유아교사의 전문성인식과 정서표현성이 교사 자신의 인성에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between early childhood teachers' recognition of professionalism, emotional expression, and personality. Also to verify the effect of early childhood teachers' professionalism and emotional expression on personality and the mediating effect of emotional expression.
 Methods 390 early childhood teachers working in D Metropolitan City were selected and 355 copies of questionnaires were used (excluding 15 out of 370 insincere ones collected) from November 21, 2022 to December 15, 2022. The Sobel test was conducted for frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, and mediation effect verification using the SPSS 23.0 program.
 Results As a result of this study, first, it was found that early childhood teachers' professionalism and emotional expression had a significantly positive effect on personality. Second, early childhood teachers' emotional expressiveness was verified to have the effect of partially mediating the relationship between professionalism and personality.
 Conclusions As a result of the study, early childhood teachers should improve their personality, which prioritizes the warm attitude of humanity required by society. Thus, early childhood teachers must have professional recognition as a professional who receives social status and economic compensation by raising the level of planning, execution and evaluation of learning. In addition, communication must be made with positive emotional expression for the normal growth and development of young children. To this end, it is necessary to create a stable educational environment and to provide teacher education and skilled training through various educational support. In addition, the importance of the humane side of early childhood teachers who have cultivated good character must be recognized. Therefore, it provides many theoretical and practical implications that can help develop high quality education in the field of early childhood education.