Kwak Young-soon: Science Textbook Research and Teaching Methods

The course "Science Teaching Materials Research and Teaching Methods," which corresponds to the capstone course in Science Education, aims to develop and apply lesson plans capable of teaching specific topics within each science domain to specific students by synthesizing the theories and practices of the science curriculum, teaching and learning, and educational evaluation learned previously, in preparation for student teaching practice. "Science Teaching Materials Research and Teaching Methods" focuses on providing a praxis experience that links theory and practice through experiences such as analyzing the secondary school curriculum and textbooks, selecting teaching and learning methods and models for specific lesson topics, and drafting lesson plans that consider student characteristics. For this reason, the second stage of the current Secondary Teacher Appointment Examination evaluates applicants' practical expertise in science instruction through the drafting of lesson plans and teaching demonstrations based on those plans. This book is composed of three parts; Part 1 examines recent trends in the science curriculum, teaching and learning, and evaluation, including the competency-based science curriculum, core competencies as future academic achievement, student-participatory teaching and learning, and process-oriented evaluation. Part 2 classifies teaching and learning models according to the science education goals emphasized, and provides examples of representative science teaching and learning models and lesson plans for each goal—such as concepts, inquiry, values, and attitudes—while cross-referencing teaching and learning methods and strategies closely associated with those models. For instance, while discussing discovery learning, which applies inductive scientific inquiry methods as a teaching model, it also introduces Ausubel's (D. Ausubel) meaningful learning, which utilizes deductive scientific inquiry methods. Furthermore, it introduces concept maps and V-maps, which are effective teaching and learning methods and tools for meaningful learning.

Korean title: 과학교재연구 및 지도법

Korean author: 곽영순

Korean publisher: 교육과학사

ISBN-13: 9788925414959