A study of early childhood education teacher certifi cation and in-service teacher training : Focusing on the teacher license upgrading of kindergarten and Kodomo-en teachers
Naruto University of Education
Naruto University of Education
Naruto University of Education
Naruto University of Education
Naruto University of Education
This paper aims to study early childhood education (ECE) teacher certification and in-service teacher training in Japan. In Japan, most ECE teachers are trained in junior college and hold second class teachersʼ licenses. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) recommends that ECE teachers hold upgraded licenses. ECE teachers continuously take training and certificate their professional abilities. We study how ECE teachers who took license upgrade training consider their own license upgrade and teacher training. The questionnaire survey shows that teachers who have not upgraded their licenses until now were motivated by being busy at work and in life, not knowing how to upgrade, seeing no necessity in upgrading, and so on. Moreover, teachersʼ reasons for taking upgrade training include improving their professional ability, the necessity of having an upgraded license to become an ECE administrator, the fact that a training course was held near their home, and so on. We must consider expanding the useful system of teacher training and the related license upgrading process.
雑誌名
鳴門教育大学学校教育研究紀要
雑誌名(英)
Bulletin of Center for Collaboration in Community Naruto University of Education
巻
36
ページ
81 - 88
発行年
2022-02
出版者
鳴門教育大学地域連携センター
出版者(別表記)
Center for Collaboration in Community, Naruto University of Education