The Purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the effects of Movement Activities on Preschoolers' Physical self-concept and Prosocial Behavior.
In order to reach the goal of the study, Movement activity program for preschoolers' was dev...
The Purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the effects of Movement Activities on Preschoolers' Physical self-concept and Prosocial Behavior.
In order to reach the goal of the study, Movement activity program for preschoolers' was developed and performed on 5-years old children for 6 weeks, four times a week.
To achieve purpose of study, following thesis was established
1. How does movement activity affect the child's physical self-conception?
1-1. Will the point of self-conception of child's competence in the experimental group be higher than that of comparative group?
1-2. Will the point of self- conception of child's health in the experimental group be higher than that of comparative group?
1-3. will the point of self- conception of child's external appearance in the experimental group be higher than that of comparative group?
1-4. Will the point of self- conception of child's physical strength in the experimental group be higher than that of comparative group?
2. How does Movement activity affect the child's prosocial-behavior?
2-1. Will the point of control ability of child's personal emotion in experimental group higher than that comparative group?
2-2. Will the point of ability to build interpersonal relationship in experimental group higher than that comparative group?
2-3. Will the point of ability to adapt to school in experimental group higher than that comparative group?
The object of study consists of 40 children in 5 years-old of S public day care center located in seoul.
Then they were divided into experimental group(20 children)and comparative group(20 children)randomly.
The survey tools were the following a test form for physical-concept invented by Marsh and Richard and a test form for skill situation measures of McGrinnis and Goldstein which had been translated and revised by Lee, Won Young, Park, Chan ok and Noh Young Hee to test for Prosocial behavilr as pre and post test.
The data gained from the research was analyzed using the SAS computer program.
The major results obtained from this study are summarized as follows:
First, after the Movement Activities was conducted, Preschoolers' made improvement in the physical self-concept in the post-test of Movement Activities the children in the experimental group received significantly higher scores than the comparative group?
That is, the sum of physical self-concept scores improved in the experimental group. However, the scores of only two sub-domain(health and external appearance)improved in the comparative group.
second, after Movement Activities was conducted, preschoolers'made improvement in the prosocial-behavior in the post-test of Movement Activities, the children in the experimental group received significantly higher scores than the comparative group.
In other words, all for three(control personal emotion, build interpersonal relationship, adapt to school) sub-domains of prosocial-behavior improved in the experimental group.
Through this study, we can conclude that Movement Activities affected the physical self-concept and the prosocial-behavior more than the ordinary education program in public day care center.
It can be implied that the Movement Activities planned for preschoolers' development can greatly improve their physical self-concept and prosocial-behavior.