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Kim, So Jung; Cho, Hyesun – Language and Education, 2017
Despite the increasing attention paid to the importance of critical literacy in North American early childhood classrooms, critical literacy has been rarely discussed in East Asian classrooms, particularly in South Korea. The present study delineates ways in which a Korean preschool teacher interacts with her young learners during literacy…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Literacy Education
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Lee, Jae Eun – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2017
The study investigated preschool teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in mathematics. The construct of PCK for teaching mathematics in preschool involves three components: (1) noticing mathematical situations in which children engage; (2) interpreting the nature of children's math activity; and (3) enhancing children's mathematical…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Jeong, Hye In; Kim, Yeolib – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study investigated kindergarten teachers' decision-making process regarding the acceptance of computer technology. We incorporated the Technology Acceptance Model framework, in addition to computer self-efficacy, subjective norm, and personal innovativeness in education technology as external variables. The data were obtained from 160…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technological Literacy, Self Efficacy, Guidelines
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Cho, Moon-Heum; Lim, Seongmi; Lee, Kyeonghwa – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Students often complain about unsatisfactory experiences resulting from disproportionate contributions to collaborative projects. To improve the experience, we applied regulation theory to design a process to document regulation on a blog and examined whether such documentation enhanced students' self-regulation and co-regulation skills while…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Electronic Publishing, Collaborative Writing
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Heo, Kay H.; Cheatham, Gregory A.; Hemmeter, Mary Louise; Noh, Jina – Journal of Early Intervention, 2014
In South Korea, there has been a rapid increase in challenging behaviors and other social-emotional difficulties at the early childhood level. Korean early childhood educators' perspectives and strategies to address young children's social-emotional competencies and challenging behaviors were investigated. Overall, results suggest that many Korean…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Young Children, Teacher Attitudes
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Seo, SoJung; Moon, HyukJun – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between pre-service and in-service teachers in terms of their levels of teaching efficacy and teaching professionalism. In addition, the patterns in predictors of teachers' teaching efficacy were compared between the two subgroups of this study. Five hundred and seventy-three…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Teacher Effectiveness, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
Trivette, Carol M.; Dunst, Carl J.; Hamby, Deborah W.; Meter, Diana – Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, 2012
Meta-analyses of the findings from 29 studies including 4,194 early childhood practitioners showed that different practitioner belief appraisals (endorsement, importance, self-efficacy) were related to the intent to use and the adoption and use of different kinds of early childhood practices (developmentally appropriate practices, curricular…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Beliefs
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Lee, Guang-Lea; Myers, Donald A.; Kim, Kyoung Jin – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2009
This article describes kindergarten teachers' professional training and their social status in Korea. It includes discussions of the historical development of Korea's kindergarten teacher training system and pedagogical methods, the unequal social status of kindergarten teachers, and the implementation of innovative pedagogical practices modeled…
Descriptors: Social Status, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
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Lee, Youngae – International Journal of Music Education, 2009
The present study aimed to investigate the current music practices and teachers' needs for teaching music in public preschools of South Korea. The data were obtained from the public preschools in South Korea, where 66.7 percent (n = 606) of the total sample (N = 908) responded. The online survey consisted of 42 questions: Likert-type scales,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Music Activities, Likert Scales
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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
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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
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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