Abstract
Objective: Teacher's professionalism means the ability to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes related to child care effectively to carry out the child care process. Depending on the professionalism of the teacher, the teacher-infant interaction may be affected and the job satisfaction may be different. The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of perceived level of infant teachers' professionalism and to investigate the effect of professionalism of infant teachers on teacher-infant interaction and teacher's job satisfaction. In addition, through this study, it is aimed to help the infant teachers themselves to measure their own abilities and qualities and to develop individual growth by recognizing the importance of infant teacher's professionalism in the daycare center. Methods: For this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 329 infant teachers who were in charge of the ages between 0 and 2 years. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS / WIN 24.0 program. First, the mean and standard deviation of the subfactors of the infant teachers were determined in order to know the level of professionalism, teacher-infant interaction, In order to investigate the relationship between the variables, we conducted a Pearson correlation analysis. Finally, Multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the effects of the teacher's professionalism on teacher-infant interaction and subfactors, and teacher job satisfaction and subfactors. Results: Teacher professionalism was found to have a positive effect on teacher-infant interaction, and caring interaction and teacher-parent-community relations were found to affect teacher-infant interaction. In addition, teacher professionalism had a positive effect on job satisfaction, and child development, curriculum, and teacher-parent-community relations were found to affect job satisfaction. Conclusion/Implications: Influence of teacher-infant interaction and teacher job satisfaction is different according to subfactors of teacher's professionalism. In particular, this suggests that it is necessary to consider ways to selectively raise the level of teacher professionalism according to the situation of infant teachers in each region.
본 연구는 영아교사의 전문성 인식이, 교사-영아 상호작용 및 교사의 직무만족도에 미치는 영향에 관해 알아보는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 만0세~만2세반 담임을 맡고 있는 보육교사 329명을 대상으로 자기기입식 설문지 조사하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영아교사의 전문성, 교사-영아 상호작용, 교사 직무만족도의 수준에서 영아교사의 전문성은 돌봄의 상호작용이 가장 높고, 교사-영아 상호작용은 행동적 상호작용, 교사 직무만족도는 직무자체의 만족도가 가장 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 영아교사의 전문성, 교사-영아 상호작용, 교사 직무만족도의 관계는 모두 정적 상관관계를 보였다. 셋째, 교사 전문성은 교사-영아 상호작용에 정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 교사 전문성의 하위요인 중 돌봄의 상호작용과 교사-부모-지역사회관계가 교사-영아 상호작용에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 교사 전문성은 직무만족도에 정적 영향을 미쳤으며 교사 전문성의 아위요인 증 영아발달과 교육과정과 교사-부모-지역사회관계가 직무만족도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.