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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.1.267

A Study on Core Competency of Beginning Childhood Teacher in order to Correspond to the Future Society  

Kim, Ok-Ju (Department of Early Childhood Education, Choonhae College of Heath Sciences)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.1, 2020 , pp. 267-277 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the needs of experts in childhood education field on what is the primary core competency of the beginning childhood teachers to cope with the future society. For this, the survey was conducted for 252 of teachers in charge, assistant directors, and directors who are currently working at the daycare centers and kindergartens in Busan and Gyeongsangnamdo. In order to derive the requirement and priority on the core competencies required to beginning childhood teachers, 3-step analysis method of paired t-Test, Borich Needs Model Analysis, and the Locus for Focus was used. As a result, seven sub-competencies of five competencies of cooperation, communication, self-improvement and development, vocational ethics, and emotional intelligence was identified as the core competencies required by priority to the beginning childhood teachers in order to cope with the future society. These results may provide the basic data for designing the competence and field-based curriculum in the teachers' training schools for pre-service childhood teachers.
Keywords
Beginning childhood teacher; Core competency; Need model analysis; Future society; Competency-based Curriculum;
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