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Study of Verification of Effect on the Environment Education Program for Children

유아 환경교육 프로그램이 생활태도에 미치는 영향

  • Yoo, Hyesook (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Joong-Bu University) ;
  • Gang, Seonghyeon (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Joong-Bu University) ;
  • Kim, HyunRan (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Joong-Bu University)
  • 유혜숙 (중부대학교 일반대학원 유아교육전공) ;
  • 강성현 (중부대학교 일반대학원 유아교육전공) ;
  • 김현란 (중부대학교 일반대학원 유아교육전공)
  • Received : 2014.04.29
  • Accepted : 2014.10.10
  • Published : 2014.10.31

Abstract

This study was performed to determine the recognition change and the effect of the experiential environment education on children and to obtain basic data for establishing an environmental education program appropriate for children based on the results. The subjects of this study were 200 kindergarten students and 200 mothers in Gu-mi,Gungbuk. The environment education program was applied to the kindergarten students, and their mothers observed the changes in the environmental living attitude and responded to the research tools. As a result, the environment education program improved the children's environmental living attitude. On the other hand, the effect cannot be observed in a short period. Continuous efforts will be needed and experiential environment education is very useful. In the sub-domain, the effect was high in the order of recycling, saving and prevention of environmental pollution. The effect on girls was higher than on boys, and the effect on six-year-children was higher than that of four-year-children. This study is significant in that it verifies how environmental education programs and activities have a positive influence on the establishment of children's behavioral, cognitive characteristics and their perception of the appropriate environmental knowledge.

본 연구는 환경교육 경험활동을 통하여 유아들의 환경에 대한 인식의 변화와 그 효과에 대해서 알아보고 그 결과를 토대로 유아들에게 적합한 환경교육 프로그램을 구성하기 위한 기초자료를 얻기 위해 수행하였다. 연구대상은경북에 소재한 M유치원 학부모 어머니 200명과 그 자녀들 200명으로 유아들에게 환경교육 프로그램을 적용하여 실시한 후 환경적 생활태도 변화를 어머니들이 관찰하여 조사도구에 응답하였다. 환경교육프로그램활동을 실시한 후 결과는 첫째, 유아들의 환경생활태도를 향상시키며, 둘째, 인지능력의 발달에 따라 환경에 관한 지식, 가치정립수준의 변화를 보였다. 다만 그 효과가 단기간에 도출되는 것이 아니므로 지속적 노력이 필요하며 체험적 환경교육이 더욱 유익하였다. 하위영역별 효과를 보면 재활용, 절약, 환경오염방지 순으로 그 효과가 높았으며 성별에 따른 효과는 남아보다 여아가, 만4세아보다는 만6세아가 더 높았다. 본 연구는 환경교육프로그램을 활동이 유아에게 환경 생활태도, 인지능력에 따른 환경관련 지식, 가치정립수준에 미치는 효과를 검증하는 것에 시사하는 바가 크다.

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