Abstract
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) studied in systems engineering has lately attracted attention in various fields because of its having supported human decision making under fuzzy conditions. In this paper, I proposed the new method of applying the AHP to the quantitative analysis of teachers' perception toward science education. Firstly, the factors which science education consisted of were determined and then their hierarchical structure was analyzed. Secondly, the priorities of factors were calculated in each level of the structure according to the AHP. Finally, the most important factor was determined. Using this method, I was able to investigate the perception of student teachers and elementary school teachers comparatively. The results could be utilized to enable teacher training programs become more effective.
