유아교사의 과학교수에 대한 태도 향상을 위한 발생적 탐구학습 모형(Generative Learning Model)의 활용

Abstract

This study has the purpose that theoretically explores the ways of utilizing Generative Learning Model for early childhood teacher education of science. Many researchers have indicated that teachers' attitudes toward science teaching have crucial influence on their science instruction. These attitudes have direct bearing on the amount of the time that becomes devoted to science and to the specific methods of instruction that are adopted. Particularly, it is important that early childhood teachers' attitudes toward science teaching be emphasized as scientific exploration in the early childhood classroom is inadvertently derived from young children's involvement and responses rather than from teachers' planned instruction. Accordingly, the improvement of teachers' attitudes have become ever-increasing issue in the field of science teacher education. Generative Learning Model is a science teaching strategy, which was developed by Wittrock and Osborne. it was intended to give an opportunity of direct exploring scientific object and phenomena to student and expected to change their understanding. This study concluded that the approach is appropriate to adopt in teacher education course for facilitating teachers' attitudes toward science teaching.