학업성취 우수 초등학교의 특징과 그 함의- M 초등학교의 사회과 수업 사례를 중심으로 -

The objectives of this study were to examine the curriculums, teaching‐learning activities, and characteristics of elementary school with high academic achievement, focusing on a case of social studies class, and to make suggestions to reform curriculums and teaching‐learning activities for enhancing elementary school children’s academic achievement. For these purposes, from elementary school that attained high scores in the national‐level academic achievement evaluation, we selected one in which the effect of private education, the work stability of the school principal and teachers, and internal variables of the school had a positive effect, and then collected data through observing the social studies class and in‐depth interviews with the school manager, head teachers, class teachers, and students and analyzed the data. According to the results of the analysis, in the aspect of teaching‐learning, students’ vocabulary level was high, an atmosphere of enjoying competition was created, and students’ trust in the school was high. The teachers showed high satisfaction with and pride in their teaching job. There is social studies subject teacher and she played a crucial role, and this structured and substantiated the social studies class. In the aspect of curriculum, the reading certification system, Chinese character education, etc. contributed to improvement in the students’ vocabulary and literacy. In the aspect of support, the principal’s administration philosophy of encouraging each school member’s voluntary participation was remarkable, and the assistant principal’s enthusiasm for improving the quality of questions for school assessment was also impressive. The school and the parents also engaged in active cooperative activities for children’s learning. From these results were obtained implications as follows. First, school members’ high satisfaction and pride can contribute to improvement in academic achievement. In addition, the expansion of the subject teacher system should be considered actively for more advanced teaching in elementary school. Furthermore, curriculum and class strategies are required for strengthening students’ motive for the learning of language comprehension, which is the basic of study, and class should be specialized using various teaching‐learning materials as well as structured class strategies. On the other hand, the manager should operate the school in a way of reducing interference with teachers and students and increasing support. Lastly, close partnership and mutual trust between school and parents are required for the education of children.