This study investigated the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas of childcare teacher on teacher-infant interaction.
The quality of childcare is the most important fact...
This study investigated the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas of childcare teacher on teacher-infant interaction.
The quality of childcare is the most important factor to explain the effect of childcare. Since interaction in childcare is a key factor to determine the performance of childcare, the core competency and professionalism required by childcare teachers are important to promote the overall growth and development of infants and young children who spend the basic period of forming personality with childcare teachers in day care centers. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas of childcare teacher on teacher-infant interaction.
Based on the results of this study, in the field of childcare I try to find out what interaction methods are affected by the qualitative improvement of childcare and the recognition of the index of evaluative accreditation specifically included in the expertise of childcare teachers. I also would like to provide basic data to help develop the practical ability.
The research questions set up to achieve the purpose of the study are as follows.
1) What is the general tendency of the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas on teacher-infant interaction?
2) What is the correlation between teacher-infant interaction according to the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas?
3) What is the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas on teacher-infant interaction?
The subjects of the study were 246 childcare teachers in Seoul after the first preliminary survey of 50 childcare teachers.
First, in order to understand the childcare teachers' recognition of the index of the childcare courses and interaction areas among the evaluative accreditation areas, the contents of the evaluation of the 31 evaluative items of the childcare courses and interaction areas related to interaction among the 4 evaluation areas of the 3rd childcare center evaluation accreditation in 2018 were confirmed through previous studies. Then, 26 evaluation indicators were used as a tool for recognition of the index of the childcare courses and interaction areas among the evaluation accreditation areas.
Second, in order to measure interactions between teachers and infants, the teacher-infant interaction test tool used the questionnaires of Kang Byung-jae and Baek Young-sook(2013) who modified their self-assessment questionnaires of Lee Jeong-sook(2003) that was based on the early childhood education program rating scale(Bredekamp and Apple, 1986; Howes and Smith, 1995).
The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 statistical program, and frequency analysis was conducted to understand the general characteristics of the subjects. To verify the reliability between the questionnaires of the measurement tool, reliability coefficient was calculated. Multiple regression analysis was conducted to analyze the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas of childcare teachers on teacher-infant interaction.
The results of the study are summarized as follows.
First, as a result of performing descriptive statistics on the general tendency of teacher-infant interaction by the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas of childcare teacher, the recognition of childcare course and interaction among the evaluation area of childcare teachers showed high level of teacher-infant interaction.
Second, there was a significant positive correlation between the teacher-infant interaction between the childcare course and the recognition index of the interaction area among the evaluation areas of the childcare teachers.
Third, as a result of examining the effects of the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction area among evaluative accreditation areas on teacher-infant interaction according to the career of childcare teachers, the recognition of the index for childcare course and interaction influenced emotional, linguistic and behavioral interaction, which are subfactors of teacher-infant interaction, and the recognition index of interaction had a little more influence on teacher-infant interaction than the recognition index of childcare course.
In conclusion, it means that the higher is the recognition index of the childcare process and the interaction among the evaluation areas of the childcare teachers, the more influential is it to the teacher-infant interaction. However, as the importance of the role of teachers in interaction between infants and teachers is increasing through the recognition index of the evaluation accreditation, there is a lack of research on the influence of the recognition index of the evaluation accreditation on various teaching and learning methods as an essential element of professionalism that the childcare teachers should have.
The significance of the study is to inform the importance of maintaining the recognition index of the evaluation accreditation, which is the basic manual of the evaluation, in order to improve the quality of the childcare facilities and the professionalism of the childcare teachers, especially in order to increase the level of interaction with infants and young children through the evaluation accreditation.
With the results of the study, it is necessary to simplify the evaluation accreditation index so that the childcare teachers can recognize and implement it that is gradually simplified more specifically and comprehensively, and to achieve the higher quality evaluation certification effect. In addition, it also needs follow-up studies along with various policies that can help realistically such as adjustment of teacher-to-child ratio, support of assistant teachers in childcare field, and even adjustment of commute time for dual-income parents.