코로나19 팬데믹 상황에서 유아교육기관의 전문성 지원환경이교사의 스트레스와 교사협력을 통해 디지털 리터러시에 미치는 영향

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the extent to which organizational support influenced teachers’ digital literacy through teachers’ interpersonal stress and collaboration among teachers for online teaching in preschools during Covid-19 pandemic. Teacher’s digital literacy is an essential competence of teacher’s readiness for virtual educational paradigm in the future. This study aimed to highlight how to promote teachers’ digital literacy especially focused on collaborative and supportive organizational culture. In this study, a sample of 222 preschool teachers participated and self-reported through online questionnaires on organizational support, their interpersonal stresses, collaboration among teachers for on-line teaching and their digital literacy. Data were analyzed using SEM in Mplus 8.1. Overall, higher levels of organizational supports predicted higher levels of teachers’ digital literacy through higher levels of collaboration for online teaching. Additionally, higher levels of organizational supports predicted teachers higher levels of teachers’ digital literacy through lower levels of teachers’ interpersonal stresses and higher levels of collaboration among teachers for online teaching. The results suggest that efforts to build successful partnership among teachers under organizational supports can be promising target in continuing educational policies to enhance teachers’ readiness in future virtual educational environment.