A Study on the perception of early childhood education major students on the extracurricular program - Focusing on the early childhood education at K university

This study surveyed 319 students majoring in early childhood education at a four-year K-university located in Gyeonggi-do on their perception of the extracurricular program. Through this, it is intended to provide basic data on the development and operation of extracurricular program for students majoring in early childhood education in the future. This research tool is a questionnaire related to the operation of extracurricular program and was analyzed by the SPSS 24 statistical program. Early childhood education students at K University participated the most in the program to promote career and practical skills in the field. First-year students' participation was the lowest, while fourth-year students who were about to graduate and find employment were the highest. Satisfaction with the 'creative personality' and 'convergence' programs was relatively low, and the satisfaction of other programs all showed a score of 3.4 or more on a 4-point scale and were statistically significant. As a result of DUNCAN post-test, the satisfaction of first-year students was relatively low, so improvement measures are required. In the 'teaching personality' program, the effect of the program was the largest, while the 'creative personality' program showed a relatively low degree of improvement, and these results were statistically very significant. The 3,4rd grade, who is about to practice childcare, had the highest rate of request for program opening, and the 1st grade had the lowest rate. Early childhood education students were more likely to demand that a extracurricular program of major-related and digital use be conducted at home non-face-to-face within 2 hours during the afternoon or evening of the semester.