COVID-19 상황에서 프리랜서 유아 음악강사들이 직면한 위기의 삶과 극복과정에 대한 내러티브 탐구

Abstract

This study was conducted for the purpose of a narrative inquiry on critical life and overcoming process that the freelance early childhood music instructors confronted in the COVID-19 situation. For this, the research participants were selected as five freelance early childhood music instructors who are being active in the after-school program at a kindergarten and a child care center where are located in Seoul Metropolis and Gyeonggi Province. The researcher carried out the 5-time individual interview and the 2-time group interview with the research participants from March through October in 2020. As a result of the research, the critical life faced by the freelance early childhood music instructors in the COVID-19 situation appeared to include the following: ‘feeeling anxiety about resumption of childhood music classes during a desperate situation,’ ‘having doubt about carrying an unstable job as a freelancer music instructor.’ The crisis overcoming process was indicated to include ‘sinking into the abyss, finding me in a crisis,’ ‘the weight of life, To be connected with the supportive colleagues,’ ‘What I have to conquer in the end, Seeking a way out.’ The results of this study have a big implication in that arranged an opportunity of sympathizing with critical life encountered by freelance early childhood music instructors who struggle to get over a tough situation while striving not to give up the reward and expectation of own choice even in the face of difficulties, and of recognizing the need to prepare a social support system in order to prevent the leakage of early childhood music education professionals.