교육대학원의 교원 양성체제에 대한 교원과 교육대학원생의 인식 : 순천대학교를 중심으로

Abstract

Due to the recent trend of the decreasing number of students and over-growing teacher education programs, the Ministry of Education has been pushing for a change in the role of the teacher training process. As a result, the Graduate School of Education is trying to convert it to a system fostering the capabilities of existing teachers rather than training new teachers. In the school context, teachers are required to play a variety of roles, such as cultivating career and digital literacy, because of the demand for convergence curriculum guidance and non-face-to-face classes. The consequence has also resulted from consumer-tailored education, the free grade system, the development of information and communication technology, the impact of COVID-19. The Graduate School of Education at Sunchon National University must come up with a drastic development plan by reflecting the results of the previous five-cycle evaluation of teacher education institutions and providing educational services that can strengthen educational capabilities of teachers in schools in the Jeollanam-do region. In order to make it concrete, we conducted an analysis of the results of the five-cycle evaluation of teacher training institutions, an analysis of the reform plan for the teacher training course from the Ministry of Education, a survey of opinions of the professors in the Graduate School of Education, Sunchon National University, and a survey of opinions of the graduate students of education and teachers in the Jeollanam-do region. As a result of the study, the Graduate School of Education at Sunchon National University firstly divided the majors into the teacher education courses for pre-service teachers and professional development for in-service teachers based on the cutbacks in the Graduate School of Education. Second, we encouraged all departments to improve the content and methods of teaching and learning in the Graduate School of Education at Sunchon National University so that teachers and graduate students can develop their teaching skills and abilities in the future. Third, it is necessary to offer integrative majors, which are expected to be in high demand in the future. This will bring about strengthening the competency of pre-service teachers and advancing the graduate school of education.
 Fourth, newly-coming graduate students should be welcome through specialized doctoral degree (i.e., Doctor of Education or Ed.D.) programs in the Graduate School of Education at Sunchon National University. Lastly, it is imperative to develop professional development courses for in-service teachers to acquire first-grade teacher qualifications at the Graduate School of Education and to cultivate competency of teaching and learning.