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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2020.10.03.092

Research to Establish Bottom-up Early Childhood Educational/Child Care Policy Plan for Preventing Low Birth Rate  

Kim, Byung-Man (Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.10, no.3, 2020 , pp. 92-103 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study agrees with the seriousness of the low birth phenomenon in our country and discusses the analysis of the causes of low birth and the establishment of the policy measures for early childhood education and child care in relation to the low birth phenomenon. In particular, the purpose of the policy is to establish a policy plan for up-to-down early childhood education and child care that can be reflected in the policy by members related to early childhood education, breaking away from the existing one for top-down child education and child care. To this end, the research was conducted using Delphi technique and 20 experts in the field of early childhood education and child care were organized into expert panels. In this study, seven policies were proposed for opportunity compliance, eleven policies for service compliance, eight policies for compliance with goods/gift certificates/tax reduction, seven policies for compliance with cash benefits, and five policies for compliance with power. We hope that the bottom-up education and childcare policy measures proposed in this study will provide specific implications and suggestions for resolving the low birth rate.
Keywords
Low birth phenomenon; Early childhood education policy; Child care policy; Bottom-up policy measures; Delphi survey;
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