Novice Early Childhood Teachers’ Challenging Experiences in Working with Families: In Establishing Family-Teacher Partnerships
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This study explored five novice teachers’ challenging experiences and their ways of dealing with them in Korean private kindergartens. Individual and group interviews were used to carry out an in-depth investigation. The findings show that the novice teachers experienced challenges in working with families due to: 1) the families’ distrust of novice teachers; 2) their own lack of experience with families; and 3) difficulties in understanding the families’ perspectives and behaviors. In particular, the findings highlight the teachers’ inability to work with families in practice. Without adequate preparation, they had to battle prejudice against novice teachers. They also struggled when faced with families behaving in unpredictable and unreasonable ways. Lacking the ability to understand the families’ thoughts or behaviors, they had to find ways of resolving conflicts and work with family members to educate their children. Based on these findings, the present study proposes various approaches to helping novice teachers build partnerships with families in practice and restructuring teacher-training and education programs.
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This study explored five novice teachers’ challenging experiences and their ways of dealing with them in Korean private kindergartens. Individual and group interviews were used to carry out an in-depth investigation. The findings show that the novice teachers experienced challenges in working with families due to: 1) the families’ distrust of novice teachers; 2) their own lack of experience with families; and 3) difficulties in understanding the families’ perspectives and behaviors. In particular, the findings highlight the teachers’ inability to work with families in practice. Without adequate preparation, they had to battle prejudice against novice teachers. They also struggled when faced with families behaving in unpredictable and unreasonable ways. Lacking the ability to understand the families’ thoughts or behaviors, they had to find ways of resolving conflicts and work with family members to educate their children. Based on these findings, the present study proposes various approaches to helping novice teachers build partnerships with families in practice and restructuring teacher-training and education programs.
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