Effects of Environmental Education through Ecological Art Education on Environmental Sensitivity of Elementary School Students - Focused on Music Drama -

생태 예술을 활용한 환경교육이 초등학생의 환경 감수성에 미치는 영향 - 음악극을 중심으로 -

This purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of environmental education through ecological art education focused on music drama, on the environmental sensitivity of 5th graders in an elementary school in Seoul. A reconstructed questionnaire through Kim(2008)'s test tool was used to the effects of applying an ecological art educational program. The SPSS program was used to analyze the results. The major results of this study are as follows. First, the researcher was able to develop and apply a professor-learning model for the environmental education using the ecological art education focused on music drama by extracting and recreating environment related contents from the 5th grader curriculum. Second, this program had a positive effect on elementary students' environmental sensitivity. Third, according to qualitative results, students appear to be more concerned and interested in the environment and environmental problems in their daily lives. In conclusion, the ecological art program focused on music drama has a positive effect on increasing the environmental sensitivity of 5th graders. Therefore, more intensive research should be conducted, linking teaching and learning methods, as a follow-up activity.