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Effects of the Story Sharing Activity on Conflicting Situations by Using Children's Story on the Theory of Mind and Peer Competence of Preschoolers

동화를 활용한 갈등상황 이야기나누기 활동이 유아의 마음이론과 또래유능성에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Mi Hee (Department of Early Childhood Education, Uiduk University) ;
  • Lee, Soon Bok (Department of Early Childhood Education, Uiduk University)
  • 이미희 (위덕대학교 유아교육과) ;
  • 이순복 (위덕대학교 유아교육과)
  • Received : 2012.08.31
  • Accepted : 2013.04.02
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of the story sharing activity on-conflicting situations by the use of children's story on the theory of mind and peer competences of preschoolers so that appropriate teaching materials can be allocated for the actual preschool education site. The subjects of this study were 46 preschoolers under the age 4 at the attached kindergarten of P University in Pohang City, Gyeongbuk and in which 23 children among them were assigned to a test group and the other 23 to a control group. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS ver. 15.0 program and Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient was yielded to verify the reliability for each scale. The multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was conducted. The analysis results are as follows. First, the story sharing activity on conflict situations by using children's story had a significant effect on the preschoolers' general appearance and actual task as sub-factors of the theory of mind, whereas no significant effects were found regarding the content change task and position change task. Second, the story sharing activity on conflict situations by using children's story had significant effect on the preschoolers' overall sensitivity, insecurity and pro-sociability as sub-factors of the peer competences, whereas no significant effects were found regarding the aggression, exclusivity and anti-sociability.

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