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Construction Status and Proposal for Information Communication Facility of Childcare Center -After COVID19, focusing on IT Technology Utilization- (어린이집 정보통신설비 구축현황 및 제안 -COVID19 이후 IT기술활용 중심으로-)

  • Lee, Jae-Yong;Shin, Seung-Jung
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the case of constructing information and communication facilities in daycare centers and to propose an educational environment that can foster young talents who can lead the era of the fourth industrial revolution. In particular, after COVID19, a method was proposed to create an information and communication environment suitable for children to receive personalized education, and to create an environment for experiential education if possible, and at the same time to enable averaging of customized learning. Since there has been no research on information and communication facilities in daycare centers, we intend to place significance on starting, and in the future, to foster creative and contextual children, we will reduce the movement of teachers through smart speakers and mobile devices, and tailor the educational environment through AI data. I think that the design of the daycare center should be changed in the direction of making the product. To this end, the CM role of information and communication supervision is needed, and it is hoped that it will become a design standard for daycare centers after COVID19 by developing research on daycare centers.

A Study on the Longitudinal Relations Between First-time Mothers' Social Support and the Home Environment for Preschoolers: The Mediation of Depression (첫 자녀 어머니의 사회적 지지와 학령전기 가정양육환경의 종단적 관계: 우울의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Chang, Young Eun
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2016
  • The current study examined the effects of early social support of first-time mothers on the home environment for their preschool-aged children via the mediation of mothers' depression. The study sample included 755 first-time mothers participating in the Panel Study on Korean Children(PSKC). Using Structural Equation Modeling(SEM), the longitudinal structure from mothers' social support when the child is one year old to the quality of the home environment when the child is 4 years old was examined. The results revealed that mothers' social support at age 1 predicted social support at age 3, which in turn predicted higher quality of the home environment for their children at age 4. The mediation of depression was also significant. Mothers' social support predicted lower levels of depression at both phases and mothers' depression was significantly associated with the quality of the home environment.

Factors Affecting Role Division between Husband and Wife and Housework and Childcare Time: Changes in the Work and Commute Times of Dual-Income Couples Engaging in Childrearing in Japan after the COVID-19 Pandemic (부부간 역할분담과 가사 및 자녀돌봄시간에 영향을 미치는 요인 -코로나19 팬데믹 이후 일본 자녀양육기 맞벌이 부부의 노동시간 및 통근시간 변화를 중심으로-)

  • Lee Sujin
    • Journal of Family Resource Management and Policy Review
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.53-65
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    • 2023
  • This study focused on Japanese families engaging in childrearing to discover changes in their daily lives, such as in the role division between husband and wife and hours spent on housework and childcare, caused by the unexpected crisis of COVID-19. An empirical analysis attempted to determine whether changes in the working environment, such as working and commuting hours, affected the role division between husband and wife, as well as housework and childcare hours spent. The data analyzed were extracted from the 2021 "3rd Survey on Changes in Lifestyle Awareness and Behavior Due to the Impact of COVID-19" conducted by the Japanese Cabinet Office. A total of 983 couples aged 20 or older, living with their spouse, having at least one child under the age of 18, and both employed were selected. The analysis results were as follows: First, the division of roles between husband and wife changed in the direction of increasing the husband's role in housework and childrearing. Second, the decrease in working and commuting hours increased the husband's role. Third, housework and childcare hours were more clearly related to changes in the working environments of husbands and wives than to changes in role division between husband and wife. In conclusion, changes in men's working and commuting hours had a greater impact on role division, as well as housework and childrearing hours in the family, than changes in women's working and commuting hours. In the future, an analysis that considers labor market factors is necessary.

