지역 간 교사 쏠림 완화 방안에 대한 초등 예비교사의 인식

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to explore and analyze validity of mitigation methods on teacher sorting based on perceptions of pre-service elementary school teachers. The study was conducted through surveys from pre-service elementary school teachers who are students and graduates of National Universities of Education across Korea. The perceptions of pre-service teachers on five mitigation methods suggested by the study differed by district and are shown as the following. First, pre-service teachers answered that they desire to teach in major cities regardless of incentives for remote area services. However, 500 thousand won or more of incentives for remote area services was chosen by a small difference, suggesting that providing incentives for remote area services may be an effective method to mitigate teacher sorting. Second, slightly more pre-service teachers were against of combining the adjacent provincial areas with major cities for allowing applicants of teacher employment examination. Third, pre-service teachers disagreed on serving obligational duties to work in adjacent provincial areas. Fourth, pre-service teachers agreed on regulating current teachers on retaking the teacher employment examination. Fifth, most pre-service teachers opposed to limiting the areas for taking teacher employment examinations to the areas where their affiliated university is located. Lastly, suggestions by the pre-service teachers were divided into four categories: teacher education, selection process, teaching professions, and social environments. The study proposed mitigation methods on teacher sorting based on the results and suggestions from the pre-service teachers.