The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology (문화기술의 융합)

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Qualitative study on the connection-assemblage of interest area and early childhood

유아와 어린이집 흥미 영역 환경과의 접속-배치에 관한 질적 연구

  • Yoonmi Kim ;
  • Eunju Yun (Dept. of Division of Child Welfare.Studies, Sookmyung Women's University & Research Institute for Creativity and Convergence)
  • 김윤미 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학부 및 고려사이버대학교) ;
  • 윤은주 (숙명여자대학교 아동복지학부 및 창의융합연구소)
  • Received : 2023.08.13
  • Accepted : 2023.09.05
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

This study explored the process of how children are connected to and placed in the daycare center's interest area environment. Focusing on the process of getting to know, we tried to understand it through Deleuze's concept of connection-placement, which emphasized the power between materials and humans, to see how the familiar environment called the area of interest affects children's behavior. For this purpose, 20 children in the mixed class aged 4-5 years at B Daycare Center in Seoul were observed for a total of 2 hours each through 2 preliminary observations and 5 research observations from March to May 2023. First, the results of the study showed that infants' true interest could be found in the infant's gaze, not in the adult's gaze. Second, the space and play materials of the interest area environment are structurally arranged in accordance with the order of play types, but the boundaries become ambiguous as they are connected to children. Third, although the children's play seemed to be play without deviating from each area of interest, the space itself was a single mass in which interest was expressed. We hope that this study will help instructors in their practice of constructing an environment for areas of interest, and that we will become instructors who ask questions at every moment about what kind of traces will be left on children's thinking as the environment of space and media.

본 연구는 어린이집 흥미 영역 환경과 유아가 어떻게 접속되고 배치되는지, 그 과정을 탐구하였다. 유아는 환경이라는 물질과 얽혀 세상을 알아간다. 알아가는 그 과정에 주목하여 흥미 영역이라는 익숙한 환경이 유아의 행위에 어떤 영향을 주는가를 살피기 위하여 물질과 인간 사이의 힘을 강조한 들뢰즈의 접속-배치 개념으로 이해해보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 서울특별시 B 어린이집 만4-5세 혼합반 유아 20명을 2023년 3월부터 5월까지 사전 관찰 2회, 연구관찰 5회를 총 2시간씩 참여 관찰하였다. 연구 결과 첫 번째, 유아의 진짜 흥미는 성인의 시선이 아닌 유아의 시선에서 찾을 수 있었다. 두 번째, 흥미 영역 환경의 공간과 놀이 자료는 놀이 유형이라는 질서에 맞춰 구조적으로 배치되어 있지만 유아와 접속되면서 그 경계가 모호해졌다. 세 번째, 유아의 놀이가 각 흥미 영역을 벗어나지 않고 놀이하는 것처럼 보였지만 공간은 그 자체로 흥미가 발현되는 하나의 덩어리였다. 본 연구로 인하여 흥미 영역 환경구성에 대한 교수자의 실천에 도움이 되고, 공간과 매체라는 환경이 유아와 접속-배치되면서 유아의 사고에 어떤 흔적을 남기게 될까 매 순간 물음을 던지는 교수자가 되길 기대한다.

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