The purpose of this study is to recognize multi-age classroom management and teachers' recognition of an educational effect, and to closely examine the difference between teachers of multi-age classroom and single-age classroom about educational effec...
The purpose of this study is to recognize multi-age classroom management and teachers' recognition of an educational effect, and to closely examine the difference between teachers of multi-age classroom and single-age classroom about educational effect and job stress.
Following subjects are established for such study purpose.
1. What is the teacher's recognition about multi-age classroom management?
2. Is there any difference in recognition between multi-age classroom teacher and single-age classroom teacher on educational effect of multi-age class?
3. Is there any difference between single-age classroom teacher and multi-age classroom teacher in their job stress?
The targets of this study are teachers who are in charge of infants age of 3 to 5, multi or single aged class. So, 400 copies of a questionnaire about teacher's recognition on multi-age class and job stress were distributed 200 children's houses located in Busan. Among 400 copies, I reclaimed 327 copies but made use of 317 copies for the research.
Collected questionnaires are analyzed by SPSS 12.0 programs via standardization and encoding process. The result is like this; First, produce frequency and percentage of multi-age classroom management and teachers' recognition about educational effect. Second, execute t test to verify difference between teachers' recognition about educational effect of multi-age classroom, and the difference in teacher job stress multi-age classroom and single age classroom.
The following are the summary of this study's result.
First, according to the analysis of teacher's recognition about multi-age classroom management, most people think multi-age classroom is necessary because of the 'Educational effect', but isn't necessary because of difficult preparation recognized based on difference of development level. Teachers recognize that work activity and storytelling is the hardest part of the class operation, and taking a rest and a nap is the hardest habit making in everyday life. They recognize small group activity is the most effective professor strategy, and downsizing the class and teacher's expert knowledge and experience are mostly needed in operating a multi-age classroom.
Second, according to the analysis of recognition of teachers who are in charge of multi-age and single-age classroom on educational effect of multi-age classroom, there was statistically meaningful difference in negative effect on older infant and positive, negative effect on younger infant. It appeared as that teachers who are in charge of multi-age class recognized more positively about educational effect of multi-age class than the teachers in charge of single-age class, and on the contrary negative effect is less.
Third, according to the analysis of job stress between multi-age classroom and single-age classroom teachers, job stress about teachers' homeroom class (multi-age class, single age class) appeared high to multi-aged class teachers on the whole. Also, everybody were shown meaningful difference in activity, business connection, students' parents relationship that are job stress's low rank factor.
Through this study, multi-age class teachers think that the educational effect of multi-age class is higher than the other one, but their job stress is higher as well. Based on these result, I suggest we need administrative support and investment that can develop teacher's expert knowledge and experience such as suitable teaching material, teaching tool expansion and instructional method and tips for teaching plan and workshop for small group activity by age etc.