This study aims to analyze the recognition and demands of church school
kindergarten teachers enrolled in a kindergarten teacher training program. 278
kindergarten teachers in the Seoul and Gyeonggido area were chosen as the
research objects and questionnaires were distributed to and recollected from them.
The questions cover 3 areas: the recognition, necessity and contents of the
training program for kindergarten teachers. The data from the collected questioners
were processed to bring in frequency and percentage by question and an X2 test
was employed to see whether there was a difference among background variables.
In addition, mean and standard deviation were used for the questions regarding
the program contents. The results showed that the teachers had a deep interest in
and awareness of the necessity of the program. Among the demographic variables,
they turned out statistically different by academic career, education-related career
and major. Second, the list of the demands they made for the training contents for
kindergarten teachers showed that they wanted, in the order of importance;
educating parents, understanding young children, handling techniques of troubled
children, effective communication skills with young children, and understanding
their traits and teaching methods by trait and spiritual training of teachers.