Exploring Secondary Earth Science Preservice Teachers’ Competency in Understanding Democratic Citizenship

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ㆍ발행기관 : 한국지구과학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : 한국지구과학회지 / 44권 / 4호
ㆍ저자명 : Young-Shin Park

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Introduction
Methodology
Week 1
DC Survey to preservice teachers for understandings
Week 2
Week 3 and 4
Results
Understandings about DC after the lessonof wave energy power plant
Understandings about DC during analyzingDC components included in science activities
The second analysis of DC in science activitiesof climate change topic
Implementation of DC components intoScience Panels with global issues
Conclusion and Implication
Acknowledgment

영어 초록

The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice teachers’ understanding of democratic citizenship. This study utilized the democratic citizenship frame to assess 17 participants’ comprehension of this concept. The researcher designed a method course where participants in groups analyzed science activities to identify democratic citizenship components. Through the analysis of two science activities—one on energy and the other on climate change—and the development of science panels addressing various global issues, preservice teachers' understanding of democratic citizenship was enhanced. Preservice teachers showed a good understanding of critical thinking, communication and collaboration, and STS (science, technology, and society); and the most enhanced understanding of empathy, which was the least perceived in pre-survey, component of democratic citizenship. The democratic citizenship frame proved to be a valuable tool for teaching and learning this topic, particularly when applied to socioscientific issues in the classroom. More research-based revisions of the science curriculum are necessary, and more systematic practices with reflections are essential in teacher education.

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