조기 사교육이 유아의 인지적, 정서적, 사회적 발달에 미치는 영향 분석: 유치원 원장들의 인식을 중심으로

Abstract

This study investigates the effects of early childhood private education based on the reports by 311 kindergarten principals, who have many experiences with preschoolers. According to the frequency analysis of each item, the headmasters believe that early childhood private education has both positive and negative influences on the preschoolers in terms of cognitive, emotional, and social aspects. On the positive side of early childhood private education, they acquire studying methods and gain high self-confidence. On the other hand, the excessive early childhood private education shows a number of problems, such as symptoms of attention deficit, lack of patience, selfish behaviors, and over-consciousness of people around. In addition, they sometimes seem very stressed and lacking independence. Finally, overall effects of the private precedent education fail to meet the parents' expectation. Based on the above results, we try to figure out the causes of the characteristics of those preschoolers and address the limitations of this study as well as suggestions for further studies.