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The purposes of this study were to find the recognition and the in-service education needs about 'our life and electricity electronics' unit in practical arts subject of elementary school teachers. The population for survey was all teachers who were teaching the practical arts to fifth grade student in elementary schools.. A survey questionnaire was developed by researchers, which consisted of 22 scales. The questionnaire was sent to the sample by mail. 245 out of 416 questionnaires were returned. Through data screening process, 241 questionnaires were analyzed.
Major findings of this study were as follows: First, many elementary school teachers hadn't had confidence in teaching their students 'our life and electricityㆍelectronics' unit. Second, some elementary school teachers recognized that the contents of this unit were inappropriate. Third, they recognized that there were not enough learning materials and tools of practical training for them to teach. Fourth, they had difficult in teaching this unit. Fifth, they preferred the method as like 'theories and practicing' to other teaching methods at their in-service education program. In this program, the most desired educational content was 'to make electronic objects'.