문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화예술 활동이 전통문화 인지 및 선호도와 또래 상호작용에 미치는 영향

The Effects of Early Childhood Traditional Culture and Arts Activities Using Cultural Properties on Recognition and Preference of Traditional Culture Awareness, and Peer

본 연구의 목적은 문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화예술 활동이 만 5세 유아의 전통문화 인지 및 선호도와 또래 상호작용에 미치는 영향에 대하여 알아보는 것이다. 연구대상은 D시에 위치한 D유치원의 만 5세 유아 46명으로 한 학급 23명을 실험집단으로, 다른 학급 23명을 통제집단으로 구성하였다. 실험집단은 문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화 예술 활동을 9주간 주 2회 총 17회 걸쳐 실시하였으며, 통제집단은 개정누리과정에 기초한 전통문화 활동을 실시하였다. 전통문화 인지 및 선호도와 또래 상호작용에 대한 사전·사후검사를 실시하였으며 수집된 자료는 SPSS 23.0을 사용하여 공변량(ANCOVA)분석을 실시하였다. 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화 예술 활동은 실험집단이 통제집단보다 전통문화 인지 및 선호도의 전체 및 하위요인에 통계적으로 유의미하게 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 문화재를 활용한 유아 전통문화 예술 활동은 실험집단이통제집단보다 또래 상호작용의 전체 및 하위요인에 통계적으로 유의미하게 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과는 전통문화 인지 및 선호도와 또래 상호작용의 증진을 위하여 유아교육현장에서 문화재를 활용한 유아전통문화 예술활동이 필요함을 시사한다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties on the recognition and preference of early childhood traditional culture and peer interaction This study examined 46 five-year-old children located at “D” kindergarten in Daegu Metropolitan City. Of the 46 children, 23 children were placed in the experimental group and 23 children in the control group. The experimental group participated in early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties twice a week for a total of 16 times for nine weeks while the control group participated in traditional culture activities based on the revised Nuri curriculum. The instrument of recognition and preference of traditional culture developed by Jeon (2003), supplemented and amended by Kim (2012), was used to measure the recognition and preference of traditional culture. This study applied the Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) created by Fantuzzo and others. (1995) as an object of domestic early childhood by Choi and Shin (2008). The collected data in this study were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Results from this study indicated the followings: First, for the early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties, the experimental group had statistically significant effects on the improvement of recognition and preference of traditional culture, specifically within the categories of clothing life, food life, shelter life, traditional arts, cultural property, and traditional play such as folk games compared with the control group. Second, for the early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using the cultural properties, the experimental group had statistically significant effects on positive interaction and play disturbance compared with the control group. In conclusion, results from this study emphasize that early childhood traditional culture and arts activities using cultural properties are effective in improving the recognition and preference of early childhood traditional culture and peer interaction.