"<역사교과교재연구및지도법>에서의 예비 중등 역사교사의 수업 전문성 성찰 -‘창의적인 역사수업’을 중심으로-"

Abstract

This study considers the educational experience of preservice history teachers by the example of the course “STUDIES IN TEACHING MATERIALS FOR HISTORY” managed under the theme of ‘Creative Teaching and Learning in History Class.’ In particular, qualitative research was conducted through class observation and in-depth interviews related to this research issue; ‘What is difficult for preservice history teachers in the process of implementing ‘Creative Teaching and Learning in History Class’? The results and discussions are as follows. First, preservice history teachers deliberated on to build up their viewpoint on history education in the process of implementng ‘Creative Teaching and Learning in History Class.’ Also, they realized the importance of knowledge on historical content and the difficulty of reconstructing knowledge into pedagogical contents. Meanwhile, they also longed for field experience of the actual classroom. Above all, preservice history teachers, who had doubted their own “creativity” before the microteaching, had practical concerns on implementing good quality history classes after the microteaching. In other words, experiencing implemention of ‘Creative Teaching and Learning in History Class’ served as an opportunity to the preservice history teachers reflecting their expertise as history teachers. The results and discussions of this study cannot be generalized in terms of the case study. Nevertheless, the results of this study pose a need for developing programs to foster expertise of history teachers in the course of history teacher education. Overall, we hope that this study will contribute to the improvement of the course “STUDIES IN TEACHING MATERIALS FOR HISTORY” and come up with the idea of fostering teacher expertise in the process of education on history teachers.