The Effects of Early Child Care Teachers' Communication Competence, Interpersonal Competence and Teacher Self-efficacy to Enlist Parental Involvement on Parent-Teacher Partnerships

Abstract

This study examined the characteristics of early child care teachers and the ways this influences their abilities to promote the parent-teacher partnerships. 266 early child care teachers participated in this study. Parent-teacher partnerships, communication competence, interpersonal competence, and teacher efficacy in enlisting parental involvement were measured by means of The Caregiver-Parent Partnership Scale, Global Interpersonal Communication Competence Scale, Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire and selected elements of the Teacher Self-efficacy Scale. The results indicated that parent-teacher partnerships were significantly different in terms of the characteristics of teachers. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that the communication competence, interpersonal competence, and teacher self-efficacy significantly predicted the type and quality of parent-teacher partnerships. In conclusion, improving the effectiveness of parent-teacher partnerships seems heavily dependent upon the quality and personal abilities an beliefs of early child care teachers.

The mediating effect of self-efficacy in the relationship between communication skills and practices of preventing infectious diseases among daycare center teachers in South Korea

“…A higher score indicates higher communication skills. When the tool was developed, the reliability was indicated by a Cronbach's ⍺ of .89 [15]. The Cronbach's ⍺ of the tool was .86 in this study.…”

“…Child Health Nurs Res, Vol.27, No.1, January 2021: 56-64 in relationships with others. The questionnaire of Kim, Park, and Ahn [15], which modified and supplemented the communication ability measurement tool developed by Heo [22], was used. This tool is presented on a 5-point Likert scale with a total of 15 questions, and each question is to be answered on a 5-point scale from "not at all (1 point)" to "very much so (5 points)."…”

“…In the effective management of infectious diseases of infants and toddlers at childcare centers, the practices of preventing infectious diseases before they occur is emphasized rather than coping with infections after they occur [9,13]. An individual's communication skills influence the achievement of effective goals within an organization [15]. In Jeong and Kim's study [16], communication skills were found to improve problemsolving abilities among daycare center teachers.…”

The Effect of Teacher-Parent Partnership and Childcare Center Organizational Culture on Teacher Efficacy

“…교사효능감에 관한 국내 선행연구를 살펴보면 김사녀(2012) [6], 김유정, 박지혜, 안선희(2012) [7]는 교사효능감이 높은 교사는 부모와 효과적인 소통을 함으로써 교사로서 긍정적으로 역할을 수행한다고 하였고, 임우영과 안선희(2011) [8]…”