality control of teacher employment, and in-service teachers' professional development. The focus of this article is to explore ways to improve science teacher training and quality control, centering on the teacher employment test of secondary school teachers in Korea. In this context, the curriculum of the science teacher training colleges, which is based on the science teacher professional standards and knowledge base, and the specifics of the teacher employment test are examined. Science teacher education in Korea faces many challenges due to the inconsistency between the supply and demand of science teachers, the decrease in the number of students, the implementation of high school credit system, and so on. Based on the analysis results, ways to improve secondary science teacher education and quality control system are suggested Major suggestions include requirement of completion of basic subjects related to adjacent subjects in science subject areas to solve the out-of-field teaching, necessity of introducing multiple teacher certificates to cope with challenges of reduced class hours due to fewer students, and necessity of reinforcing practice-oriented education in teacher training process to bridge the gap between theory and practice for beginning teachers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, Science Teachers, Quality Control, Faculty Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Standards, Teacher Qualifications, Required Courses
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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