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Effects of Infants' Free Play in Forests on the Development of Their Sociality

숲에서의 자유놀이가 유아의 사회성 발달에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2013.08.12
  • Accepted : 2013.10.10
  • Published : 2013.10.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of infants' free play in forests on the development of their sociality. The 24 infants of a kindergarten in Jeju city, who is four years old, participated in the research. Participants freely played in forests for two hours at each time according to their own interests and demands, and this play performed twice every week for total 12 weeks. The results are as followed. Firstly, the free play activities in forests improved the infants' sociality. Secondly, the activities improved every sub-factors of the sociality such as cooperativeness, the acceptance of view, the free will, and the interaction. The results indicate that forests provide rich natural objects for infants to create various and new play by themselves. In addition, the free play activities in forests could build good inter-personal relationship through active interaction among the infants and lead positive impact on the development of their sociality.

본 연구의 목적은 숲에서 유아들의 자유놀이가 유아의 사회성 발달에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 것이다. 이 연구를 위해 제주시 H 유치원의 만 4세 유아 24명이 참여하였다. 참여자들은 매회 2시간씩 자신들의 흥미와 요구에 따라 자발적으로 숲에서의 자유놀이를 하였다. 이 자유놀이는 매주 2회씩, 총 12주에 걸쳐 수행되었다. 숲에서의 자유놀이활동의 효과를 검증하기 위해 전후검사 t-검증을 실시하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 숲에서의 자유놀이활동은 유아의 사회성을 향상시켰다. 둘째, 숲에서의 자유놀이활동은 사회성의 하위요인인 협동성, 조망수용능력, 자율성, 그리고 상호작용 모두에 유의한 향상을 가져왔다. 이러한 연구결과를 통해 숲은 유아들 스스로 다양하고 새로운 놀이를 만들 수 있는 풍부한 자연물을 제공하며, 숲에서의 이러한 놀이활동은 유아들 상호간에 활발한 교류를 통해 원만한 친구관계를 형성하게 할뿐만 아니라 유아들의 사회성 발달에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있다.

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