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A Study on the Re-employment of Career-interrupted Childcare Teachers

  • Global Creative Leader: Education & Learning
  • Abbr : GCL
  • 2019, 9(5), pp.27-57
  • DOI : 10.34226/gcl.2019.9.5.27
  • Publisher : Research Institute for Gifted & Talented Education, Soongsil University
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : December 2, 2019
  • Accepted : December 13, 2019
  • Published : December 30, 2019

Seo, Young Mi 1

1호원대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to understand the difficulties experienced in re-entry to childcare centers by career-interrupted childcare teachers. We collected data using semi-structured interviews with six career-interrupted childcare teachers who participated in the re-employment process for unemployed childcare teachers at G Women's Human Resource Development Center in Jeonbuk, Korea. The participants in this study had stopped working due to factors including marriage, childbirth, child rearing, economic, and health reasons, they were motivated to regain employment, but felt the burden of working all day at the childcare site. I was concerned about adaptability. In the results, occupational teachers vocational values ​​were positive, however, social awareness and the treatment of the teachers were negative. Teachers were satisfied with re-employment training, and felt it to be necessary, however, the methods of education showed a need for practical, and field-based training rather than theory-based lectures, as well as adjustments to the level of difficulty according to years of career experience. The most important on site factor was the personality of the teachers. The re-employment training curriculum was developed by government-run institutions, aimed at ensuring a sense of realism and professionalism, however, after the completion of training, participants still needed to gain confidence. After a career break, it is necessary for teachers to have social and other forms of support, and practical education, practical training, and field trips are needed for teachers to effectively re-enter the field. The findings of this study can contribute to the development of career education and government policy for re-entry into childcare work.

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