영유아교사의 인권 관련 연구동향

Research Trends on Human Rights of Early Childhood Teachers

The purpose of this study is to analyze research trends related to the human rights of early childhood teachers and to suggest the challenges and directions of the human rights of early childhood teachers in the future. To this end, a total of 146 papers from 2007 to November 2024, 70 master's and doctoral dissertations, and 76 journals, were analyzed by research timing, research method, and research object. As a result of the analysis, first, starting with one paper in 2007, seven papers were published in 2014, 14 papers were published in 2017, and the largest number of 26 studies were published in 2019, indicating that interest in human rights is steadily increasing. Second, the trend by research method showed that the largest number of quantitative studies were conducted with 121 papers, followed by literature studies with 15 papers and qualitative studies with 10 papers. Third, in the analysis by study subjects, 54 cases were reported by nursery school teachers, 47 papers by early childhood teachers (kindergartens and daycare centers), 25 papers by kindergarten teachers, and finally 20 papers by preparatory teachers. Through this study, it is expected that it can be used as basic data to rediscover the meaning of research related to human rights of early childhood teachers and to prepare ways to increase interest in and practice of human rights.