Analysis of Keywords and Semantic Networks of Public Kindergarten Teacher Appointment Test ‘Teaching Essay’ : Focusing on the 2022~2025 Examination

The purpose of this study is to analyze the keywords & the semantic network ofthe public kindergarten teacher appointment test ‘teaching essay’ problem from 2022~2025(4years). The main research methodology used ‘text mining technique’ and ‘semanticnetwork analysis method’. The results of this study are as follows. First, the keywords for the2013~2021 years were parents, kindergarten, infants, counseling, education, and dialogue, andthe keywords for the 2022~2025 years were teachers, infants, play, parents, curriculum,educational trainees, kindergarten, difficulties.fiels training. Second, the entire text network ofkeywords for the 2022~2025(4years) teaching essay formed a network with an density(0.586). Keywords with high degree centrality(value) were found in the order of infant, teacher, play,parent, kindergarten, educational practice, educational practice, curriculum, difficulty, anddevelopment. Keywords with high betweenness centrality (value) were identified as teachers,play, kindergartens, infants, curriculum, difficulties, evidence, support, and parents.