보육교사의 전문성 발달수준과 아동권리인식이 아동권리존중 보육실행에 미치는 영향 - 아동친화도시 보육교사를 대상으로

The Effect of Child Care Teachers’ Professionalism and Child Rights Awareness on the Practice of Child- Rights-Respecting Child Care in Child-Friendly Cities

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of child care teachers’ professionalism and child rights awareness on the practice of child-rights-respecting child care in child-friendly cities. Methods: The participants of this study were 271 child care teachers at child care centers in city C, which is certified as a child-friendly city. Data were collected through self-reports by child care teachers using questionnaires, and the collected data were analyzed using PROCESS macro version 3.4. Results: Among the three sub-factors of the professional development level of child care teachers, knowledge and skill development as well as ecological development had a direct effect on child-rights-respecting child care practices. In addition, knowledge and skill development and ecological development had indirect effects on child-rightsrespecting child care practices through child rights awareness. Conclusions: This study confirmed the importance of establishing professionalization as a teacher to promote child rights awareness among child care teachers as well as child-rights-respecting child care practices. In particular, this study found that knowledge and skill development and ecological development are relatively important areas of professional development.