The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs and job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children and then work out basic data for the teacher education program to...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs and job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children and then work out basic data for the teacher education program to improve the quality of teachers' interaction with young children and for the improvement strategy of educational environment.
Study subjects were 226 early childhood teachers at kindergartens and edu-care centers in Seoul.
As a study tool for teacher's belief, 36 questions were used out of 37 questions of TBS(Teacher's Beliefs Scale), developed by Charlsworth et al in 1993 and modified by Gang Sun-mi in 2000, by adjusting it to domestic circumstances. As a study tool for teacher's job satisfaction, the tool developed by Hung in 2001 and modified by Park Geun-hui in 2003, by adjusting it to domestic circumstances. As a study tool for the interaction between teachers and young children, the tool developed by Lee Jeong-suk in 2003 was used. In order to examine study subjects' demographic features, descriptive statistical analysis was carried out. In order to examine the reliability of study tools, Cronbach's α coefficient was calculated. In order to examine the difference in DAP educational beliefs, job satisfaction and the interaction between teachers and young children according to study subjects' demographic features, ANOVA was carried out. In order to examine the difference between groups, Sheffe's post hoc test was used. In order to examine the correlation and influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational belief and job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children, Pearson's correlation analysis, simple regression analysis and multiple regression analysis were used.
Study findings are as follows:
1. Early childhood teachers' demographic feature-oriented difference in early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs, job satisfaction and interaction between teachers and young children.
First, early childhood teachers' careers, academic backgrounds, qualifications and wages had significant influence upon their DAP educational beliefs, whereas their ages and work places had no significant influence upon it.
Second, early childhood teachers' work places, careers, qualifications and wages had significant influence upon their job satisfaction, whereas their ages and academic backgrounds had no significant influence upon it.
Third, early childhood teachers' careers and qualifications had significant influence upon the interaction between teachers and young children, whereas their work places, ages, academic backgrounds and wages had no significant influence upon it.
2. The influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs and job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children.
First, in order to examine the relations between early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs and the variables of interaction between teachers and young children, correlation analysis was carried out. The results showed that early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs had positive correlations with the interaction between teachers and young children.
Second, in order to examine the influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs upon the interaction between teachers and young children, simple regression analysis was carried out. The results showed that early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs had a 15.6% persuasive power for the interaction between teachers and young children
Third, in order to examine the relationship between early childhood teachers' job satisfaction and the variables of interaction between teachers and young children, correlation analysis was carried out. The results showed that there were positive correlations. And by sub-variables of job satisfaction, job characteristics, accomplishment senses and job conditions were positively correlated with the interaction respectively in order.
Fourth, in order to examine the influence of early childhood teachers' job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children, multiple regression analysis was carried out. The results showed that early childhood teachers' job satisfaction had a 39.4% persuasive power for the interaction between teachers and young children
This study seems to be meaningful in that by examining the influence of early childhood teachers' DAP educational beliefs and job satisfaction upon the interaction between teachers and young children, it presented what supports early childhood teachers needed to improve the quality of their interaction with young children.