This study explored the learning process of teachers who recognize and reflect on how teachers experience infant and toddler observation on their own, and implement observations that understand infants and toddlers. To this end, from march to June 2025, a action research was conducted six in-depth interviews with five teachers at daycare centers every two weeks. The collected data were interview transcription data, teacher’s observation record. and researcher’s journals. And analyzed based on the analysis procedure of Lee Dong-sung and Kim Young-cheon(2014). The teacher’s learning process appeared in order infant and toddler observation was compulsory recording, self-observation behavior consciousness, getting closer to infant and toddler, new perceptions and reflections, teacher change and relationship change, and support for change. Teachers stayed in the enclosure of the standard childcare process and were observing. And teachers have regarded selective and intentional observations as objective observations. It was necessary required repetition of constant procedures and cyclical practices for observation of understanding infant and toddler, such as observing and recording the infant and toddler itself-planning-observe and record certain behaviors-interpreting-finding and supporting the teacher’s assignments-evaluation. And it was found that it was necessary to support the teacher’s learning process with experts at each stage. Based on the result of the study was suggested that development and dissemination of step-by-step models that improve formal practices and aid systematic observation, operate expert interpretation companion systems, experience based teacher education.
Hyojin Im (Fri,) studied this question.