The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of pre-service early childhood teacher's academic self-efficacy, social support, and academic emotion regulation on play supporting efficacy. The subject of this study were a total of 310 pre-servi...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of pre-service early childhood teacher's academic self-efficacy, social support, and academic emotion regulation on play supporting efficacy. The subject of this study were a total of 310 pre-service early childhood teachers. ‘Academic self-efficacy test’, ‘Social support test’, ‘Academic emotion regulation test’, and ‘Play supporting efficacy test’ were used to collect research data. The collected research data were analyzed through Pearson correlation and step-wise regression analysis. As a result, it was found that there is a positive correlation among the ‘Academic self-efficacy’, ‘Social support’, ‘Academic emotional regulation’, and ‘Play supporting efficacy’. Furthermore, ‘Academic emotional regulation’ was found to be the highest positive predictor of ‘Play supporting efficacy’.
In addition, according to the analysis by sub-factor, ‘self-regulation efficacy’, a sub-factor of ‘Academic self-efficacy’, was found to be a static predictor of ‘Play supporting efficacy’, followed by ‘support from friends,’ ‘support from parent/family’, and ‘support from teacher’. The results of this study suggest the necessity of constructing an academic environment that can support the positive emotions of pre-service early childhood teachers, as well as the necessity of developing educational contents that consists academic emotion regulation. In conclusion, this study provided meaningful implications on the play supporting efficacy for pre-service early childhood teachers.