著者

秋山 真奈美

出版者

佐野短期大学

雑誌

佐野短期大学研究紀要 (ISSN:1347488X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.22, pp.129-141, 2011

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The purpose of this study was to create scales of ability in early childhood education for studentswho aspire to be a preschool teacher. For this design, I investigated the image that in-service preschoolteachers have of an ideal competence in childcare. The subjects of inquiry were preschoolteachers who had been teaching for at least 5 years ; 145 responses were received. An analysis of thedata obtained from a multiple-answer questionnaire using quantification method type III and clusteranalysis revealed 31 items which the teachers consider important. Quantification method type III analysisshowed three interpretable coordinate axes : 1) value of behavior (importance - unimportance), 2)targets of care (simple - complex), 3) styles of care (preparation - performance). Cluster analysisrevealed the following rules that teachers follow in caring for the children : understanding the situationsof the children, respecting their independence, supporting the children's development by arrangingtheir environment, being an educational model for them, and bringing out latent abilities withinthe children through encouragement. I would use the five scales obtained from these findings todevelop college students of infant education.