Analysis of needs for the development of parent education programs using movies: for fathers with children in early childhood
Authors:   Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction, Bang Hyo-kook , Kim Nak-heung , Kim Yong-ik 
Published: June 2023

Objectives This study is a basis for developing a parent education program for fathers with early children using movies by identifying fathers with early childhood children's parenting experiences, views on parent education programs, and specific needs such as movies, discussions, and family-linked activities. for use as a resource.
Methods For fathers with children in infancy, a questionnaire was prepared to ask about the awareness and experience of child rearing and father education, and the development needs of parent education programs for fathers, and a preliminary survey was conducted on 10 fathers, followed by the main survey. Questionnaires were distributed to fathers of children aged 3 to 5 years through internet questionnaires and 3 kindergartens located in Gyeonggi-do. A total of 254 fathers were included in the study, excluding 13 incorrect copies out of 267 returned questionnaires. Data analysis method was descriptive statistics-frequency analysis using SPSS 26.
Results Looking at the results according to the research question, fathers with children in infancy had a high will to participate in childrearing, but felt various difficulties such as lack of time and did not have enough time to actually participate in childrearing. Fathers are aware of the need for father education, but the rate of actual participation in education is low. For the father education program, they preferred blended education and online education to offline education, and wanted a program that utilized various teaching methods as well as lectures and games. As for specific teaching methods, interest in movies, father talk (discussion), and consulting was high in both online and offline education, and in particular, demand for teaching methods that reflect on and empathize with movies following the general lectures was high in online education. As for the training time, they mainly wanted 30 minutes to 1 hour and 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes, and the average number of training sessions was 4.4 times.
Conclusions Due to COVID-19, which lasted for the last 2-3 years, father education at education/nursing institutions could not be conducted, and as a result, fathers' experience of participating in parent education was low. Therefore, stable operation and accessibility of father education are needed, and online education can be a suitable alternative to this situation, and fathers also prefer blended education or online education. Fathers are requesting various methods beyond the existing lecture or play-oriented education methods. As one of these alternatives, fathers are very interested in education using movies and recognize that it is particularly useful online. It is necessary to improve the participation rate through various methods, such as using online education for fathers who do not have enough time and visiting father education, while expanding the range of choices that fathers can choose regarding the time of education. Finally, the results of this study are meaningful as basic data for the development of a parent education program for fathers with children in infancy using movies.