This study is the qualitative case study that is meant to turn out the features of the system of advanced departmental classroom for a highschool. The data of this study are analyzed based on participant observation, high-impact interview questions an...
This study is the qualitative case study that is meant to turn out the features of the system of advanced departmental classroom for a highschool. The data of this study are analyzed based on participant observation, high-impact interview questions and literature analysis from Feb. 2011 to Mar. 2012 for teachers and students at a highschool.
The features of the system of departmental classroom through this study stand out as domains of the class ,students' life and the classroom management. The features of the domain of the class are 'moving class', 'extended class time', 'being drawn formally', 'becoming intimate and conflicted teachers', 'unexpected fruits.' 'Moving class' is featured as 'desk rearrangement ', 'grouping by abilities.' 'Extended class time' is featured as 'concerning progress of the class', 'fixing time schedule' and 'being drawn formally' is characterized as 'being drawn toward the principal', 'passive teachers' in the form of trying for a change regardless of characters of teachers and subjects.
'Becoming intimate and conflicted teachers' is characterized as 'being tied in a same subject', 'being stressed by a temporary instructor' revealed while each teacher of a same subject stays at a same teacher's room. 'Unexpected fruits' is characterized as 'waking', 'being amazed and having fun.'
The features of the domain of students' life are 'hide and seek', 'afraid being alone' ,'carrying personal belongings', 'being controlled by machine' and 'traditional market' ,and 'hide and seek' is characterized as 'finding friends' and 'finding homeroom teacher', which is occurred by the situation that every student spends time separately. 'Afraid being independent' is featured as 'getting together with close friends' and 'staying at a restroom', which is the change of relationship among friends occurred by operating this system. ‘Carrying personal belongings' is characterized as 'too small cabinet' and 'hanging out with backpack' , which is because students feel uncomfortable using convenient facilities ,and 'being controlled by machine' ,a method to control scattered students is featured as 'merciless school' and 'freaky CCTV'. 'Traditional market' that is the feature of crowded school corridors is characterized as 'riding a current' and 'being hit by shoulders'.
The domain of the classroom management is characterized as 'difficult message delivery', 'cling to their own classroom', 'teacher's heartbreak' and 'guarding their spaces' ,and 'difficult message delivery' is characterized as 'wanting end-day meeting', 'ambiguous delivery massages', which is occurred by the lack of time that teachers and students want to get together. 'Cling to their own classroom' that is related to attachment to their classroom despite the difficult classroom management is featured as 'getting together their own classroom' and 'making homeroom time'.
'Teacher's heartbreak' that shows students' inner thought is featured as 'feeling frustrated' and 'feeling sorry for their homeroom teacher' ,and 'guarding their spaces' that shows students' attitude for lost their classroom is featured as 'cleaning up trash in the desk' and 'feeling responsible for their homeroom.'
The meaning of this study based on the features of the system of departmental classroom is as follows:
First, the classes of a school where operates this system have been improving to the student-centered classes and teachers and students are positively aware of this. Although there are a few problems that appear in the trial steps, the participation of students is increasing , students are having fun experiencing this shift and teachers try to change for themselves.
Second, students at a school where operates this system seem to feel uncomfortable because the convenient facilities aren't functioning. Homebase, library, learning space, cabinets and locker rooms are not fully functioning as educational and emotionally comforting spaces instead of homerooms. In the early step to the management of this system the dissatisfaction with this system could be cancelled out by the amazement and pride of this system ,but as time goes by the inconvenience of using school's facilities intensified students dissatisfaction.
Third, students at a school where operate this system still cling to their own classroom strongly. Even if students have lots of chances of being independent without any disturbance, they rather feel afraid of being alone not belonging to anywhere. Therefore, they are much dependent on their homeroom teacher and still want some time when they get together with their classmates.
The proposal for operation the system of departmental classroom based on the results of this study is as follows. First, to operate the classes in this system, it is needed not to apply fixed manners for the classes but to establish the environment reflecting the features of each subject and the choice of teachers and students. Second, it is needed to operate the system of a course of lecture more than the block time to minimize students' movement. Third, more resting spaces for students are required. Lastly, schools which are operating this system should make much more effort to establish the environment for operating graded school system ,not abandoning it.
Key words : highschool, the system of departmental classroom, having fun during class time, being hit by shoulders, feeling frustrated, the system of a course of lecture, graded school system