• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2021

Objective: The purpose of this study was to classify early childhood educators' perfectionism types and to identify differences in teacher self-efficacy and teachers burnout according to the types of perfectionism. Methods: The participants of this study were 309 teachers working at early childhood education centers in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Daejeon, Se-jong, Kim-Cheon, and Hong-Sung, South Korea. Early childhood educators were surveyed regarding perfectionism, teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout. The collected data were analyzed using K-means cluster analyses and analysis of covariance. Results: Cluster analyses with self-oriented perfectionism and other-oriented perfectionism as cluster variables resulted in three types of perfectionism among early childhood educators; 'self-other directed perfectionism(33.0%)', 'other directed perfectionism(35.0%)' and 'non perfectionism(32.0%)'. Educators with self-other directed perfectionism reported higher teacher self-efficacy and lower teacher burnout than educators with other directed perfectionism or with non perfectionism. Conclusion/Implications: Early childhood educators' perfectionism may be a significant personality trait linked to quality of education and care in real education settings.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.69-82
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• 2016

Objective: This study aimed to explore early childhood educators' anxiety regarding science education via Q-methodology. Methods: As the first step, 268 Q samples were collected from resources such as books and research papers related to science education for young children. Through five stages of excluding and modifying, a set of 33 Q statements was finalized. The P sample consisted of 40 early childhood educators and was based on educational levels, years of teaching experiences and types of centers. The collected data were analyzed using QUANL statistical program. Results: The results of this study indicate that science anxiety among early childhood educators are classified into four types, explaining 45.13% of the total variance. Conclusion: We conclude that early childhood educators' science anxiety stems from "preparing educational environment and materials," "instructional methods focused on process and scientific inquiry skills," "lack of understanding regarding early childhood science education," and "simple science avoidance."

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2016

연구는 유아교육기관의 창의적 역량에 대한 유아교사의 인식과 실행 간의 차이 및 유아교사의 배경변인에 따른 차이를 살펴보는데 목적이 있다. 연구 대상은 대구 경북 지역에 소재한 유치원에 근무하는 유아교사 144명이며, 유아교육기관의 창의적 역량의 영역별 하위내용 인식 및 실행에 관한 설문지를 통해 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 20.0 프로그램을 사용하여 대응표본 t-검증, 일원변량분석, Scheffe 사후검증을 통해 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 유아교육기관의 창의적 역량의 영역별 내용에 대한 유아교사의 인식과 실행 간 차이는 다양성, 자율성, 리더십 영역의 모든 하위내용에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 유아교사의 배경변인에 따른 인식과 실행 간의 차이는 유아교사의 직급별 자율성 영역의 하위내용, 학력별 리더십 영역의 하위내용, 경력별 다양성 영역의 하위내용, 그리고 연령에 따른 다양성 영역과 리더십 영역의 하위내용에서 각각 유의한 차이가 나타났다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2019

Understanding teachers in the early childhood education is crucial as it can not only affect the quality of children's education but also cause many critical problems such as child abuse. A significant amount of research work has been made on the use of robots in childcare classrooms. The finding from the research has shown many advantages such as the improvement of learning performance, social/emotional skills, creativity, concentration period, physical and cognitive development. However, most of the study has been implemented at the K-12 classrooms but not much has been focused on the education at the early childhood classrooms. Importantly, it is very crucial to understand teachers' perception, demands and technical competence about the new teaching tool, in order to maximize its educational effect. This paper investigates some critical issues existing in both teaching and managing in the early childhood education. It will also explore teachers' perceptions and expectations on the use of robots to identify some dilemmas that exist in their working and teaching environment. A survey study was conducted with 119 early childhood educators in South Korea. It analyzed the educators' perception of using robots to improve their teaching performance and to make better outcomes for children, investigated job satisfaction and difficulties that they have in the current work environment. This paper concludes with several guidelines for integrating and setting robotics in the early childhood environment, in order to engender productive outcomes for the future early childhood education.

• 아동학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.339-349
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• 1999

Multiple regression and stepwise logistic regression was conducted to examine the relationships of work conditions, individual characteristics, and burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal fulfillment). Subjects were 144 early childhood educators. Teachers most likely to leave the profession were more educated, has less teaching experience and reported higher levels of burnout (i.e. high emotional exhaustion and lower personal fulfillment). Turnover was also predicted by high depersonalization, lower personal fulfillment, working overtime, and perceived choice of other jobs. Implications of these results for early childhood programs were discussed.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.127-154
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• 2020

