유아기 자녀를 둔 결혼이민자 가정 어머니의 모교육 요구에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to survey the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children and how it varies depending on country of origin, length of stay in Korea and monthly average income. To achieve the purposes as above, this study was carried out on the following research questions. 1. What is the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children? 2. How does the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children vary depending on variables? 2-1. How does the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children vary depending on their country of origin? 2-2. How does the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children vary depending on the length of stay in Korea? 2-3. How does the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children vary depending on monthly average income? The subjects of this study are 123 mothers of married immigrant families with 3-5-year-old children going to the public․private kindergartens located in 17 cities and counties across Gangwon-do. Their countries of origin include China, the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. As for a research tool, a questionnaire form ‘Need for Parental education’ made by Yoon, So-Young (2002) was modified and supplemented on the basis of the results of interviews with subjects for the purpose of this study. As for data processing, to find out the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children, frequency and percentage were calculated. Furthermore, to analyze the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children according to variables(country of origin, length of stay in Korea and monthly average income), test was conducted. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children was examined and as a result, the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with children is high in the following categories; how to take measures in emergency situations and safety accidents, knowledge on child nutrition and how to let children have proper eating habit in the category of child health and raising; information on brain development of children in the category of children development; how to effectively communicate with children in the category of communication between parents and children; how to correct the maladaptive behavior of children in the category of child habit formation; and information on married immigrant family support and how to use it in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea. Second, the need for parental education of the mothers of married immigrant families with young children depending on the variables - country of origin, length of stay in Korea and monthly average income – was examined. Based on the results, the following conclusions have been derived. 1. The need for parental education according to country of origin was examined by category and as a result, there are significant differences in how to correct the maladaptive behavior of children in the category of child habit formation; and Korean education for mothers, Korean culture eduction for mothers, information on how to relieve stress for mothers, education on understanding of family relationship in Korea in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea. Regarding how to correct the maladaptive behavior of children in the category of child habit formation, the need for parental education of the mothers from China and the Philippines turned out to be relatively higher than that of the mothers from Japan and Vietnam. Regarding Korean education for mothers in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea, the need for parental education of the mothers from Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan turned out to be relatively higher than that of the mothers from China. Regarding Korean culture education for mothers and education on understanding of family relationship in Korea, the need for parental education of the mothers from Vietnam and the Philippines turned out to be relatively higher than that of the mothers from China and Japan. Regarding information on how to relieve stress for mothers, the need for parental education of the mothers from Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan turned out to be relatively higher than that of the mothers from China. 2. The need for parental education according to the length of stay in Korea was examined by category and as a result, there are significant differences in how to check children’s health and care for sick children, how to take measures in emergency situations and safety accidents of children, knowledge on child nutrition and how to let children have proper eating habit in the category of child raising and health; in Korean education for mothers in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea. Regarding how to check children’s health and care for sick children, how to take measures in emergency situations and safety accidents of children, knowledge on child nutrition and how to let children have proper eating habit in the category of child raising and health, the need for parental education of the mothers who stayed in Korea less than 6 years turned out to be relatively higher than those who stayed for more than 6 years to less than 9 years and those who stayed more than 9 years. Regarding Korean education for mothers in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea, the need for parental education of the mothers who stayed in Korea less than 6 years turned out to be relatively higher than those who stayed for more than 6 years to less than 9 years and those who stayed more than 9 years. 3. The need for parental education according to monthly average income was examined by category and as a result, there are significant differences in how to check children’s health and care for sick children in the category of child raising and health; information on development of children’s personality and sociality, information on development of children’s creativeness in the category of children development; how to effectively communicate with children, how to let children have the attitude of listening to others carefully in the category of communication between parents and children; how to teach children to learn through real life in the category of child education method; information and education for mothers’ leisure activities and information and education for mothers’ jobs in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea. Regarding how to check children’s health and care for sick children in the category of child raising and health, the need for parental education of the mothers who earn more than ₩ 3,000,000 or less than ₩ 1,000,000 turned out to be relatively higher than those who earn more than ₩ 1,000,000 to less than ₩ 2,000,000, more than ₩ 2,000,000 to less than ₩ 3,000,000. Regarding information on development of children’s personality and sociality and information on development of children’s creativeness in the category of children development; how to effectively communicate with children and how to let children have the attitude of listening to others carefully in the category of communication between parents and children; how to teach children to learn through real life in the category of child education method, the need for parental education of the mothers who earn less than ₩ 1,000,000, more than ₩ 1,000,000 to less than ₩ 2,000,000, more than ₩ 2,000,000 to less than ₩ 3,000,000 turned out to be relatively higher than those who earn more than ₩ 3,000,000. Regarding information and education for mothers’ leisure activities in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea, the need for parental education of the mothers who earn more than ₩ 3,000,000 and more than ₩ 2,000,000 to less than ₩ 3,000,000 turned out to be relatively higher than those who earn more than ₩ 1,000,000 to less than ₩ 2,000,000 and less than ₩ 1,000,000. Regarding information and education for mothers’ jobs in the category of mothers’ adaptation to Korea, the need for parental education of the mothers who earn less than ₩ 1,000,000 turned out to be relatively higher than those who earn more than ₩ 2,000,000 to less than ₩ 3,000,000, more than ₩ 1,000,000 to less than ₩ 2,000,000 and more than ₩ 3,000,000.