COVID-19 영향에 대한 국공립어린이집 원장의 인식 연구

Abstract

Objectives In this study, analyzes specifically the impact of the pandemic situation on public childcare centers by investigating the perception of the daycare center director on the COVID-19 impact and seeks ways to efficiently cope with similar situations in the future.
 Methods To this end, a focus group interview was conducted on 10 heads of daycare centers in S-gu, Seoul. Interview recordings and ledger recordings were analyzed by researchers through triangular studies.
 Results The first result of analyzing the perception of the daycare center director on the COVID-19 impact was that the role and job of the existing daycare center director in charge of the daycare center due to the influence of COVID-19 needed to cope with unexpected situations. Second, COVID-19 caused various difficulties to the head of the daycare center, such as exposure to infectious diseases, changes in response guidelines, lack of education on play-oriented, and difficulty in non-face-to-face communication. Third, the necessity of a systematic manual was suggested as a way to cope with the resurgence of COVID-19 or a new kind of pandemic in the future.
 Conclusions This study indicates that COVID - 19 was mostly caused negative changes in the childcare environment of daycare centers, but also caused positive changes at the same time. It was proposed as a follow-up study that a comprehensive study should be conducted by expanding the comparison of infant development according to the socioeconomic status of regions and parents.