Innovative education districts refer to autonomous districts in which each local government, education support office, school, and community participate and cooperate to realize a school-village education community so that children and teenagers can g...
Innovative education districts refer to autonomous districts in which each local government, education support office, school, and community participate and cooperate to realize a school-village education community so that children and teenagers can grow into subjects of life in schools or villages. As a member of the village, which is an educational community, a person in charge of village education to the students or residents of the village is called a village school teacher. The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education has been allowing village school teachers to teach at school sites as a happiness education district project since 2017.This study was conducted by village school teachers in the regular classes of the middle school free semester system in the Happiness Education District, and 24 students wanted to participate in the class among 7 first graders of K Middle School in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do. The class program has a total of eight themes, including self-defense methods of plants, nutrients and health, genetics and traits, scientific investigation techniques, principles of conservation techniques, bio-currents, eye structure and function, and natural indicator making. The first class was a theory class, and the second class was an inquiry experiment-oriented class, and the second class was conducted for eight weeks, two times a week.Before and after the application of the life science class program, the effect of the life science program was analyzed by conducting a self-awareness survey of middle school students' interest in science (17 questions in 4 areas), science positive experience index (35 questions in 5 areas), and science core competency (25 questions in 5 areas).The results of this study are as follows.First, the degree of interest in science improved from 5.39 points to 7.14 points. In particular, the area of self-concept in science was improved the most, and the area of instrumental motivation in science was improved the least. Therefore, it can be interpreted that classes by village school teachers increased students' interest compared to science classes conducted in existing schools.Second, the science positive experience index improved from 6.10 points to 7.41. Among the five areas, the improvement in scores in the science learning emotional area and science-related self-concept areas was large.Third, as a result of science and core competency tests, the average of all areas was improved from 5.88 points to 7.05. Scientific thinking skills increased by 1.19 from 6.09 to 7.28, scientific inquiry skills increased by 1.10 from 5.80 to 6.90, and scientific problem-solving skills increased by 1.04 from 5.95 to 6.99. Scientific communication skills increased by 1.30 from 5.73 to 7.03, and scientific participation and lifelong learning skills increased by 1.17 from 6.13 to 7.30.As a result of interviewing and questioning with students to explore the factors that had this effect, it was interesting that the village school life science program was an inquiry experiment-oriented class that was not frequently conducted in school, and students participated in the subject participation, and were interested in many topics related to daily life. In addition, as a result of a survey on the satisfaction of the class program, students responded that they were very satisfied or satisfied, and the value by the satisfaction calculation method was high at 100 points.In conclusion, it can be seen that the life science program by the village school teacher increases students' interest in science, has positive experiences in science, and is effective in improving science and core competencies. Therefore, this study can be interpreted that the participation of village school teachers in the innovative education district in school classes contributes to the improvement of science classes in the school field.