현직 영어과 교사연수에 관한 연구동향 분석

An analysis of the research trends of in-service English teacher education studies for Korean teachers of English.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the research conducted on in-service teacher education (ITE) for Korean teachers of English and to discover the education trends and the implications of the research in order to suggest future research agendas. For this purpose, 65 academic articles, published up to 2014, were selected and reviewed from 5 different perspectives such as the historical period, the school level, the research methodology, the in-service education type, and the research theme. First, the results show that research on the topic was first published in 1980s and has been increasing rapidly since 1998. Second, studies dealing with secondary school teacher training were much greater in number, followed by studies on elementary schools and studies that incorporated both elementary and secondary schools. Third, quantitative methods were mostly used in the existing research. Fourth, concerning the training types, intensive in-service English teacher training has received the primary focus in research. Fifth, many studies deal with two themes: development and evaluation of teacher education. Based on these findings, this study provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of research focuses in the field of ITE and suggests some practical directions for future research on the topic of ITE.