• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.103-124
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• 2005

This study aims to investigate and analyze how toddlers' characteristics and child care center's environments including facilities and care-givers' characteristics affect toddlers' behavior in child care center using observational methods. Total 40 toddlers in same numbers of boys and girls participated in this study. Average age of tollers were the 31.7 months ranging from 27 months to 35 months. The toddlers were observed with the observation schedule modified from observation categories of Holloway and Reichhart-Erickson(1988). Data were analysed by Pearson's correlation, t-test, one away ANOVA, Duncan Test and stepwise regression using the SPSSWIN Version. The results of the study were as follow: First, the toddlers' behaviors were related to all the toddlers' characteristics. Second, the toddlers' behaviors were related to all the characteristics of the child care facilities such as the types of facilities, the class size and the caregiver-toddler ratio. Third, the toddler' behaviors were related to caregivers' variables such as the total care experience in centers, the experience with toddler care, the martial status, the certificate types except the child rearing experience and the educational level. Fourth, the toddlers' characteristics were more significantly related to the behavior of them than those of child care centers' environment.

• Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1-25
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore about 2-year-old infants' attachment security to a child care teacher and peer play process through a case study. For this purpose, the attachment security was assessed with attachment Q-set to 2-year-old five infants at a day care center in Seoul. Participants of this study are four infants included two infants attached securely to their child care teacher and two infants attached insecurely to their child care teacher. Methods: Participant observation was conducted from April 12 to July 19 in 2018 through 36 observations in free play activities. The Data collected from the transcriptions of video shoots and teachers' interviews, child care plans, and reflexive journal was analyzed and interpreted. Results: The main results of the research were as follows: The beginning of peer play, when infants invited their peers to play, secure attachment infants selected suitable play partners and asked for a specific play behaviors. However, insecure attachment infants invited unsuitable play partners and asked uncertainly play actions to peers. In addition, when infants entered in-progress play, secure attachment infants understood the context of play but insecure attachment infants did not understand the context of play. In the progress of peer play, secure attachment infants cooperated with peers, shared play objects, but insecure attachment infants did not cooperate complementally with peers and express only their opinions. As well, insecure attachment infants could not play harmoniously without child care teacher's interventions. In the end of the peer play, secure attachment infants finished in collaboration with peers but insecure attachment infants failed to finish with the peers and was turned into play with the child care teacher because of peer conflict. Conclusion/Implications: This study has implications for basic resources to think about the role of child care teachers by helping them understand about the relation 2-year-old infants' attachment security to them and peer play process.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.134-144
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• 1995

본 연구는 한국전총사회의 아동양육을 알아 보기 위해 고려시대의 문집인 파한집.한국이상국집.보한집을 문헌분석하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 고려시대의 아동에 대한 인식특징으로는 아동의 소질이나 품성은 선천적으로 타고 나는 것으로 보았으며, 또한 아동의 지적 측면에 대한 기초가 높았다는 점을 들 수 있다. 둘째, 고려시대 아동은 가내과업을 통하여 성인생활로 자연스럽게 사회화될 뿐만아니라 행동모방.자연적 친화.도구제작 등의 활동특성을 지닌 놀이 생활을 하였다. 세째, 고려시대에 부성은 아동의 물리적 보호뿐만 아니라 심리적 측면에서의 야육활동을 수행하였고 한편으로 모성에게는 영아 양육에 있어 필연적 관계가 강조되었으며 또한 당시 사회에는 강항 양육책임의식이 있었음이 밝혀졌다. 그리고 분집을 통하여 당시 아동의 의식주생활, 출생의례, 가족교육등에 관한 일부 내용이 발견되었다.