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A Case Study on the Environmental Change of a Classroom in Child Care Centers Using Environmental Characteristics of the Home

집과 같은 환경 특성을 적용한 어린이집 보육실 환경변화 사례연구

  • 최목화 (한남대학교 아동복지학과) ;
  • 박정아 (원광대학교 가정교육과) ;
  • 손승희 (한남대학교 아동복지학과)
  • Received : 2017.02.09
  • Accepted : 2017.04.24
  • Published : 2017.04.25
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Abstract

This study intended to change the environment of a classroom in the existing child care center by applying the home environmental characteristics. The progress of environmental improvement for this study was conducted throughout the three stages. First, analyze the problems of existing child care center, which reflect the environmental characteristics and user opinions of the environment. Second, based on the analysis of the problems of the existing classroom, the classroom is improved by applying the environmental characteristics of the home. Third, compare the effect of improving the environmental characteristics of the home. The results of the study are as follows. First, the classroom was surveyed with a long rectangular space structure and was examined as a wide area when compared with the legal standards of $4.32m^2$ per child. Second, the emphasis is to complement the defects of the spatial structure and seek changes to the comfort environment, such as the proper stimuli and alterations to the atmosphere. Third, the effectiveness of the environmental improvement was assessed by comparing the results before and after the improvement of the environment. In terms of child environmental demands, movement and movement have increased. integrated configurations of the activity areas showed increased functionality, and overall, it was evaluated as a whole in terms of the atmosphere and the placeness.

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