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| Type |
Symposium |
| Area |
Current Trends in Chemistry Education |
| Room No. |
Room 204 |
| Time |
THU 16:10-16:40 |
| Code |
EDU-2 |
| Subject |
Chemistry Teacher's Professional Development and Secondary School Chemistry Teacher Appointment Examination |
| Authors |
HyunJu Park
Faculty of Science Education, Chosun University, Korea |
| Abstract |
There is a secondary school teacher appointment examination. The national exams is designed to assess the professions of pre-service chemistry teacher. This study conducts an item analysis of the chemistry education questions in the national exams of 2014-2019. The frequency of the chemistry education questions was examined by year, sub-field, and question format. The validity and appropriateness of questions of examination is very important. Inaccuracy, lack of authenticity, the limited number of questions, and/or the area of questioning were pointed out as problems of the national examination. The chemistry education questions from the exam of 2019 appear to be more difficult than the previous ones because the exam extends over topics that are not familiar to examinees and does not clarify the unfamiliar terms used in the questions. It is also shown that chemistry education in the current secondary school teacher education program is not likely to cover the knowledge required by the current recruitment exam, suggesting the need for change in the program or the exam. And I asked a few chemistry teacher whether the questions of the national examination is good enough to evaluate the competencies as a chemistry teacher. |
| E-mail |
hjapark@chosun.ac.kr |
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123rd General Meeting of the KCS