교육실습 현황분석과 방안 제시

An analysis of teacher training programs and suggestions

The purpose of this study is to investigate the pre-service teacher training programs for English teachers and to suggest ways for more effective programs. Sixty-five pre-service English teacher trainees and fourteen English in-service teachers participated in the study and the teaching manuals of four middle schools were analyzed. The results of the study show that the pre-service teacher training programs were not effective in many ways. First of all, the field was totally separated from the university, which resulted in the gap between the knowledge and the teaching experience in the field. Second, there was no specific criteria or guidelines for different subject matter teachers. Third, there were no teachers who took the complete charge of training programs. The suggestions for the better field training are as follows: First, the pre-service teachers should not be separated from their teacher trainers in college while they receive teacher training. Second, a teacher training manual for English teachers has to be developed which reflects the qualifications of English teachers specified in the national curriculum. Third, the current system of selecting training schools has to change and better program such as mentoring system which allows the full responsibility of the trainers should be adopted.