• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.47-65
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• 2020

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between preschool teachers' creativity, teaching efficacy, and creativity-fostering teaching and examined the mediating effect of teaching efficacy. Methods: A total of 202 preschool teachers participated in this study. The Creative Behavior Inventory (CBI), Teaching Efficacy Scale, and the Creativity-Fostering Teacher Behavior Index (CFTI) were used for the survey. A hypothesized model and alternative model were tested using structural equation modeling. Collected data were analyzed using 18.0 PSAW and AMOS. Results: The results showed that preschool teachers' creativity was positively associated with their teaching efficacy and creativity fostering teaching. Preschool teacher's teaching efficacy positively related to their creativity fostering teaching. Preschool teachers' creativity had a significant positive direct effect on creativity-fostering teaching and also an indirect effect on creativity-fostering teaching via teaching efficacy. Conclusion/Implications: Implications to foster creativity in preschool and kindergarten are discussed, highlighting the necessity for teacher education to promote teaching efficacy as well as teacher's creativity and creativity-related activities.

• Human Ecology Research
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.419-431
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• 2017

This study examined the effects of children's shyness and relationships with their teacher in regards to social withdrawal. Two questionnaires were conducted with mothers and teachers of 242 three to five-year-olds attending a childcare center in Sejong city. SPSS 18.0 was used to implement descriptive analyses and hierarchical regression analyses. The results indicated that main effects of lack of sociability and assertiveness as well as interaction effects between lack of assertiveness and intimate relationship on social withdraw were found when the childteacher relationship was intimate. The results suggested that intimate child-teacher relationships adjusted to lack of assertiveness in the child. Meanwhile, interaction effects between lack of sociability and lack of assertiveness and between self-consciousness and child-teacher conflictual relationship were found in child-teacher conflictual relationships. The results indicated that the influence on alleviating social withdrawal behavior of children with a high level of shyness was limited despite establishing a close relationship with a teacher. However, the social withdrawal behavior of children became more intense if they were in a conflict relationship with a teacher; this tendency was also shown more significantly in shier children. This suggests that children's unamicable relationship with a teacher may function as a risk factor to cause social withdrawal behavior. Therefore, it is important that a teacher has the capability to understand the individual characteristics of children, particularly shyness, and encourage their sociability of children through positive relationships.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.135-146
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between young children's play characteristics, interactive peer play and Preschool children's behavior. The subjects of this consisted of 235 3- to 5-year-old children resident in Gyeonggi Province. Collected data were analyzed with SPSS statistical software. The results of this study were as follows : First, there was a significant relationship between play characteristics, interactive peer play and Preschool children's behavior. Second, in terms of the degree of play characteristics in evidence, interactive peer play appears to be a reliable predictor of young children's behavior.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.59-73
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• 2022

Objective: The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of early childhood teacher's constructivist educational beliefs and teaching efficacy on creative teaching behavior. Methods: The subjects of this study were 262 early childhood teachers working in daycare centers and kindergartens all over the country. A questionnaire was administered which assessed early childhood teacher's constructivist educational beliefs, teaching efficacy, and creative teaching behavior. SPSS 28.0 was used for data analysis. Results: First, the constructivist educational beliefs of early childhood teachers had a positive effect on teaching efficacy. Second, it was found that early childhood teachers' constructivist educational beliefs and teaching efficacy had a positive effect on creative teaching behavior, and at the same time, early childhood teachers' constructivist educational beliefs were partially mediated by teaching efficacy. Conclusion/Implications: This study revealed the mediating effects of teaching efficacy in constructivist educational beliefs and creative teaching behavior relationships. Therefore, in order to promote creative teaching behavior of early childhood teachers, efforts should be made to increase teaching efficacy based on constructivist educational beliefs.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.91-112
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to analysis children's engagement behavior and teachers' linguistic behavior by type of group activity in kindergarten. The subjects were 45 children and 2 teachers of 5 years' class in 2 kindergarten. The data were collected by 16 times observation in general classrooms for 4 weeks to explore the children's engagement behavior and teachers' linguistic behavior. The results of this study are as follows: Firstly, the large group and structural activity from initiated teacher's plan. Secondly, children's watching and listening behavior was most frequently shown in academic large group activity. And children's active engagement behavior was most frequently shown in free play of peer group. Finally teachers explained and directed frequently in academic large group activity. And teacher praise and permission was frequently shown in free play of small group teacher-child interaction. Consequently, it is important to recognize the relationships between the activity type and children's engagement behavior in organized daily program for early child education.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.115-122
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• 2009

