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http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2016.30.5.908

The Effect of Five Senses Experience in the Forest on Young Children's Self-efficacy and Respectful Recognition of Life  

Jang, Cheoul-soon (Forest Therapy, Graduate School, Chungbuk National Univ.)
Koo, Chang-duck (Forestry, Graduate School, Chungbuk National Univ.)
Hwang, Yeun-ju (Forest Therapy, Graduate School, Chungbuk National Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.30, no.5, 2016 , pp. 908-914 More about this Journal
Abstract
Both interests in nature-friendly education and demands for nature experience program are steadily increasing in children education field in korea. This study aims to find out that five-sense experience-activity with healing factors of forest can have an effect on both self-efficacy and respectful recognition of life of children. 5-year-old young children were chosen as the subjects for this study. Test group participated two times a week in the special forest class in a children education institute in Chungju oo-dong while control group did not. Both test group and control group were composed of 20 young children respectively and each group were 11 boys and 9 girls respectively. The five senses experience activity program was conducted two sessions a week from 8 August to 20 September in 2016 and each session was one hour (60 minutes) long. Five senses experience activity is an activity that young children awaken their five senses in the forest, recognize seasonal change with their five senses, build up their selves and become intimate with nature. Before and after the program self- efficacy test and respectful recognition of life test were conducted and the data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0 program. The results indicated that after participating five senses experience activity program both children's self-efficacy which means having positive-thinking and self-confidence and respectful recognition of life which means valuing nature coexisting with nature were improved significantly(p<0.05). Through five senses experience activity young children felt nature freely and to their heart's content with their bodies and five senses experience activity had better positive impacts on children's self- efficacy and respectful recognition of life than classroom activities.
Keywords
FOREST EXPERIENCE; FOREST HEALING; NATURE PLAY;
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