The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of daycare center teachers' interpersonal competence, emotional expressiveness, and child-care efficacy on parent-teacher partnership behaviors. For this purpose, this study sampled 300 child-care ...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of daycare center teachers' interpersonal competence, emotional expressiveness, and child-care efficacy on parent-teacher partnership behaviors. For this purpose, this study sampled 300 child-care teachers working for 38 daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. This study used a questionnaire survey to measure subjects' interpersonal competence, emotional expressiveness, child-care efficacy, and parent-teacher partnership behaviors. The data collected were processed for descriptive statistics of each variable, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients, and multiple regression analysis.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows: First, the regression model for the information sharing or the sub-factor of the parent-teacher partnership behaviors was found significant, and one of the sub-factors of the interpersonal competence, namely the interpersonal conflict handling and another variable or the child-care efficacy were found significant. Namely, the better a teacher could handle a conflict with other people, and the higher her child-care efficacy was, she tended more to share information about the younger children with their parents.
Secondly, the regression model for the pursuit of information or a sub-factor of parent-teacher partnership behaviors was found significant, and such sub-factors of the interpersonal competence as showing displeasure against others, handling of interpersonal conflicts, and child-care efficacy were found significant. Namely, the better a teacher could properly showed her displeasure against others, the better she could handle a conflict with others, and the higher her child-care efficacy was, she tended more to show an information-pursuing behaviors or a desire of being informed by parents of younger children's life at large.
Thirdly, the regression model for the sub-factors of the parent-teacher partnership behaviors was found significant, and such sub-factors of interpersonal competence as showing displeasure against others and child-care efficacy were found significant. Namely, the more properly a teacher claimed her right or showed displeasure against others, and the higher her child-care efficacy was, she tended more to establish an emotional relationship with parents.
Summing up, daycare center teachers' child-care efficacy had significant effects on all sub-factors of parent-teacher partnership behaviors, while their interpersonal competence had significant effects on some of the sub-factors, and their emotional expressiveness had no significant effects.