포커스 그룹 연구를 통해 살펴본 레지오 에밀리아 유치원 초보유아교사 이야기

Narratives of Early Childhood Novice Teachers who Work at Reggio Emilia Kindergarten Using Focus Group Interview

The purpose of this study was to examine the teaching experience of novice early childhood teachers at Reggio Emilia kindergartens. 8 novice early childhood teachers who have worked at Reggio Emilia Kindergarten for less than 3 years were participated in this study. Focus group interview was conducted. Interview data and various other references were analyzed. The experiences of novice early childhood teachers at Reggio Emilia Kindergarten were as follows. Before COVID-19, first, they got a teacher training to be revealed with philosophy of Reggio Emilia. Second, they struggled to implement an emergent curriculum in their classroom, even though they got teacher training. Third, they learned the meaning of emergent curriculum through learning by doing. After COVID-19, it was not easy to implement project based on children’s interests. However, they tried to figure out the solutions to make it through. The result of this study was expected to be helpful to understand the expert early childhood teachers’ situation who have taught 2019 revised nuri-curriculum and the experiences under COVID-19.