다문화가정 아버지의 자녀양육 경험에 대한 내러티브 탐구-베트남 결혼이주여성의 가정을 중심으로

Abstract

Narrative Inquiry on Raising Children Experiences of Father in Multi-Cultural Family -Based on the Families of Vietnamese Marriage Migration -

Hui Jeong Im

Early Childhood Education Major Graduate School of General Pukyong National University Abstract

The purpose of research was to inquiry narratives on raising children experiences of 5 fathers in Vietnamese Marriage Migration Families. The participants were 5 Korean mans lived in Busan who have married Vietnamese women and were raising their children. The participants' narratives from personal interviews and focus interviews were analyzed qualitatively through N_Vivo 9 program. As a result of the research, the experiences of raising children were summarized as follows. First, the participants had serious problems of verbal communication and cultural differences with their Vietnamese wives. Therefore they experienced difficulties to raise their children and felt pressures on their complex roles for their family. Second, the characteristics of fathers' experiences of raising children in multi-cultural families included two aspects - they resembles with experiences of raising children in families of late married man and double-income families. Third, the participants worried about their economic competencies for caring and educating their children. So government policies should be more specific and realistic for multi-cultural families parenting support.