• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1203-1208
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• 2016

For young children who are not spontaneous or not accurate in verbal communication of their emotions and experiences, drawing is a good means of expressing their status in mind and thus drawing analysis with chromatics is a traditional tool for art therapy. Recently, children enjoy digital drawing via painting tools thus there is a growing needs to develop an automatic digital drawing analysis tool based on chromatics and art therapy theory. In this paper, we propose such an analyzing tool based on dominant color analysis. Technically, we use ART2 clustering and fuzzy logic to understand the fuzziness of subjects' status of mind expressed in their digital drawings. The frequency of color usage is fuzzified with respect to the membership functions. After applying fuzzy logic to this fuzzified central vector, we determine the dominant color and supporting colors from the digital drawings and children's status of mind is then analyzed according to the color-personality relationships based on Alschuler and Hattwick's historical researches.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.337-347
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• 2022

This research aims to analyze the gender, sibling, and characteristics of figures who created the imaginary friends among 30 picture books published in Korea. At first, as a result of the research, a total of 35 figures of the 30 books had imaginary friends, of which 24 figures were women and 11 were men, with women more than twice as many as men. Secondly, in many cases, the only child in picture books had the imaginary companion, but in case of the figures who have brothers or sisters, The imaginary companion visited them more frequently to different gender rather than to same gender. Looking at the frequency of appearance of imaginary companion, the eldest, younger brother, and no appearance appeared in order. Third, as a result of examining the personality of figures who created the imaginary companion, their extroversion or introversion has no meaningful correlation each other. These results are meaningful as reference data for understanding children with imaginary friends in reality as picture books reflect the reality of children with imaginary friends and show various situations of infant with imaginary friends in a balanced manner.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.181-198
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• 2013

This study takes aim at finding how effective the usage of 'Read to Dogs' is for self-respect and reading improvement of elementary school students. For this, this study was compared and analyzed with pretest and posttest using 'tree pictures' of HTP and 'family pictures with motion' of KFD through performing, surveying, and art-therapy treatments. The result of this study showed that reading program using a reading -assistance- dog has a good effect on self-respect of children with reading inactivity. Also, this result will be used as useful information in developing and operating programs for children with reading inactivity in libraries and schools.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.263-283
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• 2013

This study analyzed picture book "Who Pooped on my Head?" by using semiotic theories and considered involved meaning of the text. Because characteristics of children's development and picture book should be in harmony, it is necessary to understand the text in-depth. As a result of analysis, the text helps psychological stability and contains the meaning and value that guides children into social value or norm. Analyzing the text by using Greimas' Semiotic square, the meaning that following bowel movement standard is socially established behavior was involved. It seems that giving up instinct and accepting standard are process to extend thought. In conclusion, this study confirmed that the meaning and value that support cognitive and emotional development was contained in the picture book, "Who Pooped on my Head?".

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.125-137
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• 2006

Of the 2,593 children picture books published in Korea between 2001 and 2003, 46% were Korean in origin, while 53.9% were Korean translations of books originally in English, Japanese, French, or German. This study compared 45 of the translations with the originals. Of these, 49.2% had contents not included in the originals, and 31.1 % had omitted contents. More over, 7.6% of the Korean versions were different in punctuation codes and signs, and 6.7% were different from originals in length of sentences. Most of the books were on general or global issues rather than culture-bound. However, among the English books, there were more than 20 cases different from Korean culture in person's names, external appearance, food, and/or clothing.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.177-207
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• 2013

This study was conducted to verify the effects of an school library program using picture books and graphic organizers on first grade children's literacy abilities and book lending, and to evaluate the program with mothers' and mentors' responses. Twenty eight first graders of an elementary school in Kyunggi province participated in this program. Their reading and writing abilities were tested, and their book lending behaviors were compared before and after the whole program. The participants explored 20 picture books by reading aloud and expressed their responses on the graphic organizers over 11 weeks. The findings of this study after the whole session was complete were as follows. First, participants significantly improved in reading comprehension and writing assessed in terms of fluency, format, organization, expression, contents, and themes. Second, they lent books more frequently from the library than before. Third, participants' mothers showed great satisfaction for the program in that it enhanced child's reading ability, reading attitude, and mother's interest in children's books and library, and mentors also reported very positive impact of this program to themselves.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.373-384
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• 2019

This study aims to look closely picture books regarding bullying and to analyze people directly involved in resolution to bullying problems and conflict-coping method in those picture books. 71 picture books on bullying were examined in this study. Results are as follows: (1) As person directly involved in resolution to bullying problems, 'victim by himself' settles a conflict situation over half of the books, followed by 'victim and other character' and 'other character alone'. (2) various types are described relatively evenly such as 'getting positive mind or building confidence', 'distancing bullies group or making new friends', 'gaining recognition by showing one's competence off', 'helping bullies or being nice to bullies' for conflict-coping method to bullying problems. In conclusion, the necessity of community effort rather than an individual's own effort to solve bullying problems and possibilities of teaching of language use in those books were discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.381-386
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• 2015

In recent, many researches have been studying sensitivity and psychology of human being on color and the necessity of psychology therapy by color. Among them, a picture of children can be a tool to represent their emotion. Information of colors and direction on a child's picture often represent his internal psychological states unconsciously and is different from the brightness of a color. In this paper, we propose a method to extract domain colors by color classification and subdivision the classes of brightness using fuzzy inference. In addition, it is shown that our method is used for analysing the psychology status of children through their pictures.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.820-823
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• 2005

개인의 경험을 통해 얻어지는 외부의 물리적 자극에 대한 복합적인 감성을 분석하여 공학적으로 처리함으로서 인간의 보다 편리하고 안락한 생활을 영위하도록 하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 색채는 아동의 감성과 성격을 이해할 수 있는 중요한 요소이다. 또한 아동은 자신의 심리 상태나 갈등을 그리기나 낙서 등의 작업을 통해서 아동의 감성을 무의식적으로 표출하는 경우가 많다. 따라서 아동이 선호하는 색채를 통해 아동의 감성상태를 파악할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 인간의 오감 즉, 시각, 청각, 후각, 미각, 촉각 중에서 시각(색채)에 따른 감성 상태를 파악하기 위하여 아동이 그린 그림의 색채를 분석한다. 그리고 퍼지 논리와 퍼지 추론 규칙을 적용하여 감성 상태를 파악하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 감성 처리 방법을 알슈울러와 해트윅(Alschuler and Hattwick)과 박재명의 색채에 따른 감성 상태에 적용한 결과, 제안된 감성 처리 방법이 효율적인 것을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.25-35
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• 2018

Objective : The purpose of this study was to identify changes in reading ability among children with Borderline Intelligence by applying an electronic media reading training protocol. Methods : A picture book reading training protocol was applied to 10 childrens with borderline intelligence using electronic media to improve reading skills. This protocol was performed for 10 session once a week. After the analysis of the content validity index about the protocol presented in this study, this prococol was applied to the subjects. To analyze the changes of the reading ability for the subjects, KNISE-BAAT type A and B reading test were used. Results : According to the tests taken before and after implementing, the Application of Picture Booking Training Protocol using Electronic Media there was a significant improvement in Reading ability (Understanding words, Completion sentence, Vocabulary selection, Vocabulary arrangement, Understanding short text). However, there was no significant difference in Oral Reading. Conclusion : Application of Picture Booking Training Protocol using Electronic Media may be used as a beneficial measure to improve the reading abilities of children with Borderline Intellectual.