통합교육을 위한 농업교사의 특수학생 지도능력과 교육 요구

Educational Needs of Agricultural Teachers on Competencies Required for Integrated Education of Exceptional Students in Vocational High Schools

The purpose of this study was to determine the educational needs of agricultural teachers on the competencies required for teaching exceptional students in vocational high schools. The subjects for the study were 418 agricultural teachers by the cluster sampling drawn from the random sampled 21 vocational agriculture high schools. The data was collected by using the mailed questionnaire. There was a response rate of 58%. First, agricultural teachers perceived all the thirteen competencies required for teaching exceptional students as highly important ones. Second, they have the high educational needs for in-service education on the thirteen competencies for teaching exceptional students in the special classes. Third, agriculture teachers have a different level of educational needs on the competencies according to their gender, years of teaching experience, terminal education level, path of entering teaching profession, teaching subject, classroom teacher, and position level.