The purpose of this study is to find out a way of playing using traditional children’s song which can be used in the actual early childhood education and to know if this way of playing can change 4 years old children’s playfulness and their music ...
The purpose of this study is to find out a way of playing using traditional children’s song which can be used in the actual early childhood education and to know if this way of playing can change 4 years old children’s playfulness and their music preference. The main questions of this study are below.
Question I. Do children show any difference about their playfulness if they play using traditional children’s song?
Assumption I-1. They will get higher physical activeness grade than children who do not play using traditional children’s song.
Assumption I-2. They will get higher social activeness grade than children who do not play using traditional children’s song.
Assumption I-3. They will get higher cognition activeness grade than children who do not play using traditional children’s song.
Assumption I-4. They will get higher expression of joy grade than children who do not play using traditional children’s song.
Assumption I-5. They will get higher a sense of humor grade than children who do not play using traditional children’s song.
Qustion II. Does a way of playing using traditional children’s song influence children’s preference for music?
Assumption II-1. It is supposed that children prefer western music to Korean traditional music in their daily life.
Assumption II-2. It is supposed that children’s preference for Korean traditional music can change by playing using traditional children’s song.
To prove these assumptions, an experiment playing using traditional children’s song was performed in the kindergarten.
The target is 4 years old children in the S kindergarten and B kindergarten located at southern part of Seoul. The group is composed with experiment group (N=27) and comparison group(N=27). The experiment was performed in order of pre-test, experiment and posterior test. First, by pre-test, two groups were proved to be a same group in terms of statistics. The test of playfulness was graded by Barnett(1991)’s CPS(Children’s Playfulness Scale) which Kim Young Hee(1995) upgraded afterwards. To grade CPS, physical activeness, social activeness, cognition activeness, expression of joy and a sense of humor was measured. For the test of preference for music, western music and Korean traditional music test which I made by myself was used. Through SPSS 15.0 program, t-test result was revealed.
The test was performed 18 times in 6 weeks. The playing program using traditional children’s song is also made by myself. Lots of advices from teachers of kindergarten who have many experience about guidance of playing using traditional children’s song were really helpful in the process of making that program.
The playing program was performed in the experiment group by a teacher of the class, and the existence method was performed in the comparison group.
The conclusion of this study is below.
First, the playfulness of Children who play using traditional children’s song was more increased than children who do not play using traditional children’s song(p<.05).
Second, it is clear that children prefer Western music to Korean traditional music in their daily life.
Third, the children’s preference for Korean traditional music was increased by playing using traditional children’s song, but they didn’t show any change of preference for Western music.