Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2006;44(3):61-68.
한부모가족 아동에 대한 예비유아교사들의 인식연구
The Study of Preservice Teachers' Perceptions about Children from Single Parent Families
Hyo-Jin Ahn, Youn-Jin Lim
Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Dongyang Univ., Dept. of Child Care and Education, DongSeoul College
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of preservice teachers toward children from single parent families. 218 preservice teachers (209 female and 9 male) who were enrolled in the department of early childhood education and child care & education were participated in this study. A questionnaire was developed based on the questionnaire developed by Song, Sung, & Han (2003). Data were analyzed by using SPSS 11.5. The results were followed. First, preservice teachers' personal experiences of single parent families did not influence their perception of children from single-parent family. Second, preservice teachers who strongly held the view of keeping traditional family structure showed negative expectations of children's school adjustment. Third, preservice teachers reported the importance to help the children adjustment at school as well as to deal with their personal and family problem. The results presented that there was an increasing need in teacher education, to develop curriculum for preservice teachers to have balanced views or reduce their biased perception against diverse family structure and children from single parent families.
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