유아의 문제행동 지도 과정에서의 원장의 어려움 및 바람직한 역할모색

초록

The aim of this study is to examine what kind of hardship child care directors in early childhood education centers are experiencing while they teach young children with behavioral problems and to find out the more valuable director's role in educating those children. To complete this purpose, seven child care directors were interviewed at 13 times for around 4 months. The results were as follows: first, child care directors were going through difficulties because of 'the deficit of teachers' professional understanding and passive actions', 'the deficit of their own confidence and determination for practice', and 'the negative response of parents,' while they were teaching young children with behavioral problems. Second, child care directors finally recognized the director's perception of more desirable roles in amending those children's problematic behaviors in terms of 'the concern for young children', 'the conversation with teachers and being a model', 'the knowledge accumulation of principal themselves', and 'the demand for supports from the government.' This study could be helpful for child care directors in early childhood education centers to learn what is the appropriate role or responsibility which is related to mediating young children with behavioral problems.

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