예비 생물교사들의 생물 이미지의 객관성 인식 - 이미지 재현 방식을 중심으로 -

This study attempted to explore the pre-service biology teachers’ perceptions on objectivity, focusing on the format of the images. In particular, this study focused on the perception of objectivity based on three kinds of format of image which are representative image in biological science, drawing, photographs, and image with expert interpretation. 43 pre-service teacher biology teachers participated in the study. Participants evaluated perceived objectivity of each image with 5-point Likert scale, and described the reason for individual evaluation. Overall, preservice teachers highly valued objectivity for photographs and diagram with expert interpretation compared to drawing. Next, constant comparative analysis was performed on the described responses, and as a result, four types of perceived objectivity were revealed: objectivity as typicality, objectivity as mechanical exclusion of subjectivity, objectivity as professionalism, and objectivity as reality. Majority of participants recognized objectivity as the mechanical exclusion of subjectivity. However, this study suggests that it is necessary to be careful not to recognize scientific objectivity only as a mechanical exclusion of subjectivity, given that the form of objective images can vary including drawings based on the nature of biology. In addition, based on the result of various perception of meaning of objectivity, this study suggest that the various belief on meaning of scientific objectivity is likely to coexist in the process of teaching or evaluating biological inquiry in the biology educational field. Therefore, from the biology teacher training process, it is necessary to help to understand diverse meaning of scientific objectivity and lead a pluralistic attitude toward various objectivity and biological image formats.