특수학교 자유학기에 대한 특수교사의 경험과 인식 - 2016년 연구학교 담당교사 면담을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify challenges of operating free learning semester, efforts made for proper operation, and required supports by interviewing the special education teachers who had operated a free learning semester. In this study, eighteen teachers from fourteen special education schools which have run a free learning semester research school were interviewed in depth. Researchers visited the special education schools and interviewed the teachers individually or in group. Total of fourteen interviews were conducted. The interviews were done with a semi-structured interview. These interviews were analyzed after recorded and transcribed. By analyzing the data gathered from the interviews, three categories, thirteen topics along with forty-four sub-topics were identified. Topics in challenges and operational efforts were planning free learning semester, managing subject classes, implementing free learning semester activities, and evaluating students Additionally, institutional support, distribution of manual and document templates, opportunities of teacher’s training, distribution of instructor pool and institution list, and financial and human resource support are also identified. Based on these results, direction of operation and policy implications for the free learning semester in special education schools were discussed.