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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.12.264

The Effects of Children's Art Activities through Forest Experience in Relation with Nuri Curriculum on Their Environmental Sensitivity  

Kang, Young-Sik (Dept of Early Childhood Education, Chung-Nam National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.12, 2017 , pp. 264-275 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective: This study examines the effects of children's art activities through forest experience in relation with Nuri curriculum on environmental sensitivity. Method: A survey was administered to an experimental group of 20 children as well as a control group of 20 children for statistical analysis. after 16-class art activities through forest experience were performed to children aged 4 at a daycare center for 50 days. Result: Children's art activities through forest experience in relation with Nuri curriculum had a positive effect on their environmental sensitivity. In particular, their art activities had a positive effect on their self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy and motivation in the experimental group, supporting the educational effects and benefits of developmental children's art activities through forest experience in relation with Nuri curriculum. In other words, art activities through forest experience are useful in terms of providing children with creative expression activities in art by leading to observation and exploration, as well as educational experiences that have positive attitudes toward the environment. Conclusion: As children's art activities through forest experience have a positive effect on their environmental sensitivity, more useful information on teaching-learning methods will be able to be provided to early childhood teachers in the field. Consequently, children's art activities through forest experience need to be actively introduced in the field of early childhood education as an alternative for learning nature and improving environment-friendly emotional intelligence.
Keywords
Art Activities through Forest Experience; Children's Representation Ability; Environmental Sensitivity; Emotional Intelligence; sensibility;
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