To examine preliminary Korean teachers’ conceptual structure of ‘good Korean class’, this
author surveyed 70 students of Korean education at K University located in Gyeongnam.
Collecting and analyzing the concepts they had about ‘good Korean class’ based on their
experience and understanding, this researcher produced the concep map and figured out
relative importance. The results of analysis are as written below:
First, there are total 125 superordinate concepts extracted from preliminary Korean
teachers’ concept map about ‘good Korean class’. Categorizing similar concepts as one
superordinate concept, this researcher came up with 10 areas. Among the superordinate
concepts, the most frequent ones are ‘student-centeredness’, ‘teachers’ qualities’, ‘diverse
teaching-learning methods’, and ‘interaction’ in order.
Second, this author examined the levels of preliminary Korean teachers’ superordinate
concepts about ‘good Korean class’ with hierarchy, the number of subordinate concepts,
particular points, and density. First of all, ‘hierarchy’ is found to be the highest in ‘teachers’
qualities’, and the next are ‘to improve Korean skills’ and ‘student-centeredness’ in order.
About ‘the particular points of superordinate concepts, density is found to be high in total
32 concept maps in the order of ‘teachers’ qualities’, ‘diverse teaching-learning methods’, and
‘student-centeredness’ in order.
Third, to analyze preliminary Korean teachers’ concept maps about ‘ good Korean class’
centering around subordinate concepts in detail, this author conducted cluster analysis on
their statements about ‘good Korean class’. As a result, they are grouped into
‘student-centered Korean class’, ‘Korean class reflecting Korean teachers’ qualities’, ‘Korean
class having clear goals for Korean education’, ‘Korean class operated systematically’,
‘Korean class corresponding to life’, and ‘Korean class equipped with favorable class
environment’.