• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.247-259
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• 2005

The present study researched Sternberg's(1997) definition of Thinking Style as interactive and reciprocal mental self-government and explored its relationship to creativity in preservice kindergarten teachers. The Thinking Style Inventory(Yoon, 1998) and the Creativity Test(You, 1996) were administered to 210 subjects. Data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 10.0 program. Thinking style profiles of preservice kindergarten teachers were confirmed by a trilateral correlation among legislative, executive, and judicial functions and a positive correlation among monarchic, hierarchic, oligarchic, and anarchic forms. There was a negative bilateral correlation between liberal and conservative tendencies. All sub areas of thinking styles were related to the creativity of preservice kindergarten teachers.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.55-69
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• 2006

This study investigated relationship between preservice kindergarten teachers' cognitive strategies and self-determination motivation types. Cognitive strategies were measured by 3 variables surface, deep, and metacognitive strategies; motivation for self-determination was measured by 7 variables; intrinsic motivation(IM) to know, IM to accomplish, IM to experience stimulation, external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation, and amotivation. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire(Pintirch & DeGroot, 1990) and the Academic Motivation Scale(Vallerand et al., 1992, 1993) were administered to 82 subjects. Data were analyzed by Pearson's correlation, multiple regression analysis, and canonical correlation analysis. Finding were a positive correlation between IM to know and IM to accomplish. IM to accomplish positively predicted surface, deep, and metacognitive strategies, and identified regulation positively predicted deep cognitive strategy. Amotivation negatively predicted deep and metacognitive strategies.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.217-223
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictability of variables among technology easy to use, perceived usefulness, and technostress that had impacts on kindergarten preservice teachers' technology intention to use. For this study, the survey data collected by 64 students who were enrolled in the kindergarten preservice teacher education were analysed by using multiple regression analysis. The results of this study showed as follows. First, technology easy to use significantly affected perceived usefulness. Second, technology easy to use negatively affected technostress. Third, perceived usefulness significantly affected technology intention to use while technostress negatively affected it. From this results, it is revealed that various technology training opportunities would be provided for improving preservice teachers' technology intention to use and lessing preservice teachers' technostress. Furthermore, effective teaching-learning strategies for utilizing technology as an educational media should be developed in the early childhood educational environment.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.571-581
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine teacher's perception, practices about the multicultural education. The subjects were 382 kindergarten teachers in G province. Kim A Young(1996)'s questionnaire which is modified and improved after preliminary research was used to measure teacher's perception and practices about the multicultural education. The data were analyzed by the descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe test. The results of this study were as follows. First, Kindergarten teacher's perception about multicultural education were significantly different by teacher's teaching careers, teacher's kindergarten types, children's age, learning experience in preservice curriculum. Second, Kindergarten teacher's practices about multicultural education were significantly different by teacher's teaching careers and kindergarten types.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.471-485
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• 2010

This qualitative study explores how volunteering to help in early childhood education is conceptualized from the perspectives of three parties involved; university students, university professors, and principals as well as teachers, and children‘s mothers from a local daycare center and a kindergarten. Data was collected through journals, interviews, and several other artifacts, such as student portfolios, and letters from mothers. Findings were as follows: firstly, preservice early childhood teachers defined voluntary activity in early childhood education as a service that requires motivation and responsibility, and as an activity that helps to establish their identities as teachers. Secondly, university professors constructed the system for service learning activities and helped preservice early childhood teachers’ change the view from volunteering activity to volunteering learning. Thirdly, the local community referred to these activities in terms of the partnerships made for children‘s education and the possibility of cooperative childcare. The findings of this study describe the perspectives of parties involved and may be helpful in planning and executing specialized volunteer projects as well as in understanding volunteer behavior.