Elementary Teacher Education for the Future as Perceived by Teacher Educators, Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers in Korea

Yoon, Kiok Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

In the globalized knowledge society as a way to assure quality education teacher education is emphasized in Korea as in other countries. In this paper elementary teacher education in Korea is described, the purpose of education, and issues that deserve to be emphasized in the preparation of future teachers are explored through the perception of teacher educators, student teachers, and cooperating teachers. With the subjects who are closely related with elementary teacher education program, the results of this paper can help us understand the present situation and development directions of elementary teacher education in Korea.

Education System and Teacher Education in Nepal

Basnet, Kul B.,Kim, Jinsoo Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

This paper, first of all, discusses the theoretical aspects of the education and education system of Nepal. Then it attempts to find out the gap between teacher education policy and practices. In order to find the gaps, the paper further discusses the issues and challenges regarding the teacher training policy and practices in the context of Nepal. Last but not the least the paper has been concluded based on the information of the text and author's personal experiences and observation regarding the teacher education in Nepal. The theme of this article is - the teacher development process need to be examined from multiple perspectives, as the single perspective would not be suffice for effective teacher education system; it should be assessed from the point of view of the socio-cultural complexity, national educational policy, local (school) environment, and the students' individual differences. For this, Nepal need teachers having 'learning enthusiasm and capacity to learn' rather than qualified teachers.

The Current Status of ICT Education in Korea : Teacher Education Perspective

Jun, Woochun Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

With advances in information communication technology (ICT) technologies, our society requires new paradigm. That is, people must learn and use ICT in every aspect of our lives. In this sense, schools are responsible for having students to learn and use ICT as early as possible. In this paper, current status and future direction of ICT education in Korea are presented. Especially, the main focus is on teacher education. At first, the concept and necessity of ICT education, including teaching-learning activity types and supporting tools for ICT use in education are discussed. After introduction, current status of ICT education is discussed. The topic include curriculum of ICT education and training guidelines in schools. Then, infrastructures supporting for adapting ICT use in education are introduced. Those infrastructures are described for supporting teachers in ICT use. Topics include laws and regulations, development of index on ICT use in education, support for outstanding Municipal and Provincial Offices of Education, providing a comprehensive educational information service system, supporting programs for adapting ICT into programs, distribution of open source software, respectively. Finally, conclusions and future directions of ICT education in Korea are discussed.

How to Incorporate Women's History into History Education : A Suggestion for World History Class

Lee, Chong-Kyung,Kim, Geena Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

The aim of this thesis is to find out ways of incorporating women's history into history education. To achieve this goal, this thesis first tries to set criteria for selecting and prioritizing the contents of women's history to be covered in world history class. Then it attempts to show some women figures of the European Middle Ages who are well fitted to these criteria. Three criteria are proposed. The first one is the appreciation of femininity at its own value. This view makes it possible to draw a more accurate portrayal of women and their behaviors without male-oriented bias. The second one is the greater emphasis on the process rather than the end-results. By this way women without the so-called visible accomplishments can be the subjects of historical research. We may also be able to reevaluate some "wicked" women of the traditional society positively. The last one is the recognition of the distinctiveness of the feminine experience. Women took usually part in their society with womanly strategy and ways different from those of men. On the basis of these three criteria, we introduce the following women as examples: The Merovingian queens, Brunhild and Balthild, who displayed political abilities in the political sphere with the adroit utilization of private networking sources; Eleanor of Aquitaine whose seemingly glorious life in public view might be different from the real one she had to undergo in the world; Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc who played significant roles by their own respective womanly ways.

Sociocultural Factors Affecting Transfer of Learning for School Teachers

Kim, Hanbyul Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

This study is aimed at exploring how organizational power is used and how it affects training transfer of school teachers. Adopting qualitative research design, three in-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted with Korean public school teachers. The findings show that both the teachers' relationship with senior teachers who hold referent power and the teachers' legitimate power derived from their own role status within the school signal their capacity to transfer what they learned. This study also reveals that national policies and guidelines that are imposed enable teachers to self-regulate the aspect of transfer. Understanding transfer as a sociocultural process helps us grasp more plausible transfer systems for school teachers.

Analysis of Questions KSAT for the Technical High School Related with Major Subjects in the Vocational Inquiry Section

Kim, Sung-Rae,Choi, Jun-Seop Asia Teacher Education Consortium 2009 Asian Journal of Teacher Education Vol.1 No.1

The purpose of this study is to examine contents of the questions set in the 2007~2009 college scholastic ability test of vocational inquiry section(SATVIS) for technical high school; Information Technology Basis, Introduction to Industry and Foundational Drawing. And this study was made to analyze the questions whether they are appropriate for testing the vocational high school students' thinking power and are fitted at their curriculum. In order to realize this purpose, a number of 197 teachers in Seoul who instruct the related subjects were responded in this questionnaire. The main conclusions from this study were as follows: First, both of the ability to think and degree of difficulty were shown the trends of having the proportion to each other. The contents or SATVIS was consisted of a large amount of questions of high level of thinking. Second, as for the Information Technology Basis subject, the questions were not evenly made throughout all its chapters, that is, comparatively questions concentrated upon a specific chapter were appeared. And it was found that the contents of some questions were not giving full consideration to the available general level of scholastic ability of the professional high school students. Third, for the Introduction of Industry subject, half of the questions were made from contents that were partly or at all not included in all 4 kinds of published text books. Fourth, for the Foundational Drawing subject, there were two or three questions that need of thinking ability, and also were much lower level than other questions level.