A comprehensive understanding of early childhood teacher’ roles

The purpose of this study is to investigate comprehensive meaning of early childhood teacher’ roles. Research findings reviewing study results on early childhood teacher’ roles are as follows: Firstly, role models were suggested by children educators are different from times. Recently, teacher’ roles to carry out high quality education and reflect demands of education field are added. secondly, early childhood teachers in era of the fourth industrial revolution are fostering children’s creative and critical thinking, supporting self-directed learning of children. Thirdly, teachers should perform national curriculum in educational institution. There are differences between teachers’ roles in traditional curriculum and recently those in child-centered curriculum. Fourth, parents and young children conceive teachers’ role as a close interaction with children. Fifth, early childhood teachers are awareness of their own main roles as nurturant and instructional roles. Finally, early childhood teacher’ roles of this study are classified with what to do. They are a warm-hearted caregiver, a child-centered curriculum manager to the future, a cooperative education assistant.