경기도 지역 영아보육프로그램의 질적 수준에 대한 보육교사와 학부모의 인식 비교연구 = A Comparative Study on the Outlook of Caregivers and Parents on the Quality of Infant Daycare Programs in Kyonggi Province

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to examine how caregivers and parents perceived the quality of infant daycare programs and whether there were any differences between their opinions in light of the type of daycare center. It's meant to lay the groundwork for providing appropriate infant daycare programs that could satisfy both caregivers and parents.
The research questions were posed as below:
1. Does the type of daycare center make any differences to the outlook of caregivers on the quality of infant daycare programs?
2. Does the type of daycare center make any differences to the perception of parents about the quality of infant daycare programs?
3. Are there any differences between the opinions of caregivers and parents on the quality of infant daycare programs?
4. The instrument used in this study to assess the quality of infant daycare programs was Abbott-Shim and Sibley(1987)'s Assessment Profile for Early Childhood Programs, or APECP, which was adapted by Gang Suk-hyeon(1994) and modified by Jo In-suk(1997). 1'his instrument included 69 items in five different areas.
The subjects in this study were caregivers in char☞e of infants at about 70 daycare centers and parents who sent their children to those daycare centers.
For data handling, 1-test was conducted to see how the caregivers and parents perceived the quality of infant daycare programs.
The major findings of the study were as follows:
First, as for the perception of the caregivers in different types of daycare centers about the quality of infant daycare programs, the national and public daycare center caregivers had a higher opinion on daycare center environments, health, safety, daycare Programs, caregiver- child interaction and caregiver-parent interaction than the private daycare center caregivers did. And the gap between the two was statistically significant.
Second, regarding the view of the parents in different types of daycare centers about the quality of infant daycare programs, the parents whose children attended national and public daycare centers set a higher value on the overall quality of infant care programs than the others whose children attended private daycare centers did, and the type of daycare center made a significant difference to their views.
Third, as to differences between the opinions of the caregivers and parents on the quality of infant daycare programs, the parents viewed daycare center environments more favorably than the caregivers.
Thus, whether or not the type of daycare center made any differences to the People's way of looking at infant care Programs was investigated. The private center caregivers and parents set a lower value on the quality of infant care programs than the national and public daycare center carefivers and parents did, and the reason seemed that the taller excelled the former in environments and Programs. Another reason seemed that the national and public daycare center caregivers took more courses or got more training in infant care than the private daycare center caregivers did. Private daycare centers urgently needed to offer more chances for caregivers to receive education, and their environments should be improved as well. The government should offer more financial aid and standardized infant care programs for private daycare centers to boost their performance.