This study investigated the effect of meta-cognition of early childhood teachers on convergent-intergrated reconstruction capabilities and instructional commitment. The specific research questions are as follows.
1. What is the general tendency of ear...
This study investigated the effect of meta-cognition of early childhood teachers on convergent-intergrated reconstruction capabilities and instructional commitment. The specific research questions are as follows.
1. What is the general tendency of early childhood teachers’ metacognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities, and teaching commitment?
2. What is the difference in metacognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities, and teaching commitment according to the general background of early childhood teachers?
3. What is the correlation between meta-cognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities and teaching commitment of infant teachers?
4. What is the effece of early childhood teachers’ metacognition on convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities?
5. What is the effect of meta-cognition of early childhood teachers on teaching commitment?
The subject of this study are 313 infant teachers currently working in daycare centers and kindergartens. The survey of them was conducted through an online survey for four weeks from Aprl 4, 2022 to April 29,
2002. The research tools are as follows. The meta-cognitive test of early childhood teachers was conducted by Kim Jae-hoon(2018) to measure the meta-cognitive of male and female office workers in their 20s and 50s. Lee Ji-hyun(2021)’s competency evaluation research tool, which was measured by using the Korea-Collegate Core Competency Assessment for childcare institutions, was used. Instructional immersion was adapted by the ‘Flow State Scale. FS-2* developed by Jackson and Eklnd(2004) to suit early chilhood teachers. The modified inspection tool was used. The collected data analysis used the SPSS 26.0 statistical program. In order to examine the difference in the level of fusion and integrated reconstruction of early chilhood teachers, the
t-test and one-way AVOVA were conducted, and pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to determine the correlation between variables. The effect of early childgood teachers’ metacognition on
convergent-integrated reconstruction capabilities and instructional commitment was identified by performing multiple regression analysis.
The results of the study are as follows.
First, the general tendency of early childhood teachers’metacognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities, and teaching commitment was examined, and there was no signficant difference in the average value of sub-factors by item.
Second, as we looked at the differences in metacognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities, and teaching commitment according to the general background of early childhood teachers, there
were differences between sub-variables.
Third, the correlation between meta-cognition, convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities, and instructional commitment of early childhood reachers was examinde, and a signficant positive correlations was found.
Fourth, it was found that among the meta- cognitive factors of early childhood reachers, check-evaluation, and self-regulation had a positive effect on the convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities.
Fifth, it was found that planning, inspction, evaluation, and self-regulation, which are the overall factors of meta-cognition of early childhood teachers, all had a positive effect on instructional commitment.
Through the above research results, it can be concluded that meta-cognition of early childhood teachers has a signficant effect on convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities and instructional commitment.
In the follow-up study, it is expected that research on the development of programs linkiln the metacognition of early childhood reachers and the convergent and integrated reconstruction capabilities required by the future society will be actively conducted.