유치원과 어린이집 교사의 다문화 교육태도 IPA분석

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate early childhood teachers' perceptions of the importance and practice of multicultural education attitudes and to find ways to improve them.
 Methods The subjects of this study were 399 teachers working in kindergartens and daycare centers in Seoul and Gyeonggi. For the collected data, a paired-sample t-test was conducted to verify the difference in the importance and implementation of attitudes toward multicultural education according to the type of early childhood education institution, and an IPA analysis was conducted to confirm future improvements.
 Results As a result of the IPA analysis according to the type of early childhood education institution, it was found that ‘reestablishing the teacher role to meet the needs and demands of young children with various backgrounds’ is an item that kindergarten teachers should invest intensively in the multicultural teacher role area. On the other hand, in the case of daycare center teachers, ‘changing teaching methods to suit the needs of young children with diverse cultural backgrounds’ in the multicultural teacher role area and ‘making children feel proud of their own culture’ in the multicultural curriculum area are the main investment items.
 Conclusions These results suggest that efforts by early childhood education institutions and the government are required to form teachers' multicultural education attitudes that reflect the needs and demands of children from multicultural families.