The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of infant`s temperament perceived by teachers and teacher`s self-efficacy on the interaction between teachers and infants. Seventy eight infants. aged from 12 months to 30months, and their teachers...
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of infant`s temperament perceived by teachers and teacher`s self-efficacy on the interaction between teachers and infants. Seventy eight infants. aged from 12 months to 30months, and their teachers participated in this study. Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire(RITQ) was used to evaluate infant`s temperament perceived by Teachers, and the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument(STEBI) was used to evaluate teacher`s Self-Efficacy. A scale for Interaction between Teacher and Early Children among the early childhood program was used to evaluate interaction between teachers and infants. The results of this study were as follows. First, the infant`s rhythmicity and persistence, and threshold affected the teacher`s self-efficacy. Second, there was a significant negative relationship between the rhythrnicity and teacher`s linguistic modeling. Finally, in terms of the effect of the individual teacher`s self-efficacy, interaction between teachers and infants showed the different affects according to the Leather`s self-efficacy.