The purpose of this study was to clarify which relationship the variables in each for emotional intelligence and communication competence of early childhood teachers have with, and to verify relative influence of these variables teacher efficacy.
T...
The purpose of this study was to clarify which relationship the variables in each for emotional intelligence and communication competence of early childhood teachers have with, and to verify relative influence of these variables teacher efficacy.
The subjects were 208 teachers working in early childhood education institutions, located in Gyeonggi-do area. The data was collected by questionnaire method. Emotional intelligence of teacher used a modified Salovey and Mayer(1997) Mun Yong-rin(1999) was developed using the Korean version of emotional intelligence scale for measuring emotional intelligence in adults. The communication competence of teacher was used that Choi Il-sun, Cho Un-ju(2010) adapted, modified and supplemented communication competence scale developed by Fritz, Brown, Lunde and Banset(1999). In order to measure the efficacy of early childhood teacher questionnaire it was used to Shin Hye-young(2004) teacher efficacy scale.
The collected data for the study was analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 program. T-test, correlation analysis of pearson, hierarchical regression analysis were carried out.
The following are the conclusions that were obtained by synthesizing the findings that were discussed in this study.
First, there are differences depending on the age and experience of early childhood teachers, emotional intelligence of teachers, communication competence, teacher efficacy. Looking at the difference in the age of early childhood teachers, emotional intelligence was found to have more than 30 years higher than the teachers of teachers under 30 years of age, that emotional recognition and expression, thinking promote, utilize emotion, emotion regulation, emotional intelligence total ability showed that of the high. Communication competence was found to have more than 30 years higher than the teachers of teachers under 30 years of age, intensive, remember, communicate competence were higher in overall. Looking at the teacher efficacy, the higher the age, the efficacy of individual teachers and teacher were higher overall efficacy. Looking at the difference in the experience of teachers, experience 5 years or more teachers have the ability thinking promotion of sub-factors of emotional intelligence than 5 years higher than the teachers. The more experience a high response of the sub-factors of communication competence. The sub-factor of teacher efficacy in individual teacher efficacy, general teacher efficacy entire higher.
Second, as the result of emotional intelligence, communication competence of early childhood teacher and see what the relationship between teacher efficacy, the emotional intelligence is emotional recognition and expression, empathy, thinking promote and positive correlation indicates the teacher efficacy. Communication competence in concentration, understanding and analysis, analysis and evaluation, memory showed positive correlation with the overall individual efficacy and general efficacy of teachers and teacher efficacy.
Third. early childhood teachers of socio-demographic variables(age, marital status, educational background, work experience, type of institution), teacher efficacy at a emotional intelligence and communication competence, a relative influence as compared with the results, many teachers experience, as to the reaction well the high efficacy of individual teachers. Many teachers experience, emotion recognition and emotional expression, emotion regulation, remember of a general high teachers efficacy.
In summary the this study, this emotional intelligence and communication competence of teachers affects the early childhood teacher efficacy. In early childhood teachers should efforts to increase the understanding of emotional intelligence. Communication competence of teachers is an important aspect in judging a child's social development, language development, personality development, working to increase the emotional intelligence and communication competence of teachers and environmental improvement adequate self-developed program, training should be provided.