An Analysis of Korean Science Education Environment for 20 Years of TIMSS

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this research, the change of Korean middle-school science education environments is investigated through analyzing eighth graders’ survey data collected over the past 20 years of TIMSS. We extracted educational context variables that provide meaningful information on changes of Korean science education, and have been surveyed more than 3 study cycles up to TIMSS 2015. The selected educational context variables include school resources and school climate from the school principal’s questionnaires, and teacher characteristics and instructional activities from the teacher’s questionnaires. For each context variable, we analyzed its trend over TIMSS cycles, and discussed its implications in light of Korean educational policy and curriculum changes. Based on the results, we recommended several ways that help to improve science teaching and learning in light of lab assistants, computer availability, teacher learning community, and middle school Earth science curriculum.

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