Objective: This study aimed to show and analyze the flow, content, and meaning of (prospective) early childhood educators reflective thoughts entailed in the process of planning, implementing and evaluating storybook reading by analyzing reflective journals written by technical college students enrolled in an advanced major curriculum after they completed a storybook reading assignment. Methods: The subjects of this study were 39 technical college students enrolled in an advanced major curriculum that participated in a 15-week-long 'storybook seminar' course. This study analyzed journals on storybook reading written by the students as an assignment for the storybook seminar course. Results: As a result, four categories of selecting a storybook, planning the reading of the selected storybook, actual reading of the storybook and subsequent activities were extracted according to the implementation process of storybook reading. Through this series of experiences, (prospective) early childhood educators had a childt-centered view of reading picture books, changed the method of reading picture books, re-recognized the importance of early childhood literature education, and developed a will to develop professionalism through reflective thinking. Conclusion/Implications: This study finds its meaning in showing the reflective thinking that occur within early childhood educators that plan, implement and evaluate storybook reading.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.57-84
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• 2022

Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of early childhood educators about the role of middle managers in daycare centers. Methods: A survey was conducted with 254 educators including directors, middle managers, and teachers working at daycare centers located in Jeonbuk. An interview was then conducted with 18 educators working at six different centers. IPA for the survey and thematic analysis were performed for the interview contents. Results: The results show that all the participants perceived that communication among managers, daycare staff, and related organizations should be improved most urgently; in the interview, middle managers as a solver of the uncomfortable relationship between directors and teachers and as a linker between generations were emphasized. Also, the directors and middle managers recognized that the skills to have as middle managers needed to be improved most urgently, and the teachers recognized nothing needed to be improved urgently. Different emphasis for the need of supports for environment and systems was made in the interview by each position. Conclusion/Implications: The study discussed the necessity of the official position of middle managers in a daycare center to promote the professionalism of early childhood educators.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.119-135
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• 2024

The research is centered on veteran educators in the field of early childhood education who possess more than 20 years of teaching experience and have been recognized with awards for their outstanding achievements. The selection of participants was based on specific criteria, such as the number of years of experience and recognition received from the Ministry of Education's Teaching Innovation Competition in Korea. Eight teachers who met the specified criteria were selected to participate in the study. A qualitative phenomenological research study was carried out using semi-structured interviews to gain insight into the experiences and perspectives of the participants. The study identified five main themes: cultivating interpersonal relationships, establishing interactive classroom settings, providing impactful educational methodologies, facilitating healthy habits and character education, and creating a supportive environment for teachers' well-being. The study seeks to improve comprehension of teaching methodologies and offer suggestions for professional development, teacher training, and educational policies.

• 한국수학사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.349-363
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• 2015

In this paper, we explore about Korean early childhood mathematics education history. Actually, mathematics education history is mathematics education curriculum's history. Korean education curriculum has been influenced by the US and European prominent educators: Montessori, Piaget, Bruno, and Dewey, etc. We investigate how those philosophy and thoughts were adopted in Korean early childhood mathematics education curriculums from 1st to 2015 amended curriculum. Also, we can see that NCTM's content standards and Korean Nuri curriculum are the same in the basic concepts: number and operations, space and shapes, measurement, understanding of patterns and data collection.

• 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.107-123
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• 2021

본 연구는 한국과 프랑스의 유치원 교사 양성제도 및 교육내용을 살펴보고 앞으로 한국의 유치원 교사 양성의 나아가야 할 방향을 모색하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 본 논문은 한국과 프랑스의 법령체계를 바탕으로 교사양성기관 및 제도, 교육내용을 중심으로 3가지 영역에 걸쳐 비교하였다. 비교를 통하여 분석한 결과 교육체계의 제도적 혁신을 꾸준히 실행하고 있는 프랑스 체제 중 한국의 체제와의 차이점을 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 프랑스의 유치원 교사양성은 학부과정 졸업생을 대상으로 국가 수준의 단일체제인 교사교육대학원(Inspé)에서 양성한다. 둘째, 프랑스의 교사교육대학원 2년 차에는 모든 예비유아교사들은 국가에서 제출되는 각 영역별 임용고시를 통하여 현장에 투입된다. 셋째, 프랑스 교사지원체계을 통하여 우수 예비교원을 위한 3년간의 장학금 지원과 석사 2년 차의 교육실습 기간 동안 국가의 지원이 이루어진다. 넷째, 교육내용 면에서도 기초지식능력 및 학제간융합, 현장과 연계되는 교육실습 경험, 그에 대한 면밀한 분석과 연구 및 분석을 가장 중요하게 다루고 있다. 본 연구를 통하여 고찰한 프랑스의 유치원 교사양성체제와 교육내용의 시사점이 한국의 유치원 교사양성체제 및 교사 교육내용을 충실화하는 기초연구에 도움이 되기를 기대한다.