Research on Career Development of Singapore Pre-school Chinese Teachers.

[[abstract]]本研究是在探討新加坡華文幼兒教師的生涯發展，瞭解重要他人對她們任教職志的影響，工作阻礙與其社會支持的關係及其生活自我效能感。為了更貼近受訪者的主觀經驗，本研究採用了?性深入訪談研究法，以深度訪談的方式收集資料，訪問了兩位華文幼兒教師。 研究結果以逐字稿的形式呈現，並分析兩位受訪者在其幼兒教育生涯中的發展；最後，就兩位受訪者的情況做綜合討論，與即有關文獻和研究進行對話。研究結果發現，兩位華文幼兒教師在其生涯的歷程中有其個別的發展，而其任教職志和自我教能與生涯發展有緊密的關係；在其任教職志與自我效能下形成的生涯發展過程似乎也是自我性的。同時，在兩位受訪者的身上也可以發現到其生涯歷程中情感方面的需求和社會文化的存在關係，促使受訪者在生涯發展歷程中展現自我的力量和成長；他們的生涯發展可說是在個別特有的關係中共構而成。 最後，根據研究結果提出對華文幼兒教師生涯發展與行政機關、華文幼兒教育培訓、幼稚園與托兒所組織及幼兒教師的建議。[[abstract]]This study aims to explore the career development of pre-school Chinese teachers in Singapore and to present how they have been influenced into choosing teaching as their career, the difficulties they have encountered and the impact of societal support on their effectiveness in discharging their functions. The study was done through intensive interviews of two pre-school Chinese teachers and iterative analysis of their worldview. It also compared the findings from the interviews with other research studies to provide an integrated report. The study showed that the life paths of individual teachers, their dedications to teaching the young and their self-efficiencies made a substantial impact on their career development. There is also a close relationship between their emotional needs and the socio-cultural environment they live in. Based on the research findings, the author presented the state of career development of pre-school Chinese teachers, organizational supports needed to facilitate the development, training needs for pre-school Chinese teachers, and recommendations for the development of kindergartens, childcare centers and the pre-school teachers.[[note]]碩