An Empirical Search for the Process of Change in Young Children's Living Pattern in Kindergarten Resulting from the Practice of a Comprehensive Multi-cultural Education Program

An Empirical Search for the Process of Change in Young Children's Living Pattern in Kindergarten Resulting from the Practice of a Comprehensive Multi-cultural Education Program

This study developed a ‘comprehensive multi -cultural education program' for young children from both multi -cultural families and ordinary ones and applied it in the field of ear!y childhood education, and close!y observed young children’s living pattern in kindergarten and how the children from multi-cultural and ordinary families are changed by the multi-cultural education program. This study developed a comprehensive multi-cu!tural education program for early childhood educational institutions, and executed it to both multi -cultural family children and ordinary children at a kindergarten where multi-cultural family children were attending, and explored the process of change in the children’s living pattern through paπicipant observation and in-depth interview for 24 times during the period from March 2009 to February 2010. Through this study, we expect to be able to provide programs for multi-cultural family children to lead a harmonious life with their peers from ordinary families and to grow into healthy society members. Furthermore, comprehensive multi-cultural education programs may be utilized for teaching and learning in the field of early childhood education for providing field teachers with useful information on multi-cultural education.