• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.3557-3563
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• 2014

국가 수준의 교육과정인 누리과정에서는 유아를 대상으로 한 영어교육을 고려하지 않고 있다. 그러나 현실에서는 90%이상의 유아들이 영어를 배우고 있다. 이 연구는 한국의 정규 유치원에서 영어를 가르치는 원어민 영어교사의 교수활동의 문화적 측면을 분석하였다. 이 연구를 위한 자료는 정규 유치원의 원어민 영어교사, 한국인 영어교사와 유치원 원장의 인터뷰를 통해 수집되었다. 모든 인터뷰 자료들은 근거 이론에 기반하여 전사하고 분류되었다. 연구 결과, 한국의 정규유치원에서는 원어민 영어교사들에게 한국의 유아들을 위한 문화적인 준비를 요구하지 않았다. 따라서, 대부분의 원어민 영어교사들은 자신의 교육활동에서 유아들의 문화를 고려하지 않고 있었다. 또한, 이 연구에 참여한 원어민 영어교사들이 근무하고 있는 한국 유치원들 역시 원어민 영어교사들의 교수활동을 정규 교육과정에 잘 통합하고 있지 못했다. 이러한 연구 결과들은 국 유치원의 영어교육에 중요한 시사점을 제공할 것이다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.17-36
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• 2007

This study examined educational and career backgrounds of 180 early childhood English teachers and curricula of training courses for early childhood English teachers in continuing education centers across 6 areas in Korea. Data analyses showed that (1) curricula for early childhood English teachers consists of basic practical conversation, English teaching skills, understanding early childhood education and general English knowledge. (2) Most teachers are women between 30 to 40 years of age, university graduates with majors in English literature, English education and/or early childhood education with confidence in speaking in and listening to English. (3) They were satisfied with their retraining courses. (4) English pronunciation skill was not always related to English conversation skill, but clarity of pronunciation influenced teaching confidence.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1125-1133
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to explore the perception toward qualification of early childhood English teachers and their teachers' sense of efficacy. The samples consisted of 201 early childhood English teachers in Seoul, Daejeon, Daegu, Gyeonggi area. A sample of early childhood English teachers completed a series of questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed with t-test, F-test, correlation. The results showed that most teachers were women between 30 to 40 years old, university graduate with job experience less than 3 years. In addition, half of teachers in this study majored on English studies or early childhood education and child studies. This study found that early childhood English teachers thought themselves to be qualified as a English teacher and early childhood teacher. And they rated teachers' sense of efficacy to relatively high. There were differences on the scores of qualification of early childhood English teacher and teachers' sense of efficacy according to education level and major. And years of job experience were positively related with the perception of qualification of early childhood teacher and teachers' sense of efficacy.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.181-200
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 유아교육을 전공하는 학생들에게 영어로 유아수학교육 수업을 제공하는 과정에서 단계별로 교수자가 구성한 어려움과 의미를 알아보는 것이었다. 내러티브 탐색법을 활용하여 질적 연구를 실행하였으며, 관찰, 인터뷰, 학생들이 작성한 반성적 저널이 연구 자료로 수집되었다. 그 결과, 우선, 준비하는 단계에서 교수자는 원어민이 아니지만, 영어로 수업을 해야 한다는 압박과 영어로 수학교육내용을 어떻게 효과적으로 알려줄 수 있는 다양한 방법을 고려하였다. 수업 하는 단계에서 교수자는 학생들의 지속적인 동기 유발을 갖도록 하는 것과 교수자와 학생, 학생들 간 상호작용이 일어날 수 있는 기회를 마련하는 것을 중요하게 인식하였다. 평가 단계에서는 수업 준비와 실행 단계에서 부족했던 내용을 분석하는 것을 중요하게 인식하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 유아교육학과에서 영어로 전공 수업을 하는 상황에서 의미 있고, 적절한 교수학습 방법을 찾아보는 것에 기여를 할 것이라 사려된다.

• 영재교육연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.473-491
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 유아교육기관에서의 유아영재 대상 차별화 교육 실태와 지원 요구를 조사하였다. 설문조사는 서울과 경기, 인천 지역의 유치원과 어린이집 및 기타(영어유치원 및 놀이학교) 유아교육기관에서 근무하는 교사 및 원장을 대상으로 실시하였으며, 최종 수집된 설문지는 총 309부였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 유치원, 어린이집, 기타기관 등의 유아교육기관에는 유아영재 대상의 차별화 교육을 위한 인프라가 충분히 구축되어 있지 않았다. 특히 유아영재를 위한 '차별화 교육 경험'이 세 기관 모두 보통보다 낮은 수준이었다. 둘째, 유아교육기관에서의 유아영재 대상 차별화 교육에 대한 교사의 요구도는 세 기관 모두 필요수준에 비해 현재 수준이 현저히 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 정규 유아교육기관에서 유아영재 대상으로 교육적 요구와 발달특성에 부합하는 차별화 교육 방향 모색에 필요한 기초자료를 제공한다는 측면에서 의의가 있다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.629-647
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• 2012

This study explored what Korean college students, especially preservice teacher in early childhood education, experienced and how they constructed the meanings of experiences about their subject- matter course (early childhood mathematics education) taught in English. One cohort- 20 senior students- majoring in early childhood education in a 4-year university was participated in this study. Using action research method and narrative research method, data were analyzed. The findings were as follows: 1) preservice teacher experienced some difficulties to construrct professional knowledge through English. 2) They challenged to overcome these difficulties through active participation. 3) They got supports from instructor and peer group. 4) They accomplished the course with self-satisfaction. 5) They experienced the conflicts between social requirements and personal needs.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제5호
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• pp.191-218
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• 1999

The purpose of this study is to investigate the actual conditions of preschool English education, and teachers' and parents' recognition of preschool early English education in Cheonan-city. Recently the importance of English education as an essential means for communication in the whole world is emphasized in our society. That atmosphere makes the elementary schools offer English as a subject in their curriculums, and also many preschool education institutes begin to teach English in their education courses. However before we begin to teach English as a subject in the preschool education, we need to survey the actual conditions of preschools and recognition of teachers and parents. The first part of this study is to survey the theoretical foundations of early English education; 1) the definition of early English education. 2) the situation of early foreign language education in foreign countries. 3) the relationship between the language acquisition and the cognitive development. The second part is to analyze the results of the Questionnaire which was distributed among 86 teachers and 103 parents in Cheonan-city preschools. As a conclusion, some suggestions will be given for the development of early English education in the near future.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.523-537
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• 2009

This research aimed to understand the current status of early childhood education and to develop a future direction of early childhood English education. One group interview and three private interviews were conducted with 10 early education teachers to obtain in-depth understanding of the problems inherent in English education. The findings show that there is an internal conflict in the teachers regarding the value of English education in early childhood. In addition, there are external conflicts with the children the parents, the English teacher, the program director, and the government in English education. It is concluded that the early childhood educators felt an internal conflict regarding the current, inappropriate execution of early English education which is lacking a suitable educational plan including goals and practices. Furthermore, the teacher's preference for English also contributed to the internal conflict regarding the belief in early childhood English education. Secondly, the external conflicts included: English teachers with inadequate understanding of comprehensive early childhood development, parents who show excessive interest in early childhood English education without regard to childhood development, the reality that early childhood English education is mostly influenced by the attitudes of the program director without regard for the conflicts experienced by the early childhood teacher, and the politics of the government continuing to ignore the reality that early childhood English education ontinues in practice without being included in the national curriculum.