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A Qualitative Inquiry about Strengths of the Child Care Center Teachers for Children with Disabilities

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2018, 19(2), pp.333-358
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2018.19.2.15
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : May 15, 2018
  • Accepted : June 28, 2018
  • Published : June 30, 2018

Paeng, Jae-Sook 1 Nam, Yun-Sug 1

1위덕대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to figure out the perception on the strengths of teachers and utilization status of teachers' strengths from the child care center teachers for children with disabilities. For this study, individual interview was conducted to 20 teachers with the semi-structured questionnaires. The subject of inquires were composed two questions: What are the strengths of the child care center teachers for children with disabilities that teachers recognize, how do they put these strengths to educational use. The results from the qualitative data are as follows. Firstly, the child care center teachers recognized their strengths and fellow teachers' strengths as teachers in capable of interaction, teachers with the professional teaching ability, teachers with the desirable personality, and teachers with the positive nature. Secondly, in the aspect of utilizing these strengths, the child care center teachers used from various methods of learning guidance, daily-life guidance, interacting with children.

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