The purpose of this study was to investigate the environmental factors that affect the computer literacy of childcare teachers. A survey was conducted to get information about teachers' ICT utilization ability and their physical and educational condition. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed using SPSS 17.0 program on the data of 293 teachers who work in childcare centers in capital area, and the following results were obtained. First, computer-related physical environment and computer training did not affect the teachers' computer literacy. Second, taking computer course had effects on the basic skills, word-processing ability, internet communication ability and computer program utilization. Third, the number of hours of using computers affected the ability to install and maintain computers. Fourth, the purchase of computer-related books and magazines and the number of computer programs they use had an effect on their computer program utilization. These results have significance in that they imply what is needed for improving childcare teachers' computer literacy in terms of institutional support.

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  1. Introduction
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• Kyoung Seob Song(Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyung-in Women’s University) Correspondence to
• Sok Young Hong(Department of Early Childhood Education, ChongShin University)