숲유치원에 대한 예비유아교사와 유아교사의 인식 및 요구도 (A study on the perceptions and needs of pre-service early childhood teachers and early childhood teachers on the forest kindergarten)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국열린유아교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : 열린유아교육연구 / 17권 / 5호 / 165 ~ 188페이지
· 저자명 : 황해익, 김은주, 송주은, 김미진, 유주연

초록

본 연구는 숲유치원에 대한 예비유아교사와 유아교사의 인식 및 요구도를 알아봄으로써 숲유치원 관련 교사교육프로그램의 기초정보를 제공하고 숲유치원의 질적 개선을 도모하는 데 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 예비유아교사 200명, 유아교사 200명을 임의표집하여 선정하였고, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 숲유치원에 대한 인식을 살펴본 결과 예비유아교사의 경우 ‘조금 안다’(43.8%), ‘보통이다’(26.9%)라고 응답한 빈도가 높았던 반면, 유아교사의 경우 ‘조금 안다’(42.9%), ‘잘 안다’(36.5%)라고 응답한 빈도가 높게 나타났으며 이러한 차이는 통계적으로 유의미하였다. 숲유치원의 필요성에 대해서는 예비유아교사와 유아교사 응답자 전체가 ‘필요하다’(100.0%)라고 응답하여 숲유치원의 필요성을 매우 높게 인식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 예비유아교사와 유아교사의 숲유치원에 대한 요구도의 차이를 살펴본 결과, 숲유치원의 운영방법, 숲 방문 횟수, 일일 운영시간, 보조인력, 활동공간, 활동공간 선정요소, 시작연령, 유아 대 교사 비율, 선결요건 및 문제점에서는 유의미한 차이가 나타났으나, 숲유치원 교사 및 교사의 자질, 영아 대 교사 비율에서는 유의미한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 두 집단의 비교를 통해 앞으로 숲유치원이 활성화되고 정착되는 데 체계적인 대학교육 과정 및 숲유치원 연수과정, 관련 교사교육프로그램의 기초정보를 제공하며, 다양한 숲활동 개발방향에 대한 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다.

영어초록

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of pre-service early childhood teachers and early childhood teachers on a forest kindergarten and their needs for that in an attempt to provide some information on teacher education programs geared toward the forest kindergartens and to facilitate the qualitative improvement of forest kindergartens. The subjects in this study were 150 pre-service early childhood teachers and 150 early childhood teachers who were selected by random sampling. The findings of the study were as follows: First, as a result of investigating their awareness of a forest kindergarten, many of the pre-service early childhood teachers replied that they were a little aware of it(43.8%) and that they were aware of it to a certain extent(26.9%), whereas a lot of the early childhood teachers were a little aware of it(42.9%) and were well aware of it(36.5%). The intergroup differences were statistically significant. As for the necessity of a forest kindergarten, every respondent of the two groups(100.0%) answered it was necessary, which showed that they felt strong needs for forest kindergarten. Second, as a result of analyzing whether there would be any differences between the pre-service early childhood teachers and the early childhood teachers in needs for a forest kindergarten, there were significant intergroup differences in opinions on the operation of a forest kindergarten, the frequency of visiting a forest, daily office hours, assistant personnels, activity spaces, considerations for the selection of activity spaces, preschooler age, the ratio of preschooler to teacher, prerequisites and problems, but no significant differences were found between their opinions on forest kindergarten teachers, their qualifications and the ratio of infants to a teacher. The findings of the study that attempted to compare the two groups are expected to provide useful information on college curriculum, forest kindergarten training courses and teacher education programs that are required for the successful entrenchment of forest kindergartens, and this study is also expected to suggest some of the right directions of diverse forest activities.

참고자료

· 없음