A Study on Suitable Site for Day Nursery in Tae-gu (대구의 보육시설 현황과 입지선정)

  • Bae, Sook-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.25-38
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    • 1996
  • As the proportion of women's participation in economic activities is rising, the increase of husband and wife both working and nuclear families makes children up-bringing a social problem. But many families have difficulties by the shortage of day nurseries which can solve it. As we can see in the research, the most urgent problem is the extension of nurseries in quantity. In Taegu, since it became a wide-area city, there are 473 nurseries. But in the respect of distribution, only less than 10% of Dongs have more than 7 nurseries and more than 90% of Dongs have less than 7 nurseries. Consequently nurseries are extremely insufficient. Moreover 29 Dongs don't have any nurseries at all and they take 18.6% of Dongs. The second problem is the unbalanced distribution of nurseries. West and north ward which are industrial complex and swarmed with low-income families, and Tal-sung county which is recently included in the wide-area city keenly need the establishment of nurseries. Besides, Bi-san 1 Dong and Non-gong which have only $1{\sim}2$ nurseries though they have high proportion of children and women who can be pregnant are also the areas which take precedence of nursery establishment. The third problem is that government support must be increased in the areas which have many small, petty and profit-making private nurseries so that good quality teachers can make breeding activities in nice facilities and environment. In materials which are obtained by the interviews with publich servants in charge of family welfare in some ward offices. Young and unexperienced persons who aquired certificate of qualification take day-nursery permits and run nurseries only a few months. and if the profits are insufficient, they sell the nurseries for premiums to third persons who are not qualified. Then the third managers only think of profits without thought of good quality childcare. As the result, the nurseries become asylums not nurseries. That is why the conditions of nursery establishment must be restricted to suitable scale and experienced persons. The fourth problem is that the nurseries in work places are extremely insufficient. The women who have jobs have many things to do before they go to work such as preparing meals and leaving children in the care of someone. Hence the childcare problem of working women must be solved. In nuclear families, childcare is the most serious problem for working women. The fifth one is the reduction of childcare expenses. Women must sacrifice themselves a lot to make social activities. To say nothing of physical and mental burden, they have to spend much of their salaries on childcare. And yet they don't take the benefit of good quality childcare. For the participation of women in public affairs, society must support the childcare problem to have then be devoted to their jobs without worries about their children. Therefore Taegu wide-area city must select west, north ward which are industrial complex and the low-income swarmed area before everything and establish many national, public and corporate nurseries which cost less expenses.

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Job Satisfaction of Visiting Supervisors for Multicultural Families in Charge of Childcare Services: Focusing on Personal and Job Characteristics (다문화가족 자녀생활서비스 방문교육지도사의 직무만족도에 관한 연구: 개인 특성과 근무 특성 변인 중심으로)

  • Hwang, Hae Shin;Kwon, Ki Nam;Kang, Bok Jeong;Chae, Jin Young;Kim, He Ra
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.52 no.6
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    • pp.629-638
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    • 2014
  • This study was designed to investigate variables influencing the job satisfaction of visiting supervisors for multicultural families in charge of childcare services. It focused on personal characteristics including personal and job characteristics. The subjects in this study were 784 visiting supervisors for multicultural families in charge of childcare services in 140 multicultural family centers located across Korea. The job satisfaction of these visiting supervisors was measured using a self-administered questionnaire, and the collected data were analyzed using a frequency analysis, analysis of variance, and post hoc tests. The findings of this study were as follows: first, these visiting supervisors showed a relatively high level of job satisfaction. However, the job satisfaction subscales of treatment and salary were relatively low. Second, the results revealed significant differences in effects of the variables related to the personal characteristics of the visiting supervisors, such as their age, education level, and their major in college, on their total job satisfaction and subscales (job performance, treatment and salary, work ethic and aptitude). Finally, the results revealed significant differences in the effects of the variables related to the job characteristics of the visiting supervisors, such as their responsibilities, career, number of children to handle, and age of children to handle, on the total job satisfaction and subscales (treatment and salary, relationship with caregivers).

