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A Study on the Relationship between Self-Leadership and Teacher-Expertise in Kindergarten Teachers: Focusing on the Mediating Effect of the Teachers' Self-efficacy

유치원교사의 셀프리더십과 교사전문성의 관계: 교사효능감의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Received : 2018.10.19
  • Accepted : 2019.01.04
  • Published : 2019.01.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-leadership of teachers who conduct free-selection activities in kindergartens. In addition, we analyze the mediating effect of teacher self-efficacy. This study was conducted using data gathered through a survey conducted on 325 kindergarten teachers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do areas from September 17 to 28, 2018. To analyze the data, the author used SPSS Statistics 22.0 and AMOS 20.0 programs to conduct reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling. The result of the verification of the hypothesis showed that self-leadership of kindergarten teachers who engaged in free-selection activities positively influenced self-efficacy. Self-leadership of teachers who employed free-selection activities had a positive effect on the expertise of teachers as well. Also, self-efficacy of kindergarten teachers positively affected expertise of these teachers. In addition, the self-leadership of kindergarten teachers mediated self-efficacy, so that the indirect effect on teacher expertise was statistically significant. Also, the direct effect of self-leadership on expertise of teachers was significant, which showed that the self-efficacy of the kindergarten teachers indirectly mediated the relationship between self-leadership and expertise of the teachers. This study showed that to enhance expertise of kindergarten teachers, this requires enhancing self-leadership of teachers. Also, in order to enhance the level of self-efficacy of teachers, necessary knowledge and skills that can enhance self-efficacy of these teachers in their working environment should be provided. In addition, someone who can play the role of active facilitator or helper is needed in order to enhance expertise of these teachers.

본 연구는 유치원에서 자유선택활동을 실시하는 교사의 전문성 향상을 위해 셀프리더십과의 관계를 살펴보고, 교사 효능감에 대한 매개효과를 분석하는 데 목적이 있다. 본 연구는 2018년 9월 17일부터 28일까지 서울 경기 지역 유치원 교사 총 325명에게 방문 조사를 통해 설문을 실시한 자료를 사용하였다. 자료 분석을 위해 SPSS Statistics 22.0과 AMOS 20.0 통계프로그램을 사용하여, 신뢰성분석, 확인적 요인분석, 상관관계 분석, 구조방정식 모형을 실시하였다. 가설검증 결과, 자유선택활동을 교육하는 유치원 교사의 셀프리더십은 교사효능감에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 교사 전문성에도 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 유치원 교사의 교사효능감도 교사의 전문성에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 유치원 교사의 셀프리더십이 교사효능감을 매개하여 교사 전문성에 간접효과가 통계적으로 유의하게 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 유치원 교사의 셀프리더십이 교사 전문성에 미치는 직접효과가 유의하게 나타났으며, 이는 유치원 교사의 교사효능감이 셀프리더십과 교사 전문성 간의 관계를 간접 매개함을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통하여 유치원 교사의 전문성을 향상시키기 위해서는 교사의 셀프리더십을 강화하는 것은 물론이고, 교사들의 교사효능감 수준을 강화시키기 위해서는 업무환경에 대해 교사들에게 효능감을 높이기 위해 필요한 지식 및 기술 등을 제공하고 교사들의 전문성을 향상시키기 위한 적극적인 촉진자 및 조력자의 역할이 필요할 것이다.

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Fig. 1. Research Model

Table 1. Model fit of Confirmatory Factor Analysis

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Table 2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis Study Model Results

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Table 3. Correlation analysis

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Table 4. Research Model fit

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Table 5. Validation results of the hypothesis

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Table 6. Mediating effect of Self Efficiency

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