The purpose of this study is to investigate on the relevance of teaching behaviors and beliefs in elementary school teachers. For this purpose, three research methods were conducted; instruction observation, videotaping and recording, interviewing. An...
The purpose of this study is to investigate on the relevance of teaching behaviors and beliefs in elementary school teachers. For this purpose, three research methods were conducted; instruction observation, videotaping and recording, interviewing. And then data were analyzed by the analysis criteria for teachers\ teaching behaviors and beliefs. The analysis criteria were motivation, question, learning management, objectives attainment strategy, explanation, and construction of instructional contents. The research subjects in this study were three teachers in the H elementary school in Chung-buk. As a result, teachers behaviored somewhat differently to \ ideal\ teaching beliefs in the process of teaching. That is to say, the beliefs of teachers reflected two distinctive aspects on teaching and learning; the \ ideal\ view is related to their educational experiences in teacher education programs and the \ real\ view is related to their present teaching environments such as the teaching schedule, the school evaluation systems, etc. This means that teaching behaviors are not necessarily based on the teachers\ ideal beliefs and philosophies. In other words, teaching behaviors are generally based on the teachers\ \ real\ beliefs and philosophies. So, researches of teaching effectiveness should be focused on the congruency of teaching behaviors(real beliefs) and beliefs(ideal beliefs). Consequently, focusing on teacher\ s mental, philosophical aspect as well as teaching skill is to be necessary in the initial teacher education programs.