영아반교사의 놀이교수효능감과 직무 스트레스가 교사-영아 상호작용에 미치는 영향

Study on the Effect of Infant Class Teachers Play Teaching Efficacy and Job Stress on Teacher-Infant Interaction

This research aimed at investigating the effect of play teaching efficacy and job stress on teacher-infant interaction targeting infant class teachers of day care center. Subjects for this study were 187 infant class teachers in Seoul and Gyeonggi region. The teacher-infant interaction measurement tool, play teaching efficacy and the infant class teacher s job stress measurement tool were measured via teachers’ratings. To analyze the data, the researcher calculated Pearson s product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. Research results are as follows. First, infant class teachers displayed higher interaction level with infants and play teaching efficacy and lower job stress level than median level. Second, there were significant negative correlations between the play teaching efficacy and the teacher-infant interactions, and between the play teaching efficacy and the job stress. Also, there was significant negative correlations between the job stress and the teacher-infant interactions. Third, the play teaching efficacy and teachers stress due to director s lack of leadership and insufficient administrative support had meaningful influence on teacher-infant interaction.