1. Purpose
The purpose of the study was to identify the factors hampering thedevelopment of educare teachers in the individual circumstances and organizational circumstances of Korea.
To achieve the above purpose, tile following research questions w...
1. Purpose
The purpose of the study was to identify the factors hampering thedevelopment of educare teachers in the individual circumstances and organizational circumstances of Korea.
To achieve the above purpose, tile following research questions were formulated.
1. What are factors hampering the development of educare teachers?
1-1. What are factors hampering the development of educare teachers in the individual circumstances?
1-2. What are factors hampering tile development of educare teachers in the organizational circumstances?
2. Are there any differences in factors hampering tile development of educare teachers by teachers' career?
2-1. Are there any differences in factors hampering tile development of educare teachers in the individual circumstances by teachers' career?
2-2. Are there any differences in factors hampering the development of educare teachers in the organizational circumstances by teachers' career?
Ⅱ. Method
The subjects in this study were 194 educare teachers from 31 educare canters randomly selected among 63 educare centers in Incheon. The questionaries of this study was consisted of 2 parts(46 items); the individual circumstances and the organizational circumstances.
The individual circumstances are divided into 20 items in each five areas like family background, critical events, previous experiences, interest other than one's job and individual disposition, while the organizational circumstances of the questionaries are split into 26 items in each of five areas such as educare center regulations, the form of educare center management style, working condition, human relationship and social trust & support. The date were analyzed by the method of one-way ANOVA. And the significant level is a=.05.
Ⅲ. Result
First, Individual circumstances cannot have great influence on the development of educare teachers. Physical factors of educare teachers, however, have negative influence on the development of educare teachers. As educare teachers have physical labors more than elementary, middle and high school teachers, it might be regarded as organizational circumstances instead of individual circumstances.
Secondly, organizational circumstances of developing educare teachers generally have negative influence on educare teachers. It results from the poor organizational circumstances of educare teachers. The government should promote the policies of education and the teaching staff better than now.
Thirdly, there are no areas to make difference by career and by area in individual and organizational circumstances for the development of educare teachers.
Fourthly, in the case of individual circumstances, the marriage of the teachers has more negative influences on tile development of educare teachers by length of career. And also the growth in poor and broken home of the childhood has more negative influences on the development of educare teachers.
Fifthly, in case of organizational circumstances, as the career of teachers are longer, the limitation of promotion, the risk of conflict between juniors and seniors, and conflict between co-workers than other jobs are more negative.