Abstract
Objective: In this study, educational activities were organized to emphasize the importance of natural disaster safety education by reflecting the recent rapid increases in natural disasters. The study focused on story-sharing, art, and game activities to effectively conduct natural disaster safety education for four-year-old children, and in doing so, aimed to improve the children's safety problem-solving abilities and eco-friendly attitude. Methods: Based on the types of natural disasters that are handled by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and the Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education, earthquakes, yellow dust, heat waves, floods, typhoons, bolts of lighting, fires, snowstorms, and global warming were included as the study's educational contents, and a total 20 sessions of natural disaster safety education activities were planned. For the subjects, 20 four-year-old children at K Kindergarten attached to a school were selected as an experimental group and 20 four-year-old children at N Kindergarten attached to a school were selected as a control group. Both kindergartens were located in C City, Chungcheongbuk-do. The experimental group was instructed to perform the study's education activities, whereas the control group only carried out general activities based on the Nuri Curriculum's subjects of daily life. Results: As a result, the children in the experimental group, who received the natural disaster safety education, improved their safety problem-solving abilities and eco-friendly attitude when compared to those in the control group. This outcome proved that the natural disaster safety education conducted by the present study offers educational activities that can positively affect improvements in children's safety problem-solving abilities and eco-friendly attitude. Conclusion/Implications: Therefore, the present study is likely to provide concrete information to teachers who plan to conduct natural disaster safety education in the actual early childhood education field.
본 연구는 자연재해의 발생이 급증하는 현상을 반영하여 자연재해 안전교육의 중요성을 강조하고자 교육 활동을 구성하였으며, 유아의 안전문제해결사고와 환경 친화적 태도를 향상 시키는데 목적이 있다. 행정안전부와 충청북도 교육청에서 다루고 있는 자연재해 종류를 참고하여 지진, 황사, 폭염, 홍수, 태풍, 낙뢰, 화재, 폭설, 지구온난화를 교육내용으로 포함시켜 자연재해 안전교육 활동을 20회기로 계획하였다. 연구대상은 충청북도 C시에 위치한 K병설 유치원 만 4세 유아 20명을 실험집단으로, N병설 유치원 만 4세 유아 20명을 통제집단으로 선정하였다. 실험집단의 경우 본 연구 활동을 진행하였고 통제집단의 경우 누리과정 생활주제에 기초한 일상적인 활동을 실시하였다. 연구결과 자연재해 안전교육을 실시한 실험집단 유아들이 통제집단 유아들보다 안전문제해결사고와 환경 친화적 태도가 향상되었다. 이를 통해 본 연구에서 이루어진 자연재해 안전교육이 유아의 안전문제해결사고와 환경 친화적 태도 향상에 효과를 줄 수 있는 교육활동으로 밝혀졌다. 따라서 본 연구는 실제로 유아교육현장에서 자연재해 안전교육을 실시하고자 하는 현장 교사들에게 구체적인 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.