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The Effects of Pre-service Early Childhood Teachers' Teaching Ethics and Empathy on Awareness of Children's Rights

예비유아교사의 교직윤리와 공감능력이 아동권리인식에 미치는 영향

  • 좌승화 (동의과학대학 유아교육학과) ;
  • 엄세진 (부산디지털대학교 아동보육학과)
  • Received : 2022.12.15
  • Accepted : 2023.01.09
  • Published : 2023.01.31
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Abstract

We aimed to find out how teaching ethics and empathy affect the perception of children's rights with 297 pre-service early childhood teachers enrolled in the Department of Early Childhood Education at universities located in Busan. Through this, the purpose of this study was to present basic data for the development of a character development program for a high-quality early childhood teacher training institution. We derived the following research results. First, as a result of examining the degree of recognition of pre-service early childhood teachers' teaching ethics, empathy, and awareness of children's rights, the average value was high in the order of teaching ethics, awareness of children's rights, and empathy. Second, there was a positive correlation between pre-service early childhood teachers' empathy ability, teaching ethics and awareness of children's rights, and empathy ability and awareness of children's rights. Third, as a result of examining the relative effects of teaching ethics and empathy of pre-service early childhood teachers on the recognition of children's rights, social ethics was found to be the strongest predictor among teaching ethics. In this study, we identified that teaching ethics and empathy are effective in various approaches to promote awareness of children's rights in pre-service early childhood teachers. And the results of this study provides the basic data for the character development of desirable teachers that pre-service early childhood teachers should have.

우리는 부산광역시에 소재한 대학교의 유아교육과에 재학 중인 예비유아교사 297명을 대상으로 교직윤리와 공감능력이 아동권리인식에 미치는 영향이 어떠한 지를 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 통해 질 높은 유아교사 양성기관의 인성 함양 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초자료를 제시하는데 연구 목적이 있다. 우리는 다음과 같은 연구결과를 도출하였다. 첫째, 예비유아교사의 교직윤리와 공감능력 및 아동권리인식의 인식 정도를 살펴본 결과 교직윤리, 아동권리인식, 공감능력 순으로 평균값이 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 예비유아교사의 공감능력, 교직윤리와 아동권리인식, 공감능력과 아동권리인식 간에는 정적인 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 예비유아교사의 교직윤리와 공감능력이 아동권리인식에 미치는 상대적 영향을 살펴본 결과 교직윤리 중 사회윤리가 가장 강력한 예측변인으로 나타났다. 우리는 본 연구에서 예비유아교사의 아동권리인식 증진을 위한 다양한 접근방법에서 교직윤리와 공감능력이 효과적임을 규명하였다. 그리고 우리의 연구는 예비유아교사가 지녀야 할 바람직한 교사의 인성 함양을 위한 교육적 기초자료를 제공했다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

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