중국인 어머니의 한국 어린이집 이용 경험에 대한 질적 연구

Abstract

In an unfamiliar cultural environment, parents in multicultural families have many difficulties in raising children and they depend on educating their children to daycare center. Through this research, Chinese mothers who raising children in South Korea were interviewed about their experiences in using daycare center, to understand their current situation and support requirements. Based on the results, this study will provide basic information for effective education content and for Chinese multicultural families in South Korea. For the purpose, five Chinese mothers raising children in South Korea were participated in the interview. The interview was conducted in Chinese and then translated in Korean. By using the method of continuous comparison, the collected data were encoded and classified. Through the process, two themes and seven sub-themes were drawn. Results for this study are as follows. First, Chinese mothers considered the following factors in the process of choosing daycare center: the quality of teaching, the cost, the distance from home and the center environment. Chinese mothers mentioned that, by sending their children to daycare center, their burden of child care was reduced and their children showed positive changes. However, Chinese mothers were inconvienced by high rate of teacher’s turnover and a limited space of daycare center. Also, they talked about the differences between Korean and Chinese daycare center in terms of preschool curriculum and cost. Mothers mentioned that Chinese daycare center focused on teacher’s direct teaching rather than play based learning. Due to provision of the subsidy in using daycare center in Korea, the cost in using Chinese daycare center were more expensive. Second, Chinese mothers wanted the daycare center to teach bilingual language and knowledge for school readiness to be well prepared for primary school. In addition, Chinese mothers requested daycare center to provide flexible opening and closing time by considering parent's work and rest time. Also, they asked for the effective parent education to empower the parent role. Based on the results, it is necessary to provide educational support for the young children from Chinese multicultural family. Also, sufficient supports for their parents should be provided to help child rearing and adaption in different environment.