A Study on the Satisfaction and Needs of Mothers with Young Children on the Child-rearing Environment: Focusing on J Innovation City (혁신도시 거주 어머니의 육아환경에 대한 만족도 및 요구도: J시를 중심으로)

  • Chung, Ka Sook;Ryu, Su Min;Park, Ji Yeong
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.121-136
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the satisfaction and needs of mothers living in J innovation city with the child-rearing environment. A survey was conducted on 223 mothers with young children. The results are as follows: First, parents' needs on all items of economic, social and physical child-rearing environment were higher than their satisfaction on the items. Second, according to the reasons why parents are moving to J innovation city, there were significant differences between groups in their educational environment among subcategories of the economic and physical child-rearing environment. Third, according to the residential area they previously lived in, there were differences between groups in their child-rearing environment, such as the conditions of house location and educational environment among subcategories of the economic and physical child-rearing environment. The limits and implications for the administrational support for building a hopeful child-rearing environment in an innovation city were discussed.

The Effects of a Professional Learning Environment at a Day Care Center on the Professionalism of Beginning Teachers: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Their Work Task Motivation (어린이집의 교사전문성 지원환경이 초임교사의 전문성 인식에 미치는 영향: 직무수행동기의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Cho, Ayoung;Kim, Soojung
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.113-138
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    • 2019
  • Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of a teacher professional learning environment at workplace day care centers on the professionalism of beginning teachers and also to verify the mediating effects of the beginning teachers'work task motivation on that relationship. Methods: The participants were 129 new teachers currently employed at workplace day care centers. The Current Status for Professional Competence was used to measure the teachers' professionalism. The Professional Learning Environment Inventory assesses the professional learning environment of day care centers. To measure the work task motivation, the Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers was used. Results: Firstly, positive relationships were identified between a professional learning environment and their intrinsic motivation and identified motivation. However, there were also negative relationships between the professional learning environment and their introjected motivation and amotivation. Secondly, this study partially verified the mediating effects of the beginning teachers'work task motivation on the relationship between the professional learning environment and teachers' professionalism. Conclusion/Implications: The relationship between the professional learning environment and the professionalism of beginning teachers was mediated by the teachers'own intrinsic motivations, identified motivations, and amotivation.

A study on the Management strategy for the child care center (보육기관 경영전략에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Yoon
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.38-58
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to seek ways for more efficient and successful Management strategy by examining the environmental changes and risk factors of child care centers, and preparing the measures for improvement, aiming at more effective operation of childcare facilities. This study analyzed through literature and case studies how the environment has changed in child care centers and which safety accidents and cases occur in those facilities, and searched the ways for Managemeut strategy to effectively operate those facilities.

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The Effects of a Circle-based Early Childhood Science Education Program Using Physical Movement on Young Children's Scientific Inquiry Ability, Scientific Attitude, Object Manipulation Ability and Spatial Ability (신체움직임을 활용한 순환학습기반 유아과학교육 프로그램이 유아의 과학적 탐구능력, 과학적 태도, 물체조작능력 및 공간능력에 미치는 효과)

  • Chung, Gibun;Kim, Jihyun
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.139-167
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    • 2019
  • Objective: This study aims to investigate the effects of a learning cycle model-based early childhood education program using physical motion on young children's scientific inquiry ability, scientific attitude, object manipulation ability and spatial ability. Methods: The subjects of this study were 60 five-year-old children who were attending K-G City Childcare Center. The SPSS Window 21.0 program and content analysis method were used, and post-validation Tukey was conducted to examine the differences between the one-way ANOVA and the group. Results: Activities using body movement were practiced systematically based on the circle learning. Children could revise their pre-concept and concept of error by interacting with other children, teachers and the environment. Furthermore, children were attaining new knowledge while they were doing body movement activities, assessing and applying them to actual activities. Conclusion/Implications: This study is investigated a cyclic learning-based early childhood science education program using physical motion, which has significance in systematic and practical early childhood centered education for young children.