자연친화적 또래놀이 활동이 유아의 인성덕목에 미치는 영향

The effects of a nature-friendly peer play activity on children s human virtues

본 연구는 자연친화적 또래놀이 활동이 유아의 인성덕목에 미치는 영향과 성별에 따른 차이를 살펴보는데 목적이 있다. 2단계의 연구개발과정을 거쳐 자연친화적 또래놀이 활동을 구성하고 서울시 K구에 위치한 사립유치원 만 4세 유아 50명(실험집단 25명, 통제집단 25명)을 대상으로 실시하였다. 검사도구로는 한국교육개발원(2014)에서 개발한 인성덕목척도를 수정보완하여 사용하였고, 실험ㆍ통제집단 사전-사후 검사 설계로 자연친화적 또래놀이 활동의 효과를 검증하였다. SPSS 18.0 프로그램을 사용한 공분산분석(ANCOVA)결과 첫째, 성실ㆍ배려ㆍ책임ㆍ예의ㆍ정직의 인성덕목 모든 영역에서 유의미한 효과가 나타났다. 둘째, 성별에 있어서는 남아보다는 여아에게서 유의미한 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났는데 인성덕목별로는 성실ㆍ책임ㆍ예의에서 유의미한 효과가 나타났다.

This study aimed to examine the effects of a nature-friendly peer play activity on children s development regarding character and virtue and the differences between genders. The study included 50 participants, four-year-old children from a private kindergarten located in Seoul comprising 25 children in an experimental group and another 25 in a controlled group and a nature-friendly peer play activity developed from a two-step study. Study tools included a revised version of character/virtue criteria developed by the Korean Educational Development Institute (2014), and the effects of the nature-friendly peer play activity were verified through plans that tested the children in each group before and after the experiment. The collected data were verified with the SPSS 18.0 program using means and standard deviations, and the analysis of covariance was conducted with advance scores setting as the co-variate. The results were as follows. First, the experimental group had distinct post-test gains in all areas of conscientiousness, consideration, responsibility, manners, and honesty. Second, girls scored more positively than boys, and there were statistically significant gender gaps in conscientiousness, responsibility, and manners.