• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.101-122
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• 2014

The purpose of this research is to analyze research trends of kindergarten and child care center directors focusing on the articles in a journal of early childhood education in Korea. For this, I divided and analyzed 162 articles of related early childhood education directors contained in the National Research Foundation of Korea. The National Research Foundation of Korea listed eight journals from 1991 to 2013, according to the study period, study topic and study method. As a result of this research, first, the research trends in the study period show that until 2003 less than 5 articles were published while gradually increasing since 2004 and the director-related papers were published in the 20 pieces every year from 2009. Second, concerning the study topic, the most common topic was about 'institutional management of director', and 'director leadership', and 'role and duties', and 'quality' were followed. Third, types of study included many quantitative studies but they are decreasing recently and qualitative studies tended to increase since 2006. There are many studies for the teacher and data collection methods have been utilized frequently having questions marked distinct by quantitative research. Data analysis was being used a lot with quantitative analysis. These results of the study imply that it is necessary to execute studies of topics such as a director's leadership and core competencies and to diversify study subjects and methods on the kindergarten and child care center directors.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.715-723
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• 2024

The purpose of this study was to identify research trends related to future education through keyword network analysis. To this end, 308 academic papers and master's and doctoral dissertations published from 2000 to 2023 in Korea, and 146 keywords were selected for analysis, divided into 5 periods, and used and analyzed with the Microsoft Excel 365 program and NetMiner 4 program. The results of the study are as follows. First, the publication of future education research has steadily increased since 2000, but has increased significantly since the second half of the 2010s, and the number has exploded in 2021. Second, the number of new keywords that emerged in future education research has increased in recent times, but the frequency of 'future society' keywords appearing in all periods has been high. Third, in future education research results, the number of keywords that simultaneously appear among keywords has increased as time passes, and the contents of keywords that simultaneously have changed in various ways. This study is meaningful in that it suggested the direction of future education by analyzing the past and present of future education with artificial intelligence more than 20 years later.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Arts Education Studies
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.81-109
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• 2018

This study aims to identify research trends in adaptation of young children from multicultural families in order to provide insights for researchers around research topics and cultural adaptation orientation of young children from multicultural families. Subjects of this study were 41 literatures with key words of'young children from multicultural families', 'adaptation', and'life'through paper search system. This study was analysed the research themes, methods, subjects, and perspectives of cultural adaptation in adaptation researches of young children from multicultural families, 2006-2017 from peer reviewed journals with analysis frameworks. The results showed that : (a) the most common research topic continues to be about adaptation conditions of young children from multicultural families; (b) among research methods, quantitative research has most frequently used in, followed by qualitative methods, mixed methods, and literature review; (c) cultural adaptation was focused on the perspective of social-cultural adaptation, developmental importance of adaptation in early childhood and problems-based research. It implicated that further researches are need to focused on psychological adaptation and formation of classroom community beyond personal and structural adaptation in preschools.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.83-101
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• 2016

This study is aimed to suggest some of the right directions for young children's music education in the future. For the purpose, we sampled 265 domestic theses and dissertations that were written over the past three decades between 1985 and 2015, which were analyzed by period of time, content, method and subjects. As for data analysis, statistical data on total frequency and percentage were obtained. The results were as follows: First, the largest number of the studies were implemented during the period from 2007 to 2010, and there was a rapid increase in the number of the dissertations. Second, in terms of the content of research, the biggest number of the studies were concerned about western music teaching methods and integrated teaching methods. The third most common research method was quantitative research. Specifically, experimental research was most prevalent. Fourth, regarding subjects, five-year-old preschoolers were the most common subjects. This study is of significance in that it provides basic information on the management of the Nuri curriculum and music education for young children.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.209-221
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• 2009

The early childhood education in Korea has made a great progress during the last thirty years. However, understanding the early childhood education is a challenging task because of the diversity of the fields. Currently 38% of 3-5 year old children are enrolled in kindergarten. And several efforts to develop and distribute the standard curricula on a national level were underwent successfully. Researches are rapidly expanding in volume and the topics are becoming diverse. Focuses of researches moved from the area of cognitive development, science and mathematics in 80s, social and emotional aspects in 90s to language, curriculum and teacher education in 2000s. One of the emerging issues is the inclusion of kindergarten to public education system and free kindergarten education for young children. The second issues is more interdisciplinary policies are in need related to the low-birth rate in nation. The third one is about teacher training policy. The fourth one is related to the health, nutrition and safety of young children. And the fifth issue is moving educational system and policies that provide better future of young children while focusing on the children in low income families and children with absolute poverty.

