Domestic Research Trends Related to Assistant Teachers

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive understanding of assistant teachers and to discuss the direction and policy improvements of subsequent studies by analyzing the trends of domestic research related to assistant teachers. Methods A total of 43 academic journals and thesis published from 2008 when the research on assistant teachers first began to the latest 2023 were selected to analyze the research content and frequency according to the research period, data collection method, research subject, and research topic. Results The results of this study are as follows. First, the research related to assistant teachers was first published in 2008, and a total of 43 studies were conducted for 16 years, with an average of about 3.3 studies per year. Second, research related to assistant teachers was conducted through various data collection methods, and among them, interviews and surveys were used with high frequency. Third, research related to assistant teachers was conducted mainly on faculty members (assistant teachers, teachers, principals, etc.), and there are no research materials that include pre-service teachers or parents. Fourth, the subjects of research related to assistant teachers were the experience of assistant teachers, the role of assistant teachers, the assistant teachers support system, the perception of assistant teachers, and the actual condition survey of assistant teachers. Conclusions Based on these results, the implications of the assistant teacher support system and the direction of policy improvement were discussed.