An Analysis of Vocational High School Teachers’ Stage of Concerns about Teacher Professionality By Concerns-Based Adoption Model

Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the level of interest in teacher professionalism of vocational high school teachers, analyze the difference in interest in teacher professionalism according to the characteristics of their school and teachers, and seek ways to improve them. Methods To this end, a survey was conducted on 460 vocational high school teachers nationwide to measure their interest in teacher professionalism, and the responses were analyzed using George et al.'s CBAM model (2006). Based on the results of the analysis, the level of interest in ‘teacher expertise’ of vocational high school teachers was categorized into seven stages (indifference, information, personal, operation, results, cooperation, and alternative) to analyze their trends and characteristics. Results The purposes of this study were to specify variables related to convergence competency, and to analyze the structural relationships among them. The purposes of this study were to specify variables related to convergence competency, and to analyze the structural relationships among them. Conclusions Vocational high school specialized subject teachers are very interested in basic information related to teacher expertise and changes in roles and tasks due to teacher expertise, so it is necessary to provide more information on teacher expertise and to prepare a plan to improve teacher expertise with interest.