The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of teachers’ traits and instruction-learning implementation perceived by teachers in elementary schools. The survey was the method and the subjects were selected in the basis of the National Scho...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of teachers’ traits and instruction-learning implementation perceived by teachers in elementary schools. The survey was the method and the subjects were selected in the basis of the National School Achievement Test result. The 177 teachers were selected from the highest 5th level and the lowest 5th level elementary schools. The result of this study is as follows;
Firstly, most of the respondents are in the higher level of the teachers’ traits. However, in terms of teacher’s expectations to students, teachers in suburban districts show a lower level of expectation than the other district groups. And teachers with over 10 years of experience show higher level of expectation than the other teachers, in terms of understanding development and learning of the students’.
Secondly, most of the respondents are in the higher level of instruction and learning implementation. Especially, in terms of teacher-student/ student-student interaction, teachers in metropolitan city 2 shows a higher level of interaction than the other district groups. And in terms of learning tasks and activities customized to contents and teaching methods for learning themes, teachers of the schools with high achievement shows higher level than low achievement groups. In terms of evaluation, teachers in metropolitan city 1 show higher level than other district groups. However, teachers in suburban district have significantly lower level in terms of encouraging engagement compared with the other district groups.