• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.227-248
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• 2018

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the recognition and qualities of early childhood coding education in childcare center teachers. Methods: 158 childcare center teachers responded to 56 questions on a questionnaire extracted and revised from previous research. Frequency analysis and one-way ANOVA were applied for the data analysis. Results: Many teachers agreed that the software education policy was timely appropriate. Most of them needed the education in order to improve children's creativity and problem solving ability, and answered that it is appropriate to start the education at age 5. Most of them recognized that small group and free choice activities, play activities linked with daily life topics and coding programs by the childcare center teachers were desirable as educational methods. Provision of educational HW/SW environment was a relatively important element for effective implementation of the education. The coding educational qualities perceived by the teachers were not high, and were related to the age of the children they were in charge of and their computer literacy. Conclusion/Implications: The recognition of childcare center teachers was relatively positive, but it is necessary to educate the teachers to improve their recognition and qualities of the education in consideration of teachers' variables.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.491-499
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• 2012

This research is looking for the relation between the positive psychology of would-be child teachers and leadership and that's influence. The researchers examined positive psychology and leadership with 330 would-be teachers(13 boys, 317 girls) located in Gwang-Ju and the Jeonnam Region. Questionnaire was used to measure would-be teachers. The collected data analyzed the positive psychology of would-be teachers and leaders, including sub-factors for mean(M), standard deviation(SD) and Pearson product-moment correlation according to subject for inquiry. Then regression analysis through SPSS WIN 17.0 for checking the effects of the would-be child teachers's positive psychology with their leadership skill was used. The result of the research was that the positive psychology of would-be child teachers and leadership of the product-moment correlated in all areas. Especially the most influence on positive psychology is the ability of human relationship among leadership sub-variables, and the relation between positive psychology and leadership are very important for making positive changes in society. This implies that there is a need for more educational sponsorship regarding positive psychology and leadership for would-be child teachers.

• The Journal of Korean Society for School & Community Health Education
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.85-94
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• 2009

Objectives: This study was conducted to improve dental health regarding behavior and understanding of dental health of day care teachers by analyzing actual dental health state. Methods: This study was performed from October 1 to October 30, 2008 for 194 teachers who worked at nurseries in Daegu. Results: In the toothbrushing recognition, 42.3% of the said that tooth brushing after eating is necessary but only 26.3% had the children bush teeth. They did not have the children brush the teeth because they did not have enough time. Many teachers (75.3%) said that dental caries could be prevented. But only 4.1% of them said that fluorine is effective for the prevention of dental caries. The preschool teachers had dental health education experience, better understood the importance of dental health education than those who did not have(p < 0.05). Conclusion: The preschool teachers who had dental health education better recognized the importance of dental health education.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.89-118
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• 2020

Objective: The purpose of this study is to conduct maker-education for prospective child care teachers explore changes and for the results to be used as a basic data to study the utilization of maker-education. Methods: To that end, 36 prospective child care teachers attending nursery school applied to the maker-education program and to the curriculum of children's literature and play. The collected interview materials and student journals were qualitatively analyzed. Results: The results showed that prospective child care teachers started with mixed expectations and but then actively participated in worries classes with interest and had fun. Also, in the stage of sharing, they changed from having difficulty communicating with colleagues to developing an attitude of cooperation and unity through communication. In addition, it has been shown that from feeling the difficulties of planning, planning changes and modifications are directly related to their development and that they are quickly and wisely dealt with. Conclusion/Implications: It is recognized that there is a need for a follow-up study to verify the effect of this as meaningful implications are derived from the effects of positively accepting feedback, planning to attempt a step-by-step approach, and active attitude toward communication between colleagues.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.97-116
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• 1994

This study investigated the effect of young children's interaction with a teacher and computer environments on their development of representational competence cf replay, the children's ability to construct and reconstruct actions. A pretest-posttest design with one experimental group and one control group was used; quantitative analyses, including interview assessments and coded observations of children's work in the context of educational interventions were supplemented by qualitative analyses of this work. Thirty-nine children (2-5 years of age) were randomly assigned to either an experimental or control group. The educational intervention provided to the experimental group involved a sequence of twenty sessions incorporating a series of three computer environments. A teaching strategy, based on Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and Sigel's distancing theory, was used to mediate children's interaction with these computer environments. Results indicated that children's representational competence kept developing and reached a higher stage and the educational intervention fostered the development of representational competence, with strong evidence of near transfer but no evidence of far transfer. These results suggest that representational competence is a teachable concept and that a complex mediating structure allows children to reconstruct their previous experiences and apply them to problem situations.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.263-279
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• 2014

