Analysis of the Trend of the ‘Teaching Essay Questions’ in the Elementary School Teacher Appointment Examination

The goal of this study is to objectively analyze and present the trend of'teaching essay' questions during the elementary school teacher appointment exam from 2013 to 2025(a total of 13 years). The major research methodologies used inthis study were 'text mining' and 'semantic network analysis'. The results of thisstudy; First, the keywords of the elementary school teacher appointmentexamination teaching essay questions were teacher(93), student(81), school(68),curriculum(48), class(40), plan(30), operation(28), presentation(24), teacher(22),learning(21). Second, the 13 years to be analyzed were operationally divided into 7years in the first half and 6 years in the second half, and the trend of changes inkeywords was confirmed and presented. Third, it was confirmed that the languagenetwork of keywords included in the elementary school teacher appointmentexamination teaching essay questions was closely linked text to a considerablelevel. Fourth, it was confirmed that the connection, density, and uniformity of thenetwork were generally increased in the first half and second half of the teachingessay problems. The results of this study are expected to be valuable research datafor teacher training institutions and pre-primary elementary school teachers