• Proceedings of the KHMA Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.339-339
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• 2010

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.39-57
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• 2024

Objective: This study was conducted to identify trends in teacher education research for early childhood teachers in Korea from 2013 to 2023, aiming to provide practical data for early childhood teacher education research. Methods: For this purpose, 62 articles published in Korean journals were analyzed according to the specified criteria. Through the analysis, we closely examined research trends, educational practices, and trends in educational program development. Results: First, both quantitative and qualitative research have been conducted steadily since 2015. The majority of participants were childcare center teachers, and numerous studies focused on program development. Second, among the trends in teacher education practices, many studies aimed to improve teaching skills. Third, concerning the trend of teacher education program development research, various research methods were utilized, with quantitative research being conducted in 2015, 2020, and 2022. Particular, regarding independent and dependent variables, numerous studies focused on enhancing teaching effectiveness and educational knowledge. Conclusion/Implications: Based on the results, we offer implications for the education policy field and related organizations, along with recommendations for enhancing the guidance and support of early childhood teacher education in program development and implementation.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.375-383
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• 2023

The purpose of the study was to analyze research trends of Korean articles on early childhood teachers' empowerment published in 2005 through 2022. For this purpose, 87 articles were selected and analyzed by years, research methods, and research themes. As results, Korean article on early childhood teachers' empowerment was first published in 2005 and then continuously conducted every year until 2022. In terms of research methods, 'quantitative research', 'survey questionnaire', and 'analysis of effects' were shown the most. In addition, 'early childhood teacher' and 'daycare center' showed more distribution and 'the scale developed by Short and Rinehart' was most used. As research themes, the most studies have investigated 'influence of empowerment'. Based on the results, we discuss and suggest on future research.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.700-708
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• 2016

This study attempts to understand the trend of research in the field of education contributed theses of the "Korea Academia-Industrial Society" in the 10 year period from 2006 to March, 2016, and provide the basic data needed for further research projects. It provides the direction for balanced academic research. The 143 theses contributed over this 10 year period were analyzed to determine the number of thesis per year, major of the researchers, number of co-authors, object of research, subject of research, and research method. It was found that the greatest number of theses were published in 2015. There were 77 researchers who majored in early childhood education and more than 64 researchers who majored in Education, while few researchers majored in other fields of study. The number of papers published by two co-authors was 51, that by one author was 44, and that by more than four researchers was 10. The numbers of papers whose object of research was infant and teacher education were 28 and 24, respectively. The number of papers whose subject of research was philosophy, history, psychology, or social science was 35, and that involving education was 27. There were 47 papers whose method of research was quantitative research. The most prevalent method of data analysis was difference verification. Through this analysis of the research trends, we expect to contribute to the balanced development of the academic world in Korea.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.296-303
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine the keywords of studies related to young children's play in the selected registered and candidate academic journals and the network of the keywords by conducting a semantic network analysis. The selected journals were published over the past decade in diverse fields of study that included social sciences and life sciences such as education and early childhood education. The findings of the study were as follows: First, there was a great increase in the studies related to early childhood play over the last five years in comparison with the first term(2009-2013). As a result of analyzing how many studies were included in the journals by field, the largest numbers of the studies were published in the field of education, followed by early childhood education, and life sciences. Second, when the network of the keywords was analyzed, the major keywords in the first term were playfulness, role play, young children, creativity, play, and peer play interaction. In the second term(2014-2018), playfulness was also the most frequently exhibited keyword, followed by young children, play, and peer play behavior. Keywords such as teacher-child interaction, language skills, happiness, cognitive ability, early childhood education newly appeared.