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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2018.16.9.063

Exploring Trends and Future Directions of Research on Multicultural Acceptance of Korean Elementary School Children  

Lee, Hyun-Jung (Division of Social Welfare, Baekseok University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.16, no.9, 2018 , pp. 63-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aimed to suggest research directions for future studies by exploring trends of existing academic literature on multicultural acceptance of elementary school children in Korea. For this purpose, this study searched for domestic articles in academic data base using key words related to the subject of this study. Finally 36 articles were selected and using content analysis they were analyzed according to year of publication, fied of study, research themes, and research methods. The results of the study indicated that steady academic efforts have been made related to this topic since the first study in this field appeared in 2010 and the most prolific field of study was pedagogy. Results also showed that the theme of analyzing factors affecting multicultural acceptance of children was studied the most and quantitative methods were dominant. Results of the analysis suggested a need to put more research endeavor to extend the scope of research themes, study fields, and research designs in this field and they contributed to providing basis for future research.
Keywords
Multicultural acceptance; Multiculture; Elementary school students; Children; Content analysis; Research Trends;
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