A Qualitative Case Study on the education of child abuse reporting obligators: Focusing on Childcare Teachers

Objectives The purpose of this study is to suggest problems and improvement directions based on teachers' thoughts on the education of child abuse reporting obligators, which is one of the compulsory education that child-care teachers should take every year. Methods In 2022, 16 childcare teachers working at daycare centers in Busan who participated in customized child abuse prevention education conducted from May to November by the Busan City Hall's Childbirth and Child Care Division were selected for the study. Results As a result of the data analysis, first, the method of listening to the child abuse reporting compulsory edu-cation was divided into the teacher who listened online and the teacher who attended both online and face-to-face classes, but most of the teachers preferred the online class which was comfortable to listen to.Second, most of the compulsory child abuse reporting education was composed of similar educational con-tents, and the educational method that teachers wanted was a small group face-to-face class that can answer questions. Conclusions The results of this study are significant in that they examined the problems of child abuse reporting obligor education and suggested policy and educational measures based on teachers' thoughts on matters that need to be improved politically and educationally to prevent child abuse.