미술중심의 유아 통합교육 프로그램 개발

Development of an Integrated Arts Program for Young Children

The purpose of this study is to develop an integrated arts program for young children. For this purpose, this study investigated the existing literature on arts education and integrated education, and then examined the principles of the development of an integrated arts program. Finally, the integrated arts program was introduced. By using the basic concepts of the arts, the program integrated the five areas of the 6th national curriculum of kindergarten: health life, inquiry life, expression life, language life, and social life. The program also include the integrated activities of inquiry, expression, appreciation which the 6th national curriculum of kindergarten stressed. In addition, the program pursued the integrated education of whole person by emphasizing both emotional development and intellectual development. The integrated arts program is an alternative program to the existing kindergarten arts program. The existing kindergarten arts program educates young children by emphasizing only expression activities without an integrated curriculum. This integrated arts program can be useful for educating young children without separating the different areas.