Relationship between Professional Development and Self-development Needs of Childcare Teachers
Jun, su ran
Department of Early Childhood Education
The Graduate School of Education
Chongshin University
The purpose of this study is to analyze the diff...
Relationship between Professional Development and Self-development Needs of Childcare Teachers
Jun, su ran
Department of Early Childhood Education
The Graduate School of Education
Chongshin University
The purpose of this study is to analyze the difference between professional development and self-development needs according to individual variables of childcare teachers and to examine the relationship between professional development and self-development needs. This is to provide basic data for understanding the professional development and self-development needs of childcare teachers, which play an important role in raising the quality of day care.
The research questions to achieve the purpose of this study are as follows.
1)Is there difference in professional development depending on the individual variables of the childcare teachers(age, education, qualification path, career, type of institution, age of children to care)?
2)Is there difference in self-development needs depending on the individual variables of the childcare teachers(age, education, qualification path, career, type of institution, age of children to care)?
3)What is the correlation between professional development and self-development needs of childcare teachers?
This study was conducted from March 11 to April 5, 2019 for domestic, private, national, public daycare teachers working in Gyeonggi-do. Among the 283 questionnaires collected through Google apps and questionnaires, A total of 234 questionnaires were used in the final analysis, except for 49 cases of unfairness. To measure the professional development of childcare teachers, "Developmental level self-evaluation tool for early childhood teachers" developed by Baek Eun-Joo and Jo Bu-kyung modified by Kim Hae-hyun (2017) was used. In order to examine the self-development needs of the childcare teachers, the self-development needs scale developed by Kim Seong-hee (2003) that utilizing the previous research data of Lee, Yoon-sik (2002) was revised.
The collected data were statistically analyzed using the SPSS 23.0 statistical program. The frequency and percentages were calculated to identify the general characteristics of the childcare teachers. In addition, Cronbach's α coefficient was calculated to examine the reliability and validity of the scale, and One-way ANOVA was used to calculate mean and standard deviation to see if there was a difference in self-development needs and the professional development of the childcare teachers according to the individual variables(variables: age, education, qualification path, career, type of institution, age of children to care). In addition, post - test (Scheffe, Dunnet T3) was conducted to identify group differences. Finally, Pearson correlation was used to examine the relationship between professional development and self-development needs of childcare teachers.
The results of this study are summarized as follows.
First, as a result of examining the difference between professionalism and self-development needs according to individual variables of childcare teachers, it was found that there was a significant difference in the development of professionalism according to educational background and career, type of work organization, and age of children in charge. In addition, in the self-development needs, there was a significant difference in educational background, career, type of work organization, age of the children in charge. There was a significant difference in the individual area as a sub-factor according to the age of the childcare teacher, and there was a significant difference in organizational area as a sub-factor according to the acquisition path of qualification. This can be seen as a result of the lack of additional education or expertise system for childcare teachers with low age, low work experience and low educational background. Therefore, it is necessary to establish an educational system that can provide enough professional education for childcare teachers who are not highly educated at graduate schools and have a short career, and provide supplementary allowances and incentives to childcare teachers who develop their own professionalism by utilizing them. It is necessary to make efforts to improve the quality.
Second, the professionalism and self-development needs of childcare teachers working at work daycare centers and national and public daycare centers were relatively high. This means that the child care teachers with professional skills and self-development needs are concentrated in certain types of institutions, and the treatment of other institutions such as domestic day care centers is relatively poor and the working conditions are unstable. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the working environment, characteristics and differences of each institution, and to suggests plans to improve the quality of childcare teachers by improving the poor conditions of childcare institutions such as domestic daycare centers.
Third, there was a difference in professional development and self-development needs according to the age of children to care among the childcare teachers, and 5-year-old children care teachers were relatively higher than the the age of 3 or below children care teachers. Therefore, it is necessary to revitalize the professional education for these age groups so as to increase the expertise related to the instruction of infants and toddlers at each age, and the need for support for self-development needs through teacher education.
Fourth, as a result of examining the relationship between professional development and self-development needs of childcare teachers, all of them showed a positive correlation. However, childcare teachers who recognized professional development highly showed that higher needs on expertise and organisational sub-factors than individual sub-factor among the development needs. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a system for professional education for expertise and a system for professional development that can develop organizational domain.
in order to enhance the professionalism and self-development needs of childcare teachers, it is necessary to provide differentiated teacher education considering the career of the teacher and the age of the child in charge. In addition, various efforts such as working conditions and improvement of treatment and institutional support should be provided. Through this, efforts should be made to make teachers recognize themselves as professionals and to make each teacher interested in self – development. Providing opportunities for external and internal self-development and enabling them to be used and applied in day care centers will enhance the quality of day care for children and to help improve the day care environment.