심화기 단계 한국어 경력교사의 수업 전문성 발달 경험과 인식

Experience and understanding of the development of teaching professionalism for experienced Korean teachers at in-depth period

The purpose of this study is to observe the experience and understanding of Korean teachers with more than 10 years of experience and to analyze the findings to seek an approach to take in re-educating these subjects. Especially, this study aimed to focus on the factor of ‘teaching professionalism’ which is a mandatory aspect required for Korean teachers to ensure an effective management of the lectures. In order to do this, we proceeded with depth interview on 4 teachers with more than 10 years of working experience in Korean Education Institution affiliated to local universities. The questionnaires consisted of three categories; experience in teacher education related to development of teaching professionalism in the past, self-analysis on current teaching professionalism, expectations and demand on development of teaching professionalism in future. The main facts evaluated from these interviews are as following. First, the teachers had been able to enhance the development of through teacher training organized by education institution earlier in their career. Second, teachers understand that their teaching professionalism is not significantly improved compared to the earlier stage of their career. Third, the teachers did not have a strong belief that their teaching professionalism will significantly improve but they all had high expectations and demands on re-education for their teaching professionalism development. The fourth chapter of this study suggests possible solutions for developing teaching professionalism for experienced Korean teachers at in-depth period based on the findings from depth interviews and divides these solutions into three different levels; individual teacher, educational institution, and governmental institution.