대학생을 위한 예비부모교육의 교양교과목 개발 연구

Program Development of the Pre-parent Educaion Course for the University Students

The purpose of this study is to develop the program of pre-parent education course for the university students. Research questions are 1) to investigate university student s motivations on Pre-parenting, 2) to investigate university student s understands on Pre-parenting, 3) to investigate university student s needs on Pre-parenting, and 4) what is the supplementary contents on Pre-parenting education course. In this study, 62 university students who took the course of “Modern Society and Family Members” responded to questionnaire on parental role, motivation, and needs and understanding about childrearing. Kim Ji Shin(1997) s pre-parenting scale was used in the collection of data. T-test was used to analyze the data. The results are as follows. 1. Most of participants preferred maturity demands and fun for childrearing to economic and emotional dependency about motivations for pre-parenting. 2. For the understands of the pre-parenting, the postnatal care, difficulty for childcare, parental role, and others were desired. 3. For the needs of pre-parenting, most of participants wanted to acquire knowledge and attuitude for future parenthood. 4. Most of participants were satisfied with the contents of parental role and the knowledge of child care. They understood the necessity of pre-parenting education.