코로나 19 시대의 보육: 어린이집 운영 실태와 과제
Child Care in the Covid-19 Era: Operation and Tasks of Child Care Centers
- 발행
- 2021
- 소속·발행
- 충북대학교
- 출처
- 국내 KCI
- DOI
- 10.14698/jkcce.2021.17.02.001
- 원문등록
- 2021-04-30
- 원문
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개념
키워드
Covid-19 in child care programs, experiences of teachers and principals under Covid-19, infection control at child care centers, Covid-19 in child care programs, experiences of teachers and principals under Covid-19, infection control at child care centers
초록
Objective: Covid-19 is changing many aspects of child care programs. The objective of this study was to explore how the pandemic and mitigation efforts affected the experiences and practices at child care centers in the summer of 2020.
 Methods: Focus group interviews and mobile surveys were conducted with principals and teachers of child care centers in August and September 2020. Descriptive statistics including frequency distributions, means and standard deviations and mean differences were used to analyze the survey data with SPSS 22.0.
 Results: It was found that each sector of child care settings experienced different difficulties and had various needs. Young children's lack of energy, child care teachers' workload and stress, and principles’ efforts to interrupt transmission of the infectious disease based on insufficient government guideline and supports were revealed as the main experiences.
 Conclusion/Implications: The Covid-19 pandemic has had a tandem of influences on daily life at child care centers. As policy makers consider additional guidelines or supports measures to prevent the infection and spread of Covid-19 at child care centers, long-term as wel