Day Care Center Teachers’ Experience for Peer Interaction of Infant from Female International Marriage Migrant

Abstract

This study was to analyze day care center teachers’experience for peer interaction of infant from female international marriage migrant. Fourteen teachers who take care the infant in day care center were interviewed in-depth for more than an hour. The collected data were analyzed by procedures of Bogdan and Biklen(1992) after the transcription. The resulted showed that peer interaction pattern of the infant were categorized into 5 patterns, included solitary play pattern, aggressive pattern, non-dominant obey pattern, interaction with only younger pattern, and pro-social pattern. Also, the resulted showed that non-dominant obey pattern and interaction with only younger pattern were for infant from female international marriage migrant only. And the basic etiquette, speech ability, personality, and interaction with teacher were factors that influenced peer interaction. Also the basic etiquette and speech ability were for infant from female international marriage migrant only. The findings can be used to increase the positive peer interaction.