Korean J Child Stud. 2001; 22(4): 257-269.

Teacher`s Belief in Young Children`s Play : A Q - approach

유아 놀이에 대한 교사의 신념 분석 : Q - 방법론적 접근

김영숙,김성수

Young Sook Kim,Sung Soo Kim

This study identified and explained the prototypes of teacher`s belief about children`s play with the use of Stephenson`s Q-methodology. The sample consisted of 35 kindergarten teachers. A Q-deck composed of 48 cards, derived in part from a review of related literature and was developed by the researchers and sorted by the subjects. The obtained Q-sort scores were analyzed by factor analysis. The findings revealed that the subjects were divided into 3 belief types : "life-experienced", "developmental-disciplinary", "cultural-environmental". Likely explanations for these results are considered, and implications are discussed.