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A Study on the Perceptions and the Needs of Parents on Forest Experience Activity

숲 체험 활동에 대한 학부모들의 인식 및 요구에 관한 연구

  • Park, Chang-Ok (Dept. of Education, Dept of Early Childhood Education, Pai-Chai National University) ;
  • Kang, Young-Sik (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam National University)
  • 박창옥 (배재대학교 유아교육과) ;
  • 강영식 (충남대학교 교육대학원 교육학과 유아교육전공)
  • Received : 2014.02.10
  • Accepted : 2014.06.12
  • Published : 2014.06.30
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to inquire into the perceptions and the needs of parents on their forest experience activity. To achieve this, a survey was carried out on 250 parents of children in a Gyeonggi-based private kindergarten from December 26 to December 31, 2013. The results are as follows. For the perceptions of parents on the forest experience activity, the 'perception on overall effectiveness' was the highest, followed in order by 'perception on educational effectiveness' and 'general perception'. For the needs of parents on their forest experience activity, 58.2% of them recognized the importance of regular forest experience activity. For the necessity of an annual program, 60.7% of them recognized the necessity of a planned annual program. For the recommendation of forest experience activity, 61.1% of them gave a strong recommendation for forest experience activity. As stated above, most parents positively viewed children's forest experience activity in the environment as it is difficult to approach nature in downtown areas, and children also highly viewed the educational effectiveness of it.

본 연구는 숲 체험 활동에 대한 학부모들의 인식 및 요구를 알아보는데 목적을 갖고, 경기지역 소재 사립유치원에 다니고 있는 자녀를 둔 학부모 250명을 대상으로 2013년 12월 26일부터 31일까지 설문조사 하였다. 분석결과 숲 체험 활동에 대한 인식은 '전반적 효과 인식', '교육적 효과 인식', '일반적 인식' 순으로 나타났다. 또한 숲 체험 활동에 대한 요구도는 전체 58.2%가 정기적으로 하는 것이 중요하다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났고, 연간 프로그램의 필요성에 있어서는 전체 60.7%가 계획된 연간 프로그램이 필요하다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 외에 숲 체험 활동 권유에 있어서는 전체 61.1%가 적극 권장할 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 결과는 도심 내 자연과 접하기 어려운 환경에서 유아들의 숲 체험활동에 대다수의 학부모들이 긍정적이며 유아 또한 교육적 효과에 대해 높게 평가하고 있는 것으로 나타내 숲 체험 활동에 대한 중요성을 시사해준 것으로 볼 수 있다.

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