The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of pre-service early childhood teachers'
self-expression and stress coping style on their human nature. More specifically, this study
attempted to investigate how teachers' human nature, self-expression and stress coping style are
correlated with another and determine how much human nature is influenced by the other variables,
ultimately providing basic information necessary for improving the humanity of pre-service preschool
teachers. Findings of the study can be summarized as follows. First, correlations among pre-service
early childhood teachers' self-expression, stress coping style and human nature were investigated to
find that those teachers' human nature and self-expression have close relationships with each other
and that the two variables are significantly related with their stress coping style. Second, the
influences of pre-service preschool teachers' self-expression and stress coping style on their human
nature were analyzed to find that the human nature of those teachers as a whole and some
sub-areas of the variables like positive self-concept and human creativity have significant
relationships with their self-expression and stress coping style. Finally, based on these findings, this
study discussed how to establish and manage a curriculum that helps to improve the human nature
of pre-service early childhood teachers of junior colleges. It also hopes to find effective ways to
manage the department of education.