Recently, Direct Instruction (DI) has drawn attention in the teaching of students with disabilities and underachievement. DI is a comprehensive system managing from teacher-student interactions to constitution teaching and learning resources. However, DI is misunderstood as a teacher-centered instruction. Not only theoretical consideration but also acceptability and integrity of teaching methods are important to apply new instruction properly.
The present study explored acceptability and integrity of DI through several research questions. 59 teachers at in-service training received a series of questions about DI definitions, barriers of applying DI, and well-known elements of DI.
Krkwic(Korean Key Words In Context) program was used to analyze the narrative data. Word frequency was calculated and analyzed through Krkwic program. Most teachers defined direct instruction as “goal”, “specific”, “materials analysis”, “materials” and “organization.” But DI was not viewed as an independent practice. Barriers of DI were described as “difficulities of homogeneous instructional grouping” and “hard to get DI materials”, which needed lots of administrative and financial support for the schools and teachers. The well-known elements of DI were “independent practice”, “goal-specific”, and “feedback.” Lastly, the implications of DI implementation in Korea were discussed.
Key words : Direct Instruction, Teacher's perception, Acceptability, Krkwic * Seoul National University