초등학교 입학연령 하향화 안에 대한 초등교사의 인식 (Korean Elementary School Teachers' Notions on the Proposed Looking Downward the Elementary School Entering Age)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국영유아교원교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : 유아교육학논집 / 14권 / 1호 / 23 ~ 46페이지
· 저자명 : 조형숙, 김설한

초록

본 연구는 2009년 11월25일 미래기획위원회에서 저출산 종합대책의 일환으로 발표한 초등학교 입학연령을 만 5세로 하향화하려는 정책안의 타당성을 제고하기 위해 초등교사의 인식을 알아보고자 하였다. 전국의 초등 현직교사 931명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였고, 이 가운데 11명의 교사를 대상으로 면담을 실시하였다. 연구결과 초등교사들은 만 5세 취학안에 대해 대다수가 만 5세아의 발달적 부적합, 초등 교사의 교육능력 부족 및 환경의 부적합성을 근거로 반대 입장을 나타냈다. 또한 만 5세 취학안이 정부의 기대와 달리 저출산에 영향을 주지 못할 것이라는 의견을 제시하였다. 이에 따라 초등교사의 관점에서 초등학교 취학연령 하향화 방안은 철회되어야 하며, 선진국의 방향과 같이 유아교육체제를 더욱 공고히하고 지원을 늘여나가는 것으로 저출산에 대응하는 방향의 시사점을 제시하였다.

영어초록

Korean Government proposed looking downward the elementary school entering age from 6 to 5 in November 25, 2009. The government officials stated that the proposal of looking downward the elementary school entering age would help increase birthrate in Korea. It is necessary to review in the educational perspective if the policy of looking downward the elementary school entering age would help increase the birthrate. In this point, it is very important to know what the elementary school teachers think about the proposal. They can determine very well if 5-year-olds are capable to adapt elementary school because they have practical knowledge and experiences with young children.
To ascertain elementary school teachers' notions of the proposed looking down- ward elementary school entering age, a total of 931 elementary school teachers from nationwide were surveyed and 11 teachers were interviewed. The interviews were conducted individually.
The results of the survey indicated that most of the elementary school teachers who were surveyed in this study were against looking downward the elementary school entering age from 5 to 6. They think that the 5-year-olds are not developmentally ready. The also think that elementary teachers and schools are not prepared to teach them in good condition. The results showed that elementary school teachers had low teaching-efficacy for young children because they didn't learn how to teach young children properly and 5-year-olds were too young to learn the academics in elementary school.
The findings of this study conclude that elementary school teachers want not to change school entering age. They proposed that government should provide more quality educational opportunities for young children in the context of early childhood education. This study implies that Korean government should cancel the proposal of looking downward the school entering age and provide more financial and educational support for the early childhood education of 3 to 5 year-olds.

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