은유 분석을 활용한 유아 교사들의 멀티미디어에 대한 인식

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to look at how early childhood teachers perceive multimedia.
 Methods To this end, this study used a metaphor analysis method known to be suitable for finding out an in-dividual's beliefs or attitudes. 273 early childhood teachers were studied, and images of early childhood teachers on multimedia were collected using a metaphor analysis questionnaire and analyzed according to the metaphor analysis procedure.The metaphor analysis questionnaire consists of metaphor expressions and metaphor rea-sons, so it is possible to grasp the overall perception of multimedia by early childhood teachers as well as the rea-son and meaning of such perception.
 Results As a result of the study, early childhood teachers recognized multimedia in four categories: ‘the im-portance of multimedia’, ‘the role of multimedia’, ‘the characteristics of multimedia’, and ‘the dangers of multi-media’. The subcategories for the four categories are as follows. The importance of multimedia was divided into ‘the needs of the times’ and ‘the necessities of the future’. The ‘role of multimedia’ was divided into ‘inducing in-terest’, ‘providing information’, and ‘educational materials’. The ‘characteristics of multimedia’ were divided into ‘convenience’, ‘newness’, ‘diversity’, and ‘double-sidedness’. The ‘risk of multimedia’ was divided into ‘addiction’ and ‘absence of interaction’.
 Conclusions The results of this study are significant in that they provided educational implications for the appro-priate selection and use of multimedia in the educational field by revealing the understanding and perception of early childhood teachers about multimedia.