Effects on Mainstreaming of Circle Activities about Disabilities : Preservice Early Childhood Teachers' Attitudes, Efficacy, and Performance

예비유아교사의 장애관련 동아리활동 경험이 장애유아 통합교육에 대한 태도와 교사효능감 및 교수수행에 대한 인식에 미치는 효과

This study investigated the effect of circle activities about disabilities on preservice early childhood teachers' mainstreaming attitudes, teaching efficacy and teaching performance. Subjects were 40 preservice early childhood female teachers(20 each in the experimental and control groups). Experimental group circles met weekly for 4 hours over 24 weeks. Circle activities included viewing and discussing films and readings about disabilities, and observation and participation in mainstreaming classrooms of kindergartens and child welfare centers. Results were that the experimental group preservice teachers' attitudes and efficacy toward mainstreaming were positive in comparison with those of the control group. Experimental group preservice teachers' mainstreaming teaching performance improved by comparison with the control group.