재활놀이교육사의 장기요양등급 노인 대상 교육경험에 관한 현상학적 연구

초록

The study aims to explore the education experiences of rehabilitation play education instructors with the elderly in long-term care in the J region. Participants in the study had former and current careers in various education and became rehabilitation play education instructors for the reasons of "strengthening their capabilities as lecturers, becoming socially valuable, and new jobs in the era of aging." However, regardless of their previous experiences in education, they suffered emotional difficulties such as loss of confidence, psychological exhaustion, and reversal of emotions due to the unresponsiveness of the elderly in the actual field. In the process, the perception of psychological conflicts caused by the gap between their existing careers in education and the field of elderly education and the lack of capacity as an elderly education instructor were recognized as their distinctive experience. Nevertheless, it has been confirmed that the driving forces that allowed them to continue to work as rehabilitation play education instructors were the "recognition of positive change of the elderly, a sense of duty as instructors, the emotional support of learning community, and the desire for self-growth." The study is meaningful in that in the absence of research on elderly education instructors, their experiences and concerns in the field have been explored from the instructors’ perspective. This study provide important implications for exploring the competencies required for elderly education instructors and the direction of related education for the eldery in long-term care.

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