유아교육기관 교사의 의사결정 참여정도와 교사 효능감이 직무만족도에 미치는 영향 = (A) study on the effects of teachers decision-making participation and teacher efficacy on the job satisfaction in early childhood education institutions

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study is to investigate the effects of teachers decision-making participation and teachers efficacy on the job satisfaction in early childhood education institutions.

Specific research objectives are 1) to examine the differences on the decision- making participation, teachers efficacy and job satisfaction according to teachers' background characteristics in the early childhood education institutions, 2) to investigate the correlation between or among the decision-making participation, teachers efficacy and job satisfaction identified in this study. 3) to examine the effects of teachers decision-making participation and teachers efficacy on the job satisfaction in early childhood education institutions.

This study used the literature and research in parallel. to test the research objects, questionnaires were devised through statistical procedures in order to measure the validity and reliability of items related to these three variables. The sampling subjects including 300 early childhood teachers located in Kangwon, Gyeonggi-do, North Jeolla Province were selected by randomly taking into consideration: region, size, types of early childhood education institutions, etc. To examine the differences between the means of validation, correlation, multiple regression analysis, processing of the SPSS / Win 18.0 Program was performed.

The major findings of this study are as follows:

First, teacher participation in decision-making, teacher efficacy and satisfaction sub-variable according to the teacher's background characteristics were difference.
The older teacher and the higher education career was the higher personal teaching efficacy. The highest job satisfaction was in the five class institutions. The older and th higher in educational level were the higher participation in decision-making. In addition, the kindergarten teachers participation in decision-making was higher than the day care center teachers. The principle majored in early childhood education was also higher than non-majored principle in the job satisfaction and decision-making participation. The number of children is responsible for many classroom teachers more decision-making participation and efficacy, job satisfaction was high. The higher the number of children and the higher training participation were high in decision-making participation. Therefore, in order to improve teachers' participation in decision - making, to promote teacher efficacy, and to increase job satisfaction of teachers, preferential measures for educated teachers and experienced teachers, methods for enhancing professionalism of principal and teachers, and plans for appropriate infant class size is needed and should be sought.
Second, among the degree of the teachers decision-making participation, teachers efficacy, and job satisfaction were largely revealed positively significant correlation. The correlation between participation in decision-making and the job satisfaction was the highest. This result should know that higher participation in decision making will increase teacher efficacy and the job satisfaction. Therefore, in order to raise the teachers' job satisfaction, to enhance opportunities for participation is necessary.

Third, it turned out that the degree of teachers decision-making participation and teachers efficacy have a significant effect on the job satisfaction. Because that teachers' job satisfaction is very important factors in infant education and the teaching behavior, thus, to improve teachers job satisfaction, early childhood education institutions as well as state and municipal․province․Regional Education Support Agency are need to make active efforts.

In conclusion, on the basis of these findings, some suggestions for early childhood education theory and practice are as follows:

First, in order to improve the quality of early childhood education, further research is needed to investigate what's the internal and external environmental factors and the contents that early childhood teachers' decision-making participation, teacher efficacy, and job satisfaction can increase.

Second, most of existing products on the degree of teacher's decision-making participation, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction have relied on questionnaire, quantitative and relationship-centered research. But, for future research, studies on the causal relationship between these variables is needed. For this, away from quantitative research methods, qualitative researches through the participant observation and in-depth interviews are need.

Third, it has been confirmed that the teacher's decision-making participation and teachers' efficacy have an effect on job satisfaction, thus, many sorts of programs that can enhance the teachers' efficacy and job satisfaction should be develop and dissemination is needed. In addition, in the field of early childhood, active efforts that supply the opportunity to participate in decision-making for early childhood education teachers are required.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 1
• 1. 연구의 필요성 및 목적 1
• 2. 연구문제 7
• 3. 연구의 제한점 8
• 4. 용어의 정의 8
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 10
• 1. 의사결정 10
• 2. 교사 효능감 19
• 3. 직무만족도 23
• 4. 선행연구의 고찰 30
• Ⅲ. 연구방법 43
• 1. 연구대상 43
• 2. 연구도구 44
• 3. 자료처리 49
• Ⅳ. 연구결과 및 해석 50
• 1. 배경변인에 따른 교사의 의사결정 참여정도와 교사 효능감, 직무만족도의 차이 50
• 2. 교사의 의사결정 참여정도와 교사 효능감, 직무만족도의 상관관계 77
• 3. 교사의 의사결정 참여정도와 교사 효능감이 직무만족도에 미치는 영향 80
• V. 논의 88
• Ⅵ. 요약 및 결론 102
• 1. 요약 102
• 2. 결론 114
• 3. 제언 116
• 참고문헌 117
• ABSTRACT 129
• 부 록 133