정의(正義) 관점에서 본 문재인 정부의 어린이집과 유치원 간 격차 해소 방안

A Study on the Policy Suggestions to Solve the Disparity between Child Care Centers and Kindergartens under President Moon Jaein Government : Perspective of Educational Justice

이 연구는 문재인정부의 유아교육과 보육 정책 추진방안을 고찰하고, justice의 관점에서 어린이집과 유치원간 격차 해소 정책을 제시하기 위한 목적으로 수행하였다. 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여 교육정의의 5가지 기준으로 문재인정부의 110대 국정과제 중 ‘유아교육과 보육 정책’ 및 ‘어린이집과 유치원 간의 격차해소 방안’을 분석하여 4대 문제점을 분석하였다. 이와 같은 방법을 통해 도출한 문제점을 바탕으로 이 연구에서는 문재인정부에서 추진하여야 할 어린이집과 유치원 간의 격차 해소 방안을 다음과 같이 제시하였다. 첫째, 기존에 추진하였던 어린이집과 유치원 간 격차해소 방안을 재검토 하고, 유아교육과 보육간의 협력 정책 효과를 검증하여야 한다. 둘째, 어린이집과 유치원 간 격차가 심화된 요인을 분석하여야 한다. 셋째, 어린이집-어린이집 간 유치원-유치원 간의 격차요인을 분석하여야 한다. 넷째, 어린이집과 유치원의 보육 및 교육효과와 국가차원의 보육과 유아교육 정책성과를 종합하거나, 그렇지 않으면 새로운 방법으로 보육 교육효과와 정책성과를 분석할 필요가 있다. 다섯째, 어린이집과 유치원 간 교원 신분과 자격, 양성체제, 근무조건을 동일하게 하여야 한다.

In this study we have investigated President Moon Jaein government’s child care and early childhood educational policies and suggested how to redress the disparity between child care centers and kindergartens in Korea from the perspective of educational justice. Based on five educational justice standards, we have analyzed and evaluated the government’s child care and early childhood educational policies and plans to solve the imbalance between child care centers and kindergartens out of the 100 Government Projects and found out four major problems. After in-depth analysis of the problems we have come up with policy suggestions for President Moon Jaein government to solve the inequality between day care centers and kindergartens in Korea. First, the government needs to review current polices and assess the effectiveness of the government plans to integrate early childhood education and child care. Second, the government needs to have a thorough analysis on root causes for the disparity. They may include licensing regulation, facilities and equipment standards, operating hours and management, teachers’ status and certification, training courses, remunerations and working conditions, supervising government agencies and other administrative and financial support system. Third, it is required to investigate disparity among child care centers and among kindergartens as well, and find out causes. For instance, labor cost of teachers, operating cost, equipment cost, etc. need to be examined. Fourth, the government has to carry out an integrated analysis of achievements of private sector-led child care and early childhood education and those of government-led child care and early childhood education. Or it has to find a new way to assess effectiveness the child care and early childhood education and policy achievements. Fifth, it is necessary that teachers in child care centers and kindergartens have equal working conditions. Teachers must have equal status, get the same training and certification, and have the same working hours and pay.