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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.10.4855

Effects of Infants' Free Play in Forests on the Development of Their Sociality  

Boo, Eun-Soon (Dept. of Education, Jeju National University)
Oh, Chang-Hong (Dept. of Education, Jeju National University)
Cheong, Donguk (Dept. of Education, Korea National University of Education)
Park, Jung-Hwan (Dept. of Education, Jeju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.10, 2013 , pp. 4855-4864 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of infants' free play in forests on the development of their sociality. The 24 infants of a kindergarten in Jeju city, who is four years old, participated in the research. Participants freely played in forests for two hours at each time according to their own interests and demands, and this play performed twice every week for total 12 weeks. The results are as followed. Firstly, the free play activities in forests improved the infants' sociality. Secondly, the activities improved every sub-factors of the sociality such as cooperativeness, the acceptance of view, the free will, and the interaction. The results indicate that forests provide rich natural objects for infants to create various and new play by themselves. In addition, the free play activities in forests could build good inter-personal relationship through active interaction among the infants and lead positive impact on the development of their sociality.
Keywords
Acceptance of view; Cooperativeness; Free play; Free will; Sociality; Interaction;
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