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유아교육 재정에 대한 뉴스들이 나올 때면 학생들이 불안해하며 질문을 합니다. 앞으로도 정말 계속 많은 인원을 모집할까요? 교사임용에 대한 결정은 국가 재정에 관련된 일이며 사실 그렇기 때문에 그 해 발표가 되기 전까지 그 누구라고 해도 확신할 수 없는 부분입니다.
그러나 분명한 것은 누리과정이나 무상교육, 유아교육에 대한 뉴스들이 이렇게 자주 등장한다는 사실 자체가 누리과정의 시행 이전과는 완전히 다른 시대를 우리가 살아가고 있다는 사실을 의미한다는 것입니다. 또 한 가지 분명한 사실은 유아교육에 대한 투자가 우리의 미래에 대한 가장 효율적이고도 확실한 투자라는 점에 동의하는 것은 이미 세계적인 추세라는 것입니다. 저출산이 심각하다고 말하는 현실속에서도 공립유치원의 수용인원은 OECD 국가 대비 1/4 밖에 되지 않는다는 뉴스를 통해서도 알 수 있듯이 여전히 공립유치원의 학급 수는 너무나 부족하며 따라서 더 많은 인원이 충원되어야 합니다. 사교육 시장에 유아교육을 의존해 온 우리나라의 현실상 교육의 격차는 유아기부터 벌어집니다. 부모의 유무, 경제적 지위와 관계없이 유아기만큼은 공평한 출발선을 보장해 주어야 한다고 저는 믿습니다. 그것이 바로 유아교육의 공교육화이며 누리과정의 시행은 이를 위한 첫 발걸음입니다. 그 시작을 함께 하는 이 시대를 살아가는 것을 감사하며 하루빨리 더 많은 재정이 유아교육에 흘러 들어오기를 그리고 열심히 공부한 모두가 합격되는 날이 오기를 기도합니다.

CHAPTER 01 예술경험
제1절 전통예술교육 ······················································································ 6
제2절 누리과정의 구성 ················································································ 58
제3절 누리과정의 내용 ①：아름다움 찾아보기 ··············································· 63
제4절 누리과정의 내용 ②：예술적 표현하기 ·················································· 95
제5절 누리과정의 내용 ③：예술 감상하기 ···················································· 144
기출문제 ··································································································· 185

CHAPTER 02 자연탐구
제1절 유아과학교육 ···················································································· 240
제2절 누리과정의 구성 ··············································································· 309
제3절 누리과정의 내용 ①：탐구하는 태도 기르기 ········································· 315
제4절 누리과정의 내용 ②：수학적 탐구하기 ················································· 365
제3절 누리과정의 내용 ③：과학적 탐구하기 ················································ 434
기출문제 ··································································································· 558

CHAPTER 03 자연탐구
제1절 유아교육과정에 대한 이해 ·································································· 600
제2절 유아교육과정에 구성체계 ···································································· 616
제3절 교수 학습 방법 ················································································· 635
제4절 일과 운영 ························································································· 657
제5절 교수학습평가 ····················································································· 666
제6절 지역 및 기관 특성을 반영한 유치원 혼합연령학급 운영매뉴얼 ················· 680
기출문제 ···································································································· 730