국공립보육시설의 기능강화를 위한 시설장 의견조사

Abstract

The roles and needs for public child care centers have been issued in Korea for a while because large amount of child care centers are in Korea operated by individuals. The purpose of the study was to explore the ways to promote functions of public child care centers in order to provide services for families with special needs and take responsibilities for their roles in their community to help families and professionals working with young children. A survey was conducted to directors of all public child care centers in Korea. A total of 560 directors out of 1,769 directors participated in the questionnaire survey. The findings and implications of the survey were as follows. First, infant cares were provided by most of public child care centers among a variety of child care services types for families with special needs. On the other hand, part-time child care service were rarely provided and perceived as an improper service at child care center. Second, the directors reported that public child care centers are not appropriate to play a major role for families and professionals working with young children in their community. Rather, other centers/facilities among various sectors of the child care delivery system such as 'child care information centers' can be in charge of such services for community members.