• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 아동학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.37-62
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to develop an appropriate scale for evaluating early years children's English textbooks and to confirm the validity and reliability for the scale thus developed. The scale was administered to 563 Korean early childhood English teachers. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) of the 24 item scale demonstrated Cronbach' ${\alpha}$ = .94 for internal consistency of the total items. Confimatory Factor Analysis (CFA) supported a four-factor structure. Cross-Validation for the retest accepted the four-factors. Those four factors were as follows; Contents & Organization as factor 1, Illustrations & Designs as factor 2, Materials & Topics, as factor 3 and Objectives as factor 4. The author suggests that these afore mentioned factors will prove to be most useful for evaluating the children's English textbooks which are apparently published in an often quite indiscriminant manner.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2014년도 제49차 동계학술대회논문집 22권1호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2014

본고는 광주광역시 남구의 어린이집에 자녀를 보내고 있는 학부모들을 대상으로 초등학교 취학 전 아동의 조기영어교육에 대한 부모의 인식과 실태를 통해 바람직하고 효과적인 조기영어교육을 마련하기 위한 기초적인 자료를 얻는데 목적을 두고 첫째, 광주광역시 남구지역의 조기영어교육에 관한 학부모들의 인식을 조사하여 문제점을 살펴보고 효율적인 방향을 제시한다. 둘째, 현재 조기영어교육이 행해지고 있는 어린이집에 자녀를 보내는 학부모님들에게 설문지를 배포하여 조기영어교육에 관한 인식을 조사했다, 이조사를 바탕으로 조기영어 교육의 올바른 교육방향을 제시하는데 목적이 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.79-92
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 2013년에 방영된 '조기영어교육 열풍, 신음하는 아이들' 시사다큐멘터리의 서사구조를 Chatman(2003)의 모형으로 분석하는 것이다. 통합체 분석을 위해 사건의 전개에 초점을 맞추어 이야기의 내용 흐름을 탐색하고, 계열체 분석을 통해서는 텍스트에 잠재되어 있는 이항대립 구조를 분석했다. 해당 방송은 '균형-혼란-재균형'의 서사 구조를 바탕으로, 영어 몰입교육 금지에 따른 혼란의 상황이 영어 사교육 시장을 확장시켰으며, 학생들의 영어학습이 점점 앞당겨지는 상황이 발생했고, 그로 인해 새로운 해결책을 모색할 수밖에 없다는 내용으로 전개시켰다. 그러나 조기 영어교육의 열풍을 유발했다는 정부의 목소리는 제대로 등장하지 않고, 피해자로 위치화된 학생들의 모습도 구체적으로 묘사되어 있지 않은채, 학부모, 사립초등학교 관계자, 영어학원 관계자들이 조기 영어교육의 열풍과 영어 몰입교육의 행위를 유발하는 핵심 주체로 등장하고 있다. 또한 조기 영어교육 열풍을 잠재울 해결안으로 정서적 단면, 교수 방법적 차이 등을 다루면서 보다 중층적인 진단과 대안을 모색하지 못했다.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.585-599
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• 2020

This study investigated children's interests in learning English, affected by educational activities in and out of institutes, and mothers' perceptions regarding early childhood English education. We recruited, 253 mothers of 3- to 5-year-old children in either general kindergartens or English immersion institutes. They answered questions on socioeconomic status, perceived interest in English by their children, their perceptions regarding early childhood English education, and English education outside institutes. In addition, 42 English teachers provided information within institutes such as class time per week, teacher-pupil rate, and language use policy during class. The collected data were analyzed through SPSS 22 for frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, independent t-test, and hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The major findings are as follows. First, the two groups were in distinct learning environment. Second, mothers' perceptions and outside-institute activities were significantly different between the two groups. Third, the English interests of children at both institutes were influenced by mothers' worries and at-home English interactions. Fourth, education within institutes did not affect both group's English interests. Fifth, private education and socioeconomic status did not affect both group's English interests. Lastly, only the children's interests in English immersion institutes were affected by gender and mother's perceived necessities. Focusing children's interests, this study helps in understanding young children's affective aspects regarding learning English. The findings are expected to be a guideline for each home and institute to increase children's interest in learning English.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.475-484
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• 2017

본 연구는 EAP 전문 코퍼스 구축과 분석을 통해 유아교육 전문 어휘 목록을 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 이를 위해 유아교육 전문가 2인과의 협의를 통해 선정된 7권의 유아교육 관련 영어 전공 서적을 기초로 50만 단어 수준의 전문 코퍼스를 구축하였다. 유아교육 전문 코퍼스의 어휘적 분포를 분석한 결과 기본 어휘에 해당하는 GSL[1]은 81.86%, 학술어휘에 해당하는 AWL[2]은 9.78%로 타 분야의 학술적 텍스트와 유사한 분포를 나타냈다. 한편 어휘의 다양성을 살펴보기 위해 TTR을 산출한 결과 3.18로 타 코퍼스의 결과와 비교할 때 낮은 수치, 즉 동일한 어휘의 반복이 비교적 많다는 특징을 보여 주었다. 다음으로 빈도와 출현 범위 등을 기준으로 유아교육 분야의 전문 어휘를 추출한 결과 총 224개의 어휘가 선정되었다. 이 어휘 목록은 영어로 유아교육을 가르치기 위한 목적으로 활용될 수 있을 것이며, 특히 영어로 쓰인 유아 교육 분야의 전공서적을 읽기 위한 기초 자료서로 유용성을 지닐 것으로 기대된다.

• International Journal of Human Ecology
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2002

Recently, early childhood education in England has experienced a significant level of government intervention including reforms for improving it. This study examines to what extent new Labour government initiatives impact preschool education in England and how effectively the English government implements its preschool education policies. This empirical study uses a combination of methods, including documentary analysis, questionnaire, and observation. Findings show that recent English government policy, especially the introduction of a national preschool curriculum framework combined with an inspection process and funding mechanism, appears to have had a strong influence on preschool practices.