The purpose of this study is to focus on observing and analyzing class education, which is the key field of systematic education occupying a large portion in Korean school education. This study aims to focus particularly on verbal interaction between ...
The purpose of this study is to focus on observing and analyzing class education, which is the key field of systematic education occupying a large portion in Korean school education. This study aims to focus particularly on verbal interaction between teachers and students for observing and analyzing class education. It aims to examine the types of interaction between teachers and students performed in a science class, and to search for the ways to compose lessons in which meaningful and active interaction between teachers and students is achieved by observing and analyzing lessons in a junior high school science class. Ten teachers in charge of science for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades of middle schools located in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan areas along with their responsible classes were chosen as the targets for this study. A total of 20 lessons were observed, and classroom lessons of each teacher were recorded using a camcorder and MD for observation. After transcribing all 20 lessons, they were analyzed based on the lesson analysis checklist. Based on analyzed data in the lesson analysis checklist, the pattern of interacting between teachers and students were grasped, and the way of interacting in each respective lesson as well as the frequency rate of interaction for each pattern were studied by dividing the pattern of lessons into a lecture-type lesson and an experiment lesson. In addition, the patterns of interacting between teachers and students, and the frequency rate for each pattern were studied by dividing the lessons according to variables of teachers to examine the type of aspects taken on by interacting in lessons depending on teacher's majoring in the subjects. As for the pattern of teacher-student interaction in a teacher initiation occurring during lecture-type lessons and experiment lessons, much more delayed feedbacks were used for lecture-type lessons. It was also revealed that the repetitious pattern of response and feedback occurred much more actively for an initiation in lecture-type lessons. It was observed that even though a gap between teachers who majored and who did not major in a relevant subject was insignificant in experiment lessons, teachers who majored in a relevant subject interacted slightly more actively in lecture-type lessons. The development of teaching strategies that strengthen questioning techniques and feedbacks in a various forms is needed for the activation of interaction activities. In addition, continuous study on teacher-student interaction is also needed.