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The Effects of Forest Experience Activities for Developing a Moral Sense on Moral Development of Children

도덕성 함양을 위한 숲 체험 활동이 유아의 도덕성 발달에 미치는 영향

  • Kang, Young-Sik (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam National University)
  • 강영식 (충남대학교 교육학과 교육대학원 유아교육전공)
  • Received : 2015.03.09
  • Accepted : 2015.04.09
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

This study is intended to look into the effects of forest experience activities for developing a moral sense on moral development of children. To achieve this, forest experience activities were performed to 40 5-year-old children from H kindergarten in Chungnam area through April 7 to July 25, 2014. They were classified into an experimental group(9 male children and 11 female children) and a control group(9 male children and 11 female children). Forest experience activities and Nuri curriculum-related forest experience activities were performed to the experimental group and the control group 10 times, respectively. The results were as follows. First, forest activity education had an effect on improving children's moral judgment. Second, moral behaviors showed that the experimental group improved in order, courtesy and moderation, which forest experience activities had a significant effect on improvement in their moral behaviors. As stated above, children's forest activities will valuable education to enhance moral development that identifies the preciousness of life through communion and interaction with nature along with peers, and order, manners and self-control by joint cooperative activities between peers.

본 연구는 도덕성 함양을 위한 숲 체험 활동이 유아의 도덕성 발달에 미치는 영향을 알아보는 데 목적을 갖고, 충남지역 소재 H 어린이집 만 5세 유아를 대상으로 실험 집단 20명(남아 9명, 여아 11명)과 통제집단 20명(남아 8명, 여아 12명)의 총 40명의 유아를 대상으로 2014년 4월 7일부터 7월 25일까지 실험 집단에게는 숲 체험 활동을, 통제 집단에게는 누리과정 연계 일반 활동을 총 15차시에 걸쳐 실시하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 숲 체험 활동 교육이 유아의 도덕적 판단력 향상에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 도덕적 행동에 있어 질서, 예절, 절제가 숲 체험 활동 교육을 실시한 실험집단에 유의미한 향상을 보여 숲 체험 활동이 유아의 도덕적 행동 향상에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이 같은 결과는 유아의 숲 체험활동이 또래와 같이 자연과의 교감과 상호작용을 통해 생명의 소중함과 더불어 또래 간 공동 협동 활동을 통한 질서, 예절, 절제를 인식하게 하는 도덕적 발달을 증진시키는데 유용한 교육임을 입증시켜 준 것이라 할 수 있다.

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