A Study on the Development of Interaction Scale between Teachers and Infants for childcare Teachers

보육교사의 교사-영아 상호작용 평가 척도 개발 연구

  • Lim, Ok-Hee (Dept. of Child & Housing Environment, Chonbuk National Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Suk (Dept. of Child & Housing Environment, Chonbuk National Univ.)
  • 임옥희 (전북대학교 대학원 생활과학과) ;
  • 이진숙 (전북대학교 생활과학대학 아동주거학과)
  • Published : 2006.03.01

Abstract

Interaction Scale between Teachers and Infants for childcare Teachers(ISTI) was constructed based on the research data completed by the Bradley, Caldwell & Corwyn's IT-CC-Home and kinds of Interaction Scales with a participation Infants childcare teachers and Child Studies professor, Child Studuies doctoral course students. The results of this study were; First, the study found that the 29 items of the ISTI were categorized into four factors by 205 Infants for childcare teachers: Involvement, Variety, Responsivity, Permission. Second, these factors exhibited a high correlation interactively. Third, the ISTI showed a high correlation with teachers' performance scale. Further ISTI is a vaild and reliable scale for the measurement of Interaction Scale between Teachers and Infants for childcare Teachers.

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