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Subcontracted Mothering: A Discourse on Professionalism in Childcare in South Korea
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Lim, Minjung; Kim, Jinhee; Lee, Kyunghwa – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The provision of childcare has been prioritized by the South Korean government as a primary means of decelerating the dropping fertility rate and boosting women's employment by reducing the childrearing burden. Drawing on a Bakhtinian perspective, this study examined how discourses on professionalism and the professional identities of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Professional Identity, Child Caregivers
Comparing Beliefs about Appropriate Practice among Early Childhood Education and Care Professionals from the U.S., China, Taiwan, Korea and Turkey
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McMullen, Mary; Elicker, James; Wang, Jianhong; Erdiller, Zeynep; Lee, Sun-Mi; Lin, Chia-Hui; Sun, Ping-Yun – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine what, if anything, caregivers and teachers of 3- to 5-year-old children from the U.S. (n = 412), China (n = 244), Taiwan (n = 222), Korea (n = 574), and Turkey (n = 214), had in common in terms of self-reported beliefs and self-reported practices related to the National Association for the Education of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teaching Methods
Toward An Integrative "Educare" System: An Investigation of Teachers' Understanding and Uses of Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children in Korea
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Kim, Juhu; Kim, Sun-Young; Maslak, Mary Ann – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate how early childhood teachers in Korea understand developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) and follow DAP's instructional guidelines. In order to obtain insights for developing "educare," an integrated system for the education and care of young children in Korea, a comparison of early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten, Young Children
Korean Teachers' Beliefs and Teaching Practices in Korean Early Childhood Education.
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Shim, Sook-Young; Herwig, Joan E. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Examined beliefs and practices of Korean early childhood teachers. Found that public kindergarten teachers had more academic preparation and teaching experience and reported implementing more appropriate and fewer inappropriate teaching practices than other teachers. Child caregivers used more inappropriate teaching strategies than public or…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education