The objective of this study is to investigate the meaning of pre-service educare teachers' experience
about child safety management classes based on Problem Based Learning (PBL). The participants
in this study were thirty five sophomores majoring in Social Welfare, and fifteen weeks of data wer
e collected. The participants were given five problems that were related with real situations. Durin
g the given period, they made documents from reflective journals, group or individual interviews,
and online community resources. Analyzing the documents sheds light on the meaning of the pre-s
ervice educare teachers' experience. The results are as follows: First, pre-service educare teachers fou
nd themselves recovering confidence, earning recognitions from others, and pursuing their study. Se
cond, they showed continuous conflicts not only with the PBL approach but also with themselves
and group members. Finally, they experienced mutual help and interactions among the group mem
bers thorough their cooperative learning and they realized the meaning of cooperative learning by
means of comparisons and references between the groups. In conclusion, this study confirms the
applicability of PBL to the educare teacher training courses and points out specific ways to alleviat
e the conflicts in applying PBL to class needs in future studies.