Prospective high school students and science teachers` perceptions of ``advanced material``, which was first introduced in the science textbooks of the 2009 revised curriculum, were surveyed. One thousand four hundred and ninety nine students and 123 ...
Prospective high school students and science teachers` perceptions of ``advanced material``, which was first introduced in the science textbooks of the 2009 revised curriculum, were surveyed. One thousand four hundred and ninety nine students and 123 teachers from Seoul, Incheon, and the Kyeonggi areas participated in this survey. The results are as follows. First, the attitude of students and teachers towards ``advanced material`` was positive, but their interests in ``advanced material`` was low, Also, some teachers mentioned that ``advanced material`` was one of the difficult subjects to teach. Second, the perception of ``advanced material`` was relatively low for both students and teachers. Both of them had heard of ``advanced material`` through various routes, however not many of them thought that they knew what ``advanced material`` was exactly. Also there were some teachers who didn`t understand the detailed information of ``advanced material``. Third, both students and teachers agreed that ``advanced material`` was worthwhile to learn and teach. However, each party had their own desire of ``what to learn``, ``what to teach``, ``how to learn`` and ``how to teach``. Based on the results, some suggestions were made for effective teaching of this new subject.