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the variation of songs by teachers in early childhood classrooms where songs play an important role in managing the daily activities for young children. Early childhood teachers have demonstrated a high degree of competency to transform and modify a variety of songs that fit into children's developmental levels. The use of such songs enable both teachers and young learners to fully enjoy such classroom activities and are an important means for establishing rapport. The data were collected from direct observation and video recording in three early childhood classrooms, as well as through interviews with the teachers, and through the researcher's journals. The results of the study revealed that the teachers exhibit a high degree of professionalism in creating variations of the kind of songs that children seem to enjoy, and thereby creating high levels of classroom enjoyment generally. This study also showed that using a good variety of songs in early childhood classroom can facilitate understanding of the content in the curriculum Finally, this study also suggests that the teachers' skills in designing variations of songs can make early childhood education classrooms culturally attractive and aesthetically more creative.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02b
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• pp.246-251
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• 2006

참여적 디자인은 사용자의 경험을 디자인 하기 위한 방법으로, 사용자 자신이 디자인의 주체가 되어 자신의 아이디어를 적극적으로 제안하고 반영하는 방법을 말한다. 우리는 만 3~5 세의 미취학 아동을 참여 디자인의 사용자 대상으로 하였으나, 이 연령대의 어린이는 자신의 의사를 제대로 표현할 수 있는 능력이 부족하여 자신의 느낌과 생각을 정확히 전달하기 어려우므로 전통적인 참여적 디자인 방법을 그대로 사용하는 것은 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 사례를 통하여 실제 어린이 사용자를 대상으로 한 참여적 디자인 방법을 소개한다. 실제 유치원과의 긴밀한 연계를 통해 진행하였으며 현직 유치원 교사가 전체 디자인 프로세스에 참여하였다. 디자인 아이디어를 도출하고 검증하는 단계와 프로토타입의 파일럿 테스트 단계에서 어린이들이 직접 참여하였으며, 그들의 반응과 의견이 디자인에 적극적으로 반영되었다. 본 연구는, 어린이 제품의 디자인을 위해 실제 어린이 교육 기관과 연계한 새로운 형태의 참여적 디자인 방법의 개발과 적용에 대한 사례를 보여준다.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.59-67
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• 2012

This study investigate the influence of resilience on organizational commitment using social support as a mediating variable for kindergarten and childcare teathers. The subjects were 630 kindergarten and childcare teathers. The collected data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation as well as single and multiple regressions that used SPSS Win 19.0. The results were as follows: (1) The resilience was significantly associated with organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers. (2) The resilience was significantly associated with social support of kindergarten and childcare teachers. (3) The resilience was not significantly associated with organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers, controlled by social support. The results showed the social support was more important variable affecting organizational commitment of kindergarten and childcare teachers than the resilience. As a result, teachers have to be strengthened for support of social emotion that helps to control of their emotional condition and social evaluation that estimates their role positive under administration system.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.1113-1128
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• 2017

This study was practiced in order to develop a textbook to improve early childhood teachers' ability to use multimedia required by kindergartens and to examine its effects. First, investigation of the status of multimedia application of early childhood teachers in kindergartens was done along with looking through their attitude and anxiety. The expertise and the multimedia education was required in early childhood education and curriculum. As a result, 15 categories and 50 subcategories under 4 themes were drawn through the procedures of qualitative analysis. The conclusions obtained through this study were the following: First, the education for multimedia application related to the tasks required in kindergartens is needed instead of the common education for multimedia application, to improve the ability to use multimedia for early childhood teachers. Second, multimedia education based on visual theory for the purpose of early childhood education, rather than common features-centered multimedia education, is helpful for the improvement of early childhood teachers' ability to use multimedia. Finally, the improvement of early childhood teachers' ability to use multimedia will be a chance to provide children with a better educational environment.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.1076-1088
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• 2016

This study was to validate the WSBS_PECT (Workplace Spirituality Belief Scale for Prospective Early Childhood Teacher) using discriminant analysis on prospective early childhood teachers' happiness and career maturity. The data from 523 prospective early childhood teachers were analyzed statistically through t-test and binary logistic regression model. The results indicated that 1) the higher group in workplace spirituality belief significantly gets more scores of happiness and career maturity than the lower group, 2) 1 factors of the WSBS_PECT has discriminant power on prospective early childhood teachers' happiness, and 3) 2 factors ('meaning for life' and 'belief on calling for ECE teacher job') of the WSBS_PECT are effective to discriminate prospective early childhood teachers' career maturity. Further statistical works are supplementary needed to validate the WSBS_PECT and to increase its' feasibility.