Objectives This study examines the difficulties and requirements of early childhood teachers' field trips due to COVID-19, and through this, aims to provide basic data on field trip methods that can effectively cope with crisis situations such as pandemics. Methods 102 homeroom teachers aged 3 to 5 working at an early childhood education institution located in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do participated, and the survey was conducted through an open-ended questionnaire. Specific examples and requirements for difficulties in field trips due to the COVID-19 pandemic were described. Results First, the difficulties of early childhood teachers' field trips due to the COVID-19 pandemic are ‘difficulties in supporting teaching and learning linked to play topics’, ‘difficulties due to parents' various requests and non-cooperation’, and ‘difficulty in selecting a site for field trips’. appeared. Second, the requirements of early childhood teachers for effective field trips in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are ‘institutional support for safe field trips’, ‘parental awareness improvement support for field trips linked to children's play’, It turned out to be ‘educational support for high-quality field trips’. Conclusions In order to effectively implement field trips in a pandemic situation such as COVID-19, it was discussed that a systematic system is needed so that the government, local governments, early childhood education institutions, and families can communicate and share together.
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