Abstract
Objectives The purposes of this study is to investigate the impact of early childhood teachers' teaching passion and grit on teaching efficacy, and to examine the partial mediating effect of grit in the relationship between teach-ing passion and teaching efficacy.
 Methods For this purpose, we analyzed the data collected after distributing questionnaires on the teaching pas-sion, teaching efficacy, and grit of early childhood teachers to 207 kindergarten teachers located in G City and J Province. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation analysis and mediation re-gression analysis methods.
 Results First, it was found that there was a significant positive correlation between early childhood teachers' teaching passion, grit, and teaching efficacy. Early childhood teachers' passion for teaching was found to have a significant positive influence on grit and teaching efficacy, and grit was found to have a significant positive influ-ence on teaching efficacy. Second, teacher grit was found to have a partial mediating effect in the relationship be-tween teaching passion and teaching efficacy.
 Conclusions This study presented the need to design various support and teacher training programs to improve early childhood teachers' teaching efficacy and passion for teaching, considering grit as a major factor that can make early childhood teachers' jobs more meaningful. There is significance in the research.
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