생태그림책을 활용한 명상활동이 유아의 자아존중감 및 환경신념과 태도에 미치는 효과

The Effects of Meditation Activities Using Ecological Picture Books on Young Children's Self-esteem and Environmental Belief & Attitude

본 연구는 만 5세 유아를 대상으로 생태그림책을 활용한 명상활동이 유아의 자아존중감과 환경신념과 태도에 미치는 효과를 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 B시에 위치한 H유치원과 D시에 위치한 C유치원 만 5세 유아 20명씩이었다. 실험처치는 총 8주 동안 16회의 실험처치를 실시하였으며, 실험집단의 유아들에게는 생태그림책을 활용한 명상활동을 실시하였고, 비교집단 유아들에게는 생태그림책을 읽고 교사-유아 간 이야기나누기 활동을 실시하였다. 실험집단과 비교집단의 사전·사후 검사를 통해 수집된 연구 자료는 독립표본t-검증을 실시하였다. 그 결과 실험집단 유아들의 자아존중감 및 환경신념과 태도가 비교집단에 비해 유의미하게 향상된 것으로 밝혀졌다. 따라서 생태그림책을 활용한 명상활동이 유아의 자아존중감과 환경신념과 태도 증진에 효과적인 활동임을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 자연과의 직접적인 체험을 보완할 수 있는 생태그림책을 활용하여 유아를 대상으로 하는 명상활동에 관한 기초자료를 제공하는데 그 의의가 있다.

The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of meditation activities using ecological picture books on young children's self-esteem and environmental belief & attitude, targeting five-year old children. Targeting total 40 five-year old children of H kindergarten in B city and C kindergarten in D city, the 20 five-year old children of H kindergarten were randomly sampled as the experimental group while the 20 five-year old children of C kindergarten were sampled as the comparative group. The results of this study could be summarized as follows. First, the meditation activity for young children using ecological picture books showed significant effects on the enhancement of self-esteem of young children in the experimental group. In the sub-elements of self-esteem such as social ego, physical ego, family-acceptance ego, and emotional ego, the score for the experimental group was higher than the one for the comparative group. Second, the meditation activity for young children using ecological picture books had significant effects on the enhancement of environmental belief & attitude of young children in the experimental group. In the sub-area of environmental belief & attitude such as resource saving, interest and protection of animals/plants, nature-friendliness, and prevention of pollution, the score of experimental group was statistically enhanced, compared to the one for the comparative group. In summary, meditation activities for young children using ecological picture books were more effective on the enhancement of self-esteem and environmental belief & attitude of young children, than the activity of sharing stories between the teacher and young children. The results of this study also provide meaningful and practical knowledge information that could directly complement the experience in all the early childhood education sites. Moreover, they could be freely applied/used for young children by field teachers finding difficulty in the meditation activity in the future.