본 연구의 목적은 예비유아교사의 문제해결력, 자기주도적 학습능력과 대학적응 간에 어떠한 관계가 있는지를 살펴보고, 문제해결력과 대학적응 간의 관계에서 자기주도적 학습능력이 매개효과를 갖는지를 검증하는 것이다. 이를 위해 서울, 경기 지역에 소재한 3개의 3년제 전문대학교 유아교육과 학생 237명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 21.0을 사용하여 기술통계치 분석과 Pearson의 상관분석을 실시하였으며 매개효과를 확인하기 위해 SPSS PROCESS Macro를 사용하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 예비유아교사의 문제해결력, 자기주도적 학습능력, 대학적응 간에는 정적인 상관이 나타났다. 둘째, 예비유아교사의 문제해결력과 대학적응의 관계에서 자기주도적 학습능력의 완전매개효과가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 향후 유아교사양성과정에서 예비유아교사의 대학적응을 위해 문제해결력과 자기주도적 학습능력을 강화시켜줄 수 있는 교과목 및 교수학습방법을 개발하고 비교과 프로그램의 참여를 지원하는 등의 교육적 실천방안에 대하여 논의하였다.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between pre-service early childhood teachers’ problem-solving ability, self-directed learning ability, and college adaptation, and to verify whether self-directed learning ability has a mediating effect on the relationship between problem-solving ability and college adaptation. For this purpose, a survey was completed by 237 students in the departments of early childhood education at three three-year colleges located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. Descriptive statistics analysis and Pearson’s correlation analysis were performed on the collected data using SPSS 21.0, and mediation effects were analyzed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. The research results were as follows. First, a positive correlation was found between the problem-solving ability, self-directed learning ability, and college adaptation of pre-service early childhood teachers. Second, it was confirmed that there was a complete mediating effect of self-directed learning ability on the relationship between problem-solving ability and college adaptation of pre-service early childhood teachers. Based on these results, discussions were held on educational practices to enhance the problem-solving skills and self-directed learning abilities in pre-service early childhood teachers to support their adaptation to university life in future early childhood teacher training programs. These discussions covered the development of courses and teaching-learning methods, as well as support for participation in extracurricular programs.
