This study is a critical analysis of the night care which is of part of the early childhood curriculum as a caring. From the voices of the chiefs and the teachers of the night care center, the questions of below mentioning was analyzed and discussed. ...
This study is a critical analysis of the night care which is of part of the early childhood curriculum as a caring. From the voices of the chiefs and the teachers of the night care center, the questions of below mentioning was analyzed and discussed. In which context do they carry out the night care or reserve it? Who have the power actually in that context? Or aren't there any voices ignored? The conclusion of this study is as follows: 1) Those who provide money can decide whether the night care will be caried out or not. It is applied to the economic principle. 2) The discussion about the night care is essentially related with the social and family members' context. 3) The systematic method to expand the professionality of the teachers must be carried out. 4) The researches in the influence of the night care to the young children's emotional and cognitive specifics must be carried out. 5) The researches in the standard of the night care program must be carried out. 6) The spaces for the day care and the night care must be separated and equipped with different facilities from each other: Then it can relief the problems occurring when children are carried in the same place for a very long time.