Korean Journal of Human Ecology (한국생활과학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 3
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- Pages.401-409
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- 2005
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- 1226-0851(pISSN)
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- 2234-3768(eISSN)
Mothers' beliefs on the whole language approach and self-reported home literacy practices with their children
총체적 언어접근에 대한 어머니의 신념과 가정에서의 실제 문해활동과의 관계 연구
- Song, Seung-Min (The University of Suwon) ;
- Lim, Ae-Ryon (Kyung Hee University)
- Published : 2005.06.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate mothers' beliefs regarding children's literacy development and self-reported home literacy practices with their children. The instrument used for this study measured mothers' beliefs toward the whole language approach against the traditional approaches in children's literacy development. The total number of 340 mothers participated in this study who are sending their children to daycare centers of kindergartens in Seoul and its suburban area. Mean, Standard Deviation, frequency, Spearman's rho, and Kendall's tau were employed to analyze the data. The results showed that mothers' beliefs on the whole language approach have relationships with their home literacy practices, and their demographic characteristics - such as mothers' education, their spouses' education, and income - were also related with mothers' beliefs. The results of this study explore the inter-relationship of mothers' beliefs with home literacy practices, and also the importance of mothers' belief system on children's literacy learning at home.
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