시각장애학교 시각장애교사의 여가활동 인식 및 실태 연구

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to provide ground information to boost leisure activities available to the teachers with visual impairments. Teachers with visual impairments working in the schools for the visual impairments were asked to fill up a questionnaire concerning their current engagement in leisure activities. Followings are the summarized results from the survey. First, male teachers with visual impairments mainly answered that they do leisure activities either “to relieve physical and psychological tensions from work” or “to gain a variety of unusual experiences,” while the biggest number of female teachers said they do leisure activities “to relieve physical and psychological tensions from work.” On the other hand, when they were asked about the main causes that discourage them from challenge leisure activities, many teachers in their 20s said they can’t really afford any leisure activity, while those in the age of 30s or 40s, or those with total blindness or the unmarried all identically focused on saying “it’s not easy to find places or facilities accessible to those with visual impairments.” At the same time, many teachers over 50 answered they are “too busy doing work to try any leisure activity,” and those with low vision mainly said they “can’t spare time for leisure activity after doing house chores,” and married teachers with visual impairments also chose “too busy doing work to try any leisure activity.” Second, when they were asked about what they mostly do in spare time at school, married teachers usually said they study over teaching material, while unmarried teachers mainly said they do something on the computer. when they were asked about usual expenditures for spare time activities, both male and female married teachers samely checked “eating out with others”, and unmarried teachers picked “drinking alcoholic beverages with others.” There are also suggestions for further studies based on the research results.