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A Study on Characteristics of Building, Outdoor Playground & Equipment in Child Care Center

어린이집 건물, 실외놀이터 및 설비 특성에 관한 실태조사

  • 변혜령 ((사)생활환경디자인연구소) ;
  • 최목화 (한남대학교 아동복지학과) ;
  • 소갑수 ((사)생활환경디자인연구소)
  • Received : 2013.06.28
  • Accepted : 2013.12.06
  • Published : 2013.12.25
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Abstract

Recently, interest and social expectation for children's environment are on the rise. The needs for construction of safe and pleasant child care environment has bees agreed with. Especially, as the number of children who are wanted to go center jumped with additional support the government for child care business, centers have also seen a boost. But as number of child care centers increases rapidly in short period, the quality of centers is more inferior to before. and the space and facility level of many centers don't reach in legal minimum standard. In addition to, when child care centers are reviewed, it tend to be judged by one standard without considering connection with sense of values about child care or philosophy, child's traits, surrounding environment etc. Therefore, it is important to construct environment that can consider children's physical development and behavioral characteristic as well as basic element such thing as protection and support activity for current child care centers. This study presupposes that physical environment of child care centers makes important effect on teacher's motion and child's development, then it is to investigate it's characteristics in physically space, facilities, outdoor playground. And It is to identify space and accommodations, outdoors facilities which can support activity smoothly inside and outside. As a result, it is try to offer appliable basic information about the child-friendly environment of child care centers.

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