• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.59-70
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of childcare teachers' professionalism on job performance, enhance the effectiveness of childcare teachers, and provide basic data to help them satisfy their duties. Statistical processing of the collected data has been studied through the SSPPWIN 21.0 program, level of expertise, understanding, skills, and attitude recognized by child care teachers, the higher the level of professionalism, the higher the age, educational background, and experience, the higher the level of expertise. In addition, various policy and institutional support at the level of childcare-related administrative agencies or local governments is needed to develop operational measures suitable for each type of daycare center and improve the quality of childcare services. Programs for the promotion of professionalism and job performance of childcare teachers should be developed and regular education, training and workshops should be provided to support application to childcare sites. This study is meant to improve the level of professionalism of daycare centers to achieve desirable professionalism and efficient organizational goals of daycare centers, and to improve the job performance of daycare centers and provide basic data to help them satisfy their jobs.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.133-158
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of the young children's mothers who participated in Respected Parents & Respected Children(RPRC) through a phenomenological approach. Data were collected from 9 mothers of preschool children using weekly journals, self-reported worksheets, observer's descriptive notes and reflective notes, and semi-structured pre-interviews and post-interviews to share their experiences regarding their participation in the program. From a phenomenological study, that is one of the qualitative analysis methods, 7 theme categories and 16 lower categories emerged. Theme categories were (1) the intrinsic motivation for participation in parent education program, (2) the beginning of change: mother, (3) the beginning of change: children, (4) the lasting conflicts, (5) the absence of positive parent's role model and intergenerational transmission of parenting, (6) the raising parenting efficacy, (7) the emotional supporting experience from parent education program and expectations of the continuous education course. Discussions and the implications for support practices and interventions were provided.