Community Support of Early Childhood Teachers and Teacher Efficacy Impact on Happiness (Focused on Gyeongsangnam -do Ulsan City)

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the social support of early childhood teachers on teacher efficacy and euphoria. The subjects of study were 260 teachers of kindergarten being located in Y Metropolitan. Each questionnaire was distributed to a number of 260 early childhood teachers to study the subject. Data analysis was analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 statistics program. The values ​were calculated Received (July 03, 2015), Review Request(July 04, 2015), Review Result(July 20, 2015) Accepted(August 06, 2015), Published(October 31, 2015) (Corresponding Author) 136-823 Dept. Education, Dongbang Culture Graduate HanKok Univ. 60, Seongbuk-ro 28-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea email: cds8703@daum.net 136-823 Dept. Education, Dongbang Culture Graduate HanKok Univ. 60, Seongbuk-ro 28-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea email: chosj715@daum.net Community support of early childhood teachers and teacher efficacy Impact on happiness (Focused on Gyeongsangnam -do Ulsan City) Copyright c 2015 HSST 330 Cronbach ⍺ to calculate the reliability of each of the tools, technologies statistics were calculated to determine the general characteristics of early childhood teachers. Empirical analysis is verified at the significance level of 5%. Firstly, social support for early childhood teachers appeared to be correlated closely with the Teacher Efficacy and happiness. Secondly, the demographic characteristics education appeared as the most influential factors in the euphoria of early childhood teachers. As a result, religion in demographic characteristics (T = 6.399 p <.01), career (t = 5.484, p <.01), and material support(t = 1.975 , p <.05), the sub-variable of social support, showed a significant influence on the general efficacy. The research on the psychological impact on the stability and happiness of the child's custody early childhood teachers are required in the future.