산책에서의 자연놀이 활동 경험이 유아의 감성적 유능성에 미치는 영향 = The Effect of Natural Play Activity Experience of walking on Child's Emotional Competency

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of natural play on the child's emotional competency. The natural play means that children experience nature through their 5 senses and share rapport with nature using natural objects. This study aims to provide the basic data of a walk activity and natural activity for the effective implementation of those activities in the field of childhood education. To achieve these research objectives, the following research questions were set.
1. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's emotional recognition?
2. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's self-motivation?
3. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's emotional control?
4. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's empathy?
5. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's interpersonal skills?
6. What influence does natural play of a walk activity have on child's emotional competency?
For this study, the data were collected from 30 children aged 3 in infant institutions located in D city. This study adopted one-group pretest-posttest design out of quasi-experimental design.
Topics of natural activities included dirt, leaves, flowers, rain, fruit, grass, and pebbles The intervention was implemented twice per week for 12 weeks and each session was 40 or 50 minutes. Before going for a walk, children shared their previous experience as a pre-action activity, and they listened what they should be careful about. During the main activity time, children observed natural objects according to topics, and shared their feelings. The natural objects were prepared before and used. In the final stage, children displayed the results of natural activities and finished session with natural plays. As a post-activity, children recalled their experiences and showed expressive activities.
For examining the effect of natural play of a walk activity on child's emotional competency, 'Child Emotional Intelligence Scale' by Hwang Eumyoung and Park Chanwok (1990) was used.
The collected data were analysed with SPSS 12.0 Window Program. The assumption that the differences of two variables follow the normal distribution of the population, was not met. So this study adopted the Wilcoxon signed-Ranks Test of nonparametric statistics and Pearson correlation was calculated for examining the relationship between 5 sub-categories of emotional intelligence and natural play.
The results of this study are summarized as follows.
First, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's emotional recognition. In the between pre and post tests, the average score increased and standard deviation decreased. The effect of natural play on emotional recognition was the highest out of 5 sub-categories.
Second, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's self-motivation.
First, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's emotional control. There was a significant positive relationship between the natural play experience and child's emotional control.
Fourth, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's empathy. There was a significant positive relationship between the natural play experience and child's empathy.
Fourth, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's interpersonal skills. There was a significant positive relationship between the natural play experience and interpersonal skills.
Fourth, the natural play of walking activity had an influence on child's emotional competence. There was a significant positive relationship between the natural play experience and 5 sub-domains of the emotional competence.
The study result showed that the natural play of walking activity had a positive effect on the child's emotional competence. Therefore, the development of variouos programs for child's natural play and teacher education are needed.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론
• 1. 연구의 필요성 및 목적
• 2. 연구문제
• II. 이론적 배경
• 1. 산책
• 2. 자연놀이
• 1) 자연친화 교육의 개념 및 교육적 의의
• 2) 자연놀이
• 3. 감성적 유능성
• 4. 자연놀이와 감성적 유능성
• Ⅲ. 연구방법
• 1. 연구 대상
• 2. 실험 설계
• 3. 연구 도구
• 4. 연구 절차
• 5. 자료 분석
• Ⅳ. 연구결과 및 해석
• Ⅴ. 논의 및 결론
• 1. 논의
• 2. 결론 및 제언
• Ⅵ. 참고문헌