This is a study in order to offer implications to performing effective compulsory education and promoting inclusive education based on this after examining general kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on a concept of compulsory education,...
This is a study in order to offer implications to performing effective compulsory education and promoting inclusive education based on this after examining general kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on a concept of compulsory education, the compulsory education subjects, the security of compulsory education institution, and the distribution of teachers in the process of performing the compulsory early childhood special education. The following are the specific research problems in order to achieve this research objective. First, what about kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on a concept and definition of compulsory early childhood special education? Second, what about kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on compulsory education subjects of compulsory early childhood special education? Third, what about kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on compulsory education institution of compulsory early childhood special education? Fourth, what about kindergarten director's and teacher's recognition on teachers in charge of compulsory education of compulsory early childhood special education?
To solve the research problems, it selected kindergarten principals, kindergarten assistant principals, and teachers who work at private kindergartens of possessing over 70% of general kindergartens, and carried out questionnaire survey targeting kindergarten directors and teachers of 50 private kindergartens under D city. Summarizing the analytical results of questionnaire, they are as follows.
First, general kindergarten directors and teachers were well knowing mostly about a concept and definition of compulsory education. However, as for the recognition on 'what the compulsory education is expanded to be performed including the kindergarten course and the high school course' and 'what the full-scale compulsory early childhood special education is performed in 2012,' the directors or teachers, who ever took training or lecture related to special education and 'special education law pertinent to the disabled' were recognizing better than directors or teachers in opposite case.
Second, the directors or teachers, who ever took the special education or training or lecture related to 'special education law pertinent to the disabled' were better recognizing on the compulsory education subjects of being prescribed by the special education law than the directors or teachers in opposite case. As for the inspection institution of selecting compulsory education subjects, the directors or teachers, who have the educational experience of compulsory education subjects had the higher ratio of recognizing that the screening test can be carried out even by other institutions except medical institution compared to the directors or teachers in opposite case. The screening institutions of being thought to be proper except medical institution were indicated to be special education support center, education institution, and social welfare center. The qualification of screening inspectors was indicated to be in order of expert related to special education, early childhood special teacher, and therapist. As for the re-diagnosis provisions, which are omitted in the special education law of our country, most of directors and teachers recognized it to be necessary. The re-diagnosis cycle of being thought to be proper was the largest in 6 months and 1 year.
Third, as for recognition on the compulsory education institution, most of kindergarten directors and teachers were recognizing that the compulsory education institutions are short. Plans for expanding the insufficient compulsory education institutions were indicated to be in order of the application of special education institution, the utilization of early childhood education institution, and the application of itinerant education. And, as for the consideration as compulsory education at child-care center, the respondents who think it to be fair were larger by about 2.4% than the respondents who think it to be unfair. A reason for thinking it to be fair was the highest in 'security of parents' diverse options.' The next was recognized to be 'because of being lacking in number of education institutions.' A reason for thinking it to be unfair was selected the most in 'because early childhood special teachers may be not distributed to every child-care center.' The next was recognized to be because of 'confusion caused by education and child-care center management system.' The contents that will need to be prepared by the education institution for performing the compulsory education were taken a pursuit for a plan of supporting the service related to special education and the security of inclusive education environment(physical environment). Supportive plans by each of office of education and national or local-self government for this were given priority to the distribution of early childhood special teachers and the manpower-based support such as assistant manpower of special education and therapist.
Fourth, the kindergarten directors and teachers were recognizing mostly that teachers who will be in charge of compulsory education were not secured. However, the directors and teachers, who have experience of ever hearing about the special education and the training or lecture related to 'special education law pertinent to the disabled,' were recognizing that the teachers in charge of compulsory education are very short. A plan for securing the insufficient early childhood special teachers was being thought the most proper method to be what the Office of Education appoints early childhood special teachers through recruitment test and then appoints them to each of public and private kindergartens. What is thought to be most necessary out of qualities that will be equipped as a teacher in charge of compulsory education for children with disabilities was being recognized to be the understanding about learning and development in children with developmental delay, sound personality, a sense of mission and ethics on the teaching profession. Both kindergarten directors and teachers were recognizing that education and training are needed for supporting inclusive education for the special education subjects. However, the younger age led to the more feeling about necessity. Finally, the contents of training for inclusive education were being recognized to be necessary in order of the whole contents on a method of special education, the contents on characteristics of special education subjects, and the contents on the law pertinent to special education.