이 연구는 공동육아 어린이집의 하루일과에 대한 실천적 개념과 교육적 의미를 일상생활의 맥락에서 탐색하였다. 연구결과, 하루일과에 대한 실천적 개념은 다음과 같다. 아침열기: 첫 호흡을 하는 시간-아침모둠: 하루일과의 진입 공간-나들이: 순환적 일과구조의 중심 축-점심 먹기: 식욕을 충족하는 문화적 시간, 살아있는 대화의 시간-낮잠 자기: 생체리듬을 회복하며 밀착된 소속감이 이루어지는 시간-오후활동: 하루 흐름의 순환성을 회복해야 하는 시간-자유놀이: 기다리는 시간-감질나는 시간-치열하게 노는 시간-전이과정: 있으면서 없고 없으면서 있는 시간이다. 하루일과의 교육적 의미는 자유와 질서가 상호 침투 교섭되는 삶의 그물망, 개인과 집단생활의 조화를 이루는 삶의 구성체계, 그리고 삶이 흐르는 시공간 체계였다.
This study examined the practical concept and educational meaning which teachers had on the daily routine in the cooperative child-care center in the context of daily life. The following results are about the practical concepts on the daily routine. Opening the morning was the time when the members of the center started the day. The meeting in the morning was the ceremonial time acknowledging the earnest commencement of daily routine. Taking a walk was the time enabling the daily routine to be spatially and timely circulated. Lunch time was the time to satisfy appetite and to recharge energy and when real conversation was made. Napping was the time when the close relationship with friends was formed and the biorhythm was restored. The afternoon activity was the time connecting the daily routine with a circular stream. The free play time given three times in a day, the free time in the morning formed the mood to play. The free time after lunch was short but intensive play time. The free time before going home was sufficiently long and when children could enjoy as much as they wanted. The transitional process acted like a circuit linking various activities in a day. The educational meanings of daily routine was the network of life on which freedom and order intersected, structural system of life where a private life and group life were harmonized and the spatial and temporal system in a life.