This research examines overall aspect of the resilience, which early childhood special education teacher has. It figures out whether the teacher's resilience changes according to early childhood special education teacher's personal variables and facil...
This research examines overall aspect of the resilience, which early childhood special education teacher has. It figures out whether the teacher's resilience changes according to early childhood special education teacher's personal variables and facilities variables. The purpose of this study is to provide a foundation for improvements of early childhood special education teacher’s resilience.
The results of this study are as follows:
First, the resilience factor, which had highest score, was optimism, reaching out, self-efficacy in the order maned. However, the nine subordinate factors of optimism include ‘thank’, which is highest in the factors, and ‘life satisfaction’, which is lowest. It shows that teacher’s satisfaction in the real education field does not accord with early childhood special education teacher’s professional identity.
Second, resilience according to early childhood special education teacher's personal variables shows that the older teacher was the higher communication and the lower empathy. The married teacher had higher emotion regulation, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction. early childhood special education teacher’s leisure activities appeared to improve resilience such as optimism and interpersonal relationship abilities.
Thirdly, resilience according to facilities variables shows that the teacher working in the special education school had higher emotion regulation, impulse control than those in the special education class; however, the teacher who manages special education class in the public school had higher interpersonal relationship abilities. Resilience is highly maintained when the teacher has 2 or 3 assistants.