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The Perception and Practice of Parents and Child care staff on the Early Childhood Rights

  • Global Creative Leader: Education & Learning
  • Abbr : GCL
  • 2019, 9(2), pp.117-135
  • DOI : 10.34226/gcl.2019.9.2.117
  • Publisher : Research Institute for Gifted & Talented Education, Soongsil University
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : June 13, 2019
  • Accepted : June 22, 2019
  • Published : June 27, 2019

Seo, Young Mi 1

1호원대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to establish the direction of the childcare environment based on the future education and the early childhood rights by studying the perception and practice of parents and child care staff about early childhood rights. The subjects of this study were a total of 248 parents of infants and toddlers using support center for childcare in Jeonbuk, and 262 teachers and directors working in the same day care center. Corresponding sample t-tests were conducted to verify the difference between the importance and practice of early childhood rights. The findings showed that all parents and childcare staff were aware of the importance of early childhood rights, but the level of practice was somewhat lower than the recognition of early childhood rights. This suggests that a conceptual understanding of early childhood rights for implementing early childhood rights and a new understanding based on developmental features must be made and a concrete implementation plan must be presented. In addition, since the degree of recognition and implementation is different, it is necessary to provide an institutional device capable of monitoring the degree of implementation of early childhood rights. Ultimately, parents and childcare staff should offer infants opportunities to respect them as unique entities and to deepen and promote their own autonomous decisions and understanding of their interests, hopes and best interests.

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