주제 환상극 놀이가 유아의 자아개념에 미치는 영향 = The Effect of Thematic Fantastic Play on the Child's Self-Concept

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The aim of this study is to find out any positive effects Thematic Fantastic Play has on the formation of infant’s cognitive, emotional, social, and physical self-concept. It suggests that Thematic Fantastic Play can be used in the early childhood education field as an effective activity for developing infant's self-concept.
The main and subsidiary research hypotheses for this study are as follows.
1. Thematic Fantastic Play will have effects on the formation of infant's self-concept.
2. The effects of Thematic Fantastic Play on the infant's self-concept will differ according to different sexes and ages.
In order to verify these hypotheses, this study conducts experimental tests with forty infants at the W kindergarten, located in Jeonju city, Jeolla-buk-do Province. The study basically adopts the Bentley and Yeatts's self-concept scales(1974). The scales are translated and modified by Chungem Lee(1995). The tests use the Lee's Korean version when scoring the infants' self-Concept levels. The level of reliability of the scales is Cronbach α = .803.
Before playing Thematic Fantastic, the research has divided forty infants into two groups (experimental group: 20 cases; comparison group: 20 cases); tested the homogeneity of the two groups by using simple variance analysis; and confirmed that there are no signifiant differences in the self-concept scales between the two groups. The two groups have listened to eight fairy tales for four weeks. However, in order to investigate the effects of Thematic Fantastic Play on infants' self-concept, the researcher participate in the Thematic Fantastic Play experimental group whereas the comparison group hears only the eight fairy tales. Subsequently, the study analyzes the changes of the two groups' self-concept scales by using simple variance analysis. The researcher additionally conducts two-way Anova in order to explore whether there are any differences in the self-concept scales according to sex and age.
The findings of the study are as follows;
1. Thematic Fantastic Play has effects on the formation of infant's self-concept.
2. The effects of Thematic Fantastic Play on the emotional and physical infant's self-concept differ according to different sexes and ages.
The results show that Thematic Fantastic Play are effective education tools for developing infant's self-concept in positive ways. When comparing the control and experimental groups, all the aspects of self-concept are not significantly different, but the infants who have experienced Thematic Fantastic Play have more positive emotional and physical self-concept than the infants who have not experienced Thematic Fantastic Play.
These findings confirm that Thematic Fantastic Play can be useful for the formation of the infant's positive self-concept. For this reason, this study suggests that Thematic Fantastic Play should be paid more attention by kindergarten teachers and researchers in the early childhood education field alike.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 = 1
• 1. 연구의 필요성 및 목적 = 1
• 2. 연구 문제 = 4
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 = 5
• 1. 주제 환상극 놀이 = 5
• 2. 자아개념 = 11
• 3. 주제 환상극 놀이와 자아개념의 관계 = 16
• Ⅲ. 연구 가설 = 19
• Ⅳ. 연구 방법 = 20
• 1. 연구 대상 = 20
• 2. 연구 설계 = 21
• 3. 연구 도구 = 22
• 4. 연구 절차 = 26
• 5. 자료 분석 = 29
• Ⅴ. 연구 결과 = 31
• 1. 주제 환상극 놀이가 유아의 자아개념에 미치는 영향 = 31
• 2. 집단×성별, 집단×연령의 상호작용효과분석 = 34
• Ⅵ. 논의 및 결론 = 40
• 1. 논의 = 40
• 2. 결론 및 제언 = 43
• 참고문헌 = 46
• 부록 = 49