분리와 통합의 측면에서 본 근대 이후 한국 유아교육과 보육의 역사

Abstract

In this paper, to understand the historical background of the recent discussion of integration of early childhood education and care(ECEC), we re-lighted the history of early childhood education and care in Korea in terms of separation and integration. According to the report, Korea's ECEC system has repeated the history of separation and integration. In general, up to the beginning of modern times, the nation's ECEC were unified into early childhood education without distinction of any particular concept. After Day Care Centers has been established in Korea under Japanese occupation, Early Childhood Education and care has been separated from authority level. Since then, the Child Welfare Act was enacted in 1961, the legal basis for child care was set up, and in 1991 the Child Care Service was renamed as a child care center due to the implementation of the Child Care Act. Kindergarten has been operated in accordance with the regulations related to early childhood education in the Education Act, but the Act on Early Childhood Education was enacted in 2004 to establish a independent legal system. Thus, before the implementation of the Nuri curriculum in 2012, the nation's early childhood education and child care were operated under a fully dualized system. In 2012, the Nuri curriculum, a common curriculum for preschool and children aged 5 years old, was developed and distributed, and the 3-5 year-old Nuri curriculum was fully implemented in 2013, leading to a partial integration of Korean early childhood education and child care.