중등교사 임용고사와 영시교육의 방향

Abstract

You, Jeong-suk, “The Effect of the National Teacher’s Examination on English Poetry Courses.” Studies on English Language & Literature. 33.2(2007): 211-230. The National Teacher’s Examination has steadily increased its influence on the curricula of Departments of English Education. This can be seen in the Examination’s inclusion of fewer and fewer questions on English literature, which in turn leads to fewer students enrolling in English literature classes, especially those in poetry. In the hope that this situation can be modified, this paper analyzes both the curricula of Departments of English Education and the Teacher’s Examination from 1997 to 2006. A survey of the curricula of 32 colleges showed an approximately equal distribution of courses in English skills, pedagogy, linguistics, and literature. However, these subject areas were weighted in the Teacher’s Examination at a ratio of 35:30:20:15. The discrepancy between college course offerings and test subject matter could be minimized by including more inter-disciplinary questions. And professors of English poetry should endeavor to include in their courses more relevant poems, such as those dealing with current issues. (Jeonju University)