This study investigated the mediating and moderating effects of teacher preference on the relationship between behavior problems and peer victimization. The subjects were 520 children in the fifth and sixth grades. Children completed peer nominations that assessed peer victimization. Teachers rated children's internalizing, externalizing problems and teacher preference. The full mediating effect of teacher preference was found in externalizing problems and the partial mediating effect was found in internalizing problems. Moreover, the moderating effect of teacher preference was found only in internalizing problems, which suggests that high teacher preference protects internalizing problems from peer victimization.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.169-180
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• 2020

This study examined the relationship between calling, organizational commitment, and innovation behavior among 302 current teachers. The main results are as follows. First, calling had a positive effect on the organizational commitment. Second, calling did not significantly affect innovation behavior. Third, Organizational commitment had a statistically significant positive effect on innovation behavior. The result of the study suggests that in order to enhance the teacher's innovation behavior, it is necessary to clarify the calling of the teacher's own work and make him/her feel so that it can lead to the desire and willingness to actively realize the organization's goals and values.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.12 no.2 s.27
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• pp.159-167
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• 1988

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Self-concept, Personal variables and Clothing selection behavior. Self-concept was measured with Choi Jung Hun's 'Perceptual Orientation Scale' and Clothing selection behavior scale was prepared for this study. The questionnaire were completed by 389 women in Taegu. Statistical analysis was performed using F-test, Scheffe's test. The results were as follows; 1. There was significant relationship between Self-concept and Clothing selection behavior. (individuality, conformity, economy, modesty). 2. There was significant difference in clothing selection behavior variables according to age. 3. There was significant difference in individuality and economy according to marital status. 4. There was significant difference in individuality, economy and modesty according to education level. 5. There was significant difference in clothing selection behavior variables according to monthly clothing expenses.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.72-86
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• 1990

The purpose of this study was to investigate possible differences in the behavior problems of peer-rejected and peer-neglected children in relation to parent and teacher perspectives. The subjects in this study were 239 children and their parents(fathers:37, mothers: 155. father+mother pairs:47) and 10 teachers in the fifth grade of a public elementary school located in Seoul. The sociometric assessment mothods were positive and negative peer nominations. On the basis of this sociometric assessment. children were assigned to one of 4 categories in degree of popularity:65 popular, 53 average. 62 rejected. and 59 neglected children. Parents and teachers rated child behavior on the Achenbach and Edelbrock Child Behavior Checklist(CBCL) for parents and Teacher's Report Form(TRF) were used. The obtained data were analyzed by one-way MANOVA and Duncan Multiple Range Test. Rejected children were found to exhibit more behavior problems than neglected, popular, or average children. Neglected children, however, did not exhibit more behavior problems than chidren of average status.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.9 no.1 s.17
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• pp.13-26
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• 1991

The purpose of the study is to examine the realities of the high school students's aggressive behavior, and to analyze factors causing aggressive behavior. Subjects were 418 Humanity High School students of 2nd grades in pusan. Analysis methods were used to frequency, percentage, t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression of SPSS program. The results are as follows ; 1) Male students are more aggressive than female students. 2) The more verbal aggression is the more physical aggression. 3) Students with the experience of parent-child violence are more aggressive. 4) Students with observation of parents's violence are more aggressive. 5) Family's social economic status is not related to the aggressive behavior. 6) Male students not admitted by teacher are more aggressive in verbal and physical behavior. 7) Female students not admitted by friend are more aggressive in verbal and physical behavior. 8) Students with deliquent friends are more aggressive in verbal and physical behavior. 9) Students with Academic anxiety are more aggressive in verbal behavior. 10) the variables influential to verbal aggressive behavior are sex, a delinquent friends and academic anaxiety. These factors explain 23.5% of the total variance of verbal aggressive behavior variables. The variables influential to physical aggressive behavior are a delinquent friends, sex, experience of parent-child violence and teacher's denial attitude. These factors explain 29.6% of the total variance for physical aggressive behavior variables.