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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2012.13.10.4487

An Analysis of Meal Guidance and Meal Management of Early Childhood Teachers  

Kim, Ji-Young (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Honam University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.13, no.10, 2012 , pp. 4487-4495 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzes the meal guidance and meal service management of early childhood teachers. The subjects were 171 early childhood teachers who were working in kindergartens and day care centers in Gwangju. A questionnaire was made by the researcher on the basis of relevant materials. The data was analyzed by statistical methods such as frequency, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, $x^2$, ANOVA and Duncan with the SPSS for Windows 18.0 program. The results are as follow: First, there are significant differences in meal hours, amount of food and meal admeasurer according to workplace type of early childhood teacher. Also, there are significant differences in meal hours, amount of food, meal admeasurer and guidance for late eating infants according to children's age. Second, early childhood teacher consider in order content after meal, content before meal and content during meal. Also, there are significant difference content after meal according to workplace type of early childhood teacher. And there are significant differences in content before meal and content during meal according to children's age.
Keywords
Early childhood teacher; Meal management; Meal guidance;
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