Mathematics Curriculum, Teacher Professionalism, and Supporting Policies in Korea and the United States Summary of a Workshop (2015) / Chapter Skim
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5 TEACHERS, TEACHER PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA
5 TEACHERS, TEACHER PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA
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In Korea, these groups often receive government support and earn participants credit toward promotion. Teacher Preparation and Hiring Kyong Mi Choi of the University of Iowa, Mi-Kyung Ju of Hanyang University, and Oh Nam Kwon of Seoul National University created a brief overview of teacher preparation and the hiring process for public schools, drawing on Kwon and Ju's 2012 article on standards for professionalization of mathematics teachers in Korea.
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Current discussion includes the question of whether Korean education has adequately nurtured prospective teachers with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the classroom. Emphasis on classroom teaching has increased, said Ju.
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District offices promote teacher collaboration by sponsoring research contests and teaching contests. 5 For example, in research contests for the improvement of instruction in Seoul, teams of four to five teachers compete by submitting innovative materials for enhancing teaching and learning or instructional methods.
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Currently, about 10 percent of Korean mathematics teachers are members. It has 25 "common interest" subgroups, such as Classroom Observation and Analysis of Lessons, Elementary Mathematics, Development of Curriculum Material, International Studies, Mathematics and Culture, and Journal Editing.
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. Korean teachers have a strong desire to learn and improve their teaching, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and instructional capacity.
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This connection is mediated by practice, said Lee, and is a reason to investigate teaching practice. Together with Gooyeon Kim of Sogang University, Na Young Kwon of Inha University, and Jae Hong Shin of the Korea National University of Education, Lee analyzed articles published between 2010 and 2012 in nine peer-reviewed Korean journals in mathematics education.
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Korean teachers in public schools rotate every five 8 Research in this tradition investigates statistical relationships among quantifiable classroom processes (e.g., numbers of questions of various types asked by the teacher) , and products such as students' scores on standardized tests.
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• There are many organizations in Korea, such as universities, teacher organizations, research organizations, government, and private industries that provide online teacher training. They develop programs and manage online systems for professional development.
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13 Generally, grade 12 lessons and a substantial part of grade 11 focus on preparation for the College Scholastic Ability Test. 14 According to the KICE booklet, Education in Korea, "All sixth graders, third-year middle school students, and second-year high school students learning the National Common Basic Curriculum must participate in the NAEA [National Assessment of Educational Achievement]
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