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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.2.793

A Study on the Perception and Need of Early Childhood Education Field on Authentication of Teaching Materials and Implements for Young Children  

Kang, Young-Sik (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam National University)
Park, Jung-Hwan (Dept. of Education, Jeju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.2, 2014 , pp. 793-800 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception and need of the early childhood education field on authentication of teaching materials and implements for young children. To achieve this, a survey was carried out on 350 teachers and directors in Daejeon-based kindergartens and child-care centers from September 21 to September 30, 2013. The results of the analysis are as follows. First, 59.4% of them thought that it needed the evaluation authentication of teaching materials and implements for young children. 32.9% of them had a high perception of the early childhood education field. 39.4% of them had high need of the early childhood education field. And 45.1% of them expected a high effect of introducing the evaluation authentication system of teaching materials and implements for young children. Second, most of them had the highest need of the evaluation authentication of teaching materials and implements for young children in terms of education, followed by function and field. And most of them placed the highest emphasis on social development, safety and language in terms of education, function and field, respectively. Consequently, the use of teaching materials and implements, which the social development and safety in terms of education and function are respectively evaluated and authenticated by the diversity of teaching materials and implements for young children, has need of the high evaluation and authentication of teaching materials and implements that can guarantee the quality when young children use a lot of experiment and observation implements such as block play, reading materials, manipulating materials, making implements.
Keywords
Teaching Materials for Children; Teaching Implements for Children; Early Childhood Education Field; Perception; Need;
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