초록
본 연구에서는 감각적 영성 활동이 유아가 지각한 유아의 자기 효능감에 미치는 효과를 규명하는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 U시에 소재한 C 보육시설과 H 보육시설에 다니는 만 4, 5세 유아 36명이었다. 실험을 하기에 앞서 전인옥(1996)이 번안하고 본 연구자가 재수정한 자기 효능감 검사를 실험집단과 비교집단 유아에게 실시하였다. 감각적 영성 활동은 통제 집단 유아를 대상으로 2009년 1월 19일에서 2월 16일까지 이루어졌고, 비교집단에는 일반적인 보육과정을 실시했다. 실험이 끝나고 나서 실험집단과 비교집단에 사후검사를 하였다. 연구 결과 감각적 영성 활동은 자기 효능감에 유의한 효과가 있었다. 하위영역인 신체적 영역, 사회정서적 영역, 인지적 영역에서 모두 효과가 있었다.
The purpose of this research is to find out whether children's self-efficacy can be improved by sensory activities devised to encourage spirituality. The survey involved 36 children aged 4 to 5. To measure the subjects' self-efficacy, Jeon Inok(1996)'s tool was used. The 18 members of the experimental group attended a program which was dedicated to promoting spirituality by using sensory activities. The program was administered three times a week for four weeks, totaling 12 sessions, each of which contained a type of activity and lasted about fifty minutes. To the 18 members of the control group, the standard child care curriculum was applied. The levels of the subjects' self-efficacy were measured twice, both in the same way, before and after the children participated in the program. The finding reveals that the program which was designed to boost children's spirituality through sensory activities has positive effect on children's self-efficiency - cognitively, socially, emotionally, and physically. The self-efficiency level in the experimental group significantly increased by t=7.17(df=34, p<.001) compared to the control group. So, it can be said that the program dedicated to improving spirituality using sensory activities is more effective than the standard child